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Traditions in Agriculture presents: Building Community Around Food and Medicine

West Asheville Library 942 Hayward Road, Asheville, NC, United States

The Traditions in Agriculture series seeks to engage the community in expanding our understanding of equitable farming, food, and medicinal practices. Learn how we can create healthier communities and ecosystems for food justice. Plants, medicine, and food are powerful forces that connect to place and history, preserve cultural lineages, and build community. Join Brandon Ruiz, ... Read more

Introduction to Pollinators

Leicester Public Library 1561 Alexander Rd, Leicester, NC, United States

This presentation is designed for adults of the general public and assumes no prior knowledge of pollinators. You’ll learn about pollination and pollinators overall, as well as the most common pollinators in Western North Carolina. These topics are followed by a discussion of conservation concerns and simple steps you can take to help pollinators. The ... Read more

Growing In The Mountains Spring Festival

WNC Farmers Market 570 Brevard Road, Asheville, NC, United States

Growing In The Mountains is a spring plant and garden festival featuring local farms and artists. Come celebrate spring and shop from dozens of vendors featuring locally grown vegetable starts, culinary and medicinal herb plants, native plants, fruit trees and bushes, ornamental shrubs and trees, pollinator plants, houseplants, dahlias, mushroom logs, tea blends, herbal remedies, ... Read more

Spring Plant Sale!

Eliada Homes for Children 2 Compton Dr, Asheville, NC, United States

Join us in supporting Eliada Farms by shopping our Spring Plant Sale on April 19th and 20th! 4/19: 12-5 pm 4/20: 9 am-12noon Address: Eliada Home 49 Compton Drive Asheville, NC 28806 Seedlings available: Veggies, flowers, culinary herbs, strawberries. 100% of proceeds go to support our farm program at Eliada!

Propagation workshop – April 20th

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

Creating a foodforest can get expensive. Come learn how you can build your own foodforest and save money with propagation. We will review how to take hardwood, softwood, and semi-hardwood cuttings, air layering, stratifying seeds, and rooting hormones. We will review the process, differences, and benefits of each. This class will show you all the ways you can create ... Read more

Bountiful Bowls with Bountiful Cities

UNC-Asheville 1 University Heights, Asheville, NC, United States

April is Food Waste Reduction month, and on Sunday April 21st 1-5pm Bountiful Cities will celebrate that and Earth Day with a Bountiful Bowls event at UNCA. Take a cooking class to learn how to reduce food waste, and fill your ceramic bowl with "Stone Soup." This FREE event is open to all. Community members ... Read more

The Utopian Seed Project – Trial to Table Series

Hickory Nut Gap Farm 57 Sugar Hollow Road , Fairview , NC, United States

The Utopian Seed Project grows a wide range of crops and varieties with the aim of increasing agrobiodiversity into the food and farming system. We want more crops and varieties being grown and enjoyed (i.e. eaten!) in our regional. Our Trial to Table event series brings together talented local chefs to showcase the work we’re ... Read more

Farmer Social & Music at Rare Bird

Rare Bird Farm 91 Duckett Top Tower Road, Hot Springs, NC, United States

This free family-friendly event is hosted by WNC Food Coalition and is a relaunching of the Collaborative Ag Network with 4 exciting programs to improve connectivity and quality of life for farmers. This is mainly a chance to meet some folks and relax while the season gets going. You'll also learn a little about what’s ... Read more

Cherokee Ndn Foods, Heritage Crops and Wild Delicacies

The Traditions in Agriculture series seeks to engage the community in expanding our understanding of equitable farming, food, and medicinal practices. Learn how we can create healthier communities and ecosystems for food justice. In this talk we will explore relationships and threads of resiliency in our current challenging ecological climate. These relatives will transmit about ... Read more

Free Farm Tour with Jamie Ager

Hickory Nut Gap Farm 57 Sugar Hollow Road , Fairview , NC, United States

THIS EVENT IS FREE! We invite you to join us on our next Farm Tour! Hickory Nut Gap hosts four complimentary tours each year, featuring farmer, founder, and CEO Jamie Ager, aiming to share our story and the principles of Regenerative farming with our community. Experience the regenerative journey firsthand from Jamie, who, alongside his ... Read more

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