Community Events Calendar

ASAP offers a free calendar for community members to post local food and farm events. These events are user-submitted and event details should be confirmed with the host.

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2024 Annual Agribusiness Summit

Haywood Community College Small Business Center 112 Industrial Park Dr., Waynesville, NC, United States

Join us for our 2024 Annual Agri-business Summit | January 24, 2024 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at the HCC Regional High Tech Center! The 2024 Agri-Business Summit is back in-person and features new, relevant, and exciting topics for current and prospective Agribusiness Entrepreneurs. Engage with fellow Agribusinesses, Entrepreneurs, and Resource Providers, learning new skills and ... Read more

Mushroom Production & Log Inoculation Workshop

Lively Up Farm NC, United States

Join BRWIA and Lively Up Farm for a workshop all about sustainable mushroom production! Growing mushrooms can be a low-input, high-revenue enterprise for farmers and homesteaders. This workshop will cover species of wood and mushrooms that are most compatible, when to cut trees, and how to inoculate and stack logs for maximum harvest over many ... Read more

Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop

PLEASE RSVP BY EMAILING [email protected]. This class will be capped at 20 participants. When: 3:00pm-5:30pm | 16 Feb 2024 Where: 99 White Pine Dr. Black Mountain, NC 28711 Cost: $20 (cash, check, or card at event). We strive to make our workshops accessible to all; please contact [email protected] to inquire about reduce ticket prices. About: ... Read more

Winter Vegetable Conference

Crowne Plaza Convention Center One Resort Drive, Asheville, NC, United States

This is the largest commercial vegetable grower event in the region with a high quality educational program put together by vegetable extension specialist/agents at NC State University. We hope that you take advantage of this opportunity to learn about current issues associated with vegetables and take time with the representatives from agricultural companies and other ... Read more

ASAP’s Business of Farming Conference

A-B Tech Conference Center 16 Fernihurst Dr., Asheville, NC, United States

ASAP's annual Business of Farming Conference brings together professional farmers from across the Southeast region to network and share resources to grow their farm businesses. Farmers learn about marketing, business planning, and financial management from regional experts and innovative peers. The conference is designed for beginning and established farmers as well as those seriously considering ... Read more

Soil building/Soil life/living soil

Phat Ninja Foodforest 43 Bull Mountain Rd., Asheville, NC, United States

In this class we will go over the soil food web, what is living soil compared to dirt. Ways to build healthy, living soil inexpensively on our property, compost basics, and how to build our own potting mixes far superior to anything we can buy. If interested we will even examine a few different soils ... Read more

Planning and Planting Food Forest Systems on Contour Workshop

SAHC Community Farm Alexander, NC, United States

Along with Contour Lines Corp we will be leading the planting of a 3-acre diversified food forest which will feature a number of fruit trees and native support trees planted on contour in a system of berms and swales. This is a unique demonstration project on conservation land, which will be managed in perpetuity so ... Read more

FREE Spring Seed Starting Workshop and Potluck

Grove Street Community Center 36 Grove St., Asheville, NC, United States

Please Register in advance for our FREE Spring Seed Starting Workshop March 9th, from 2-3:30 at Grove Street Community Center. Ta'rin'ii will demonstrate best practices for starting your spring seedlings. This will be a two part conversation, with discussion, Q & A, and then hands on seed starting. Please bring seeds, gloves, pots, and hand ... Read more

Newsletter Marketing for Farmers

Online/Virtual

FREE virtual workshops presented by ASAP. Looking for an easy, affordable, and effective way to promote your farm and communicate to customers? Newsletters are a great vehicle to draw in new customers, and especially to keep existing ones updated and engaged with your farm business. This workshop is for any direct-to-consumer farmers who are looking ... Read more

Restoring And Planting American Chestnuts

West Asheville Edible Park 198 Vermont Ave., Asheville, NC, United States

Curious about American chestnuts? Come learn how to plant and care for American chestnut seedlings as we add to a small demonstration orchard in Asheville's city parks! You will hear about The American Chestnut Foundation's current strategies on how to restore this once prolific tree. No supplies needed, just bring yourself and any questions you ... Read more

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