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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Save the date! May 6, 2023, from 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at North River Farms (3333 North Mills River Rd., Mills River, NC 28759)! Mills River Day is a free-to-attend large-scale community event that highlights agriculture, natural resource management, water quality, and the talents and related businesses in and around the Mills River Community. ... Read more
Dig in the dirt and bring up some deep knowledge on soil health with UNCA’s Asst. Professor Jake Hagedorn Start off with Learn about our Holistic Land Management from Farm Director Virginia, and how our regenerative practices depend on a deep connection with soil and understanding of it’s indicators. Spotted on the farm by our ... Read more
Join us for our 6-part Business of Farming Series Join us for this 6-week series designed for new and beginning farmers who want to explore their options in farming, ranching, and agriculture. In this program, we’ll help you cultivate a strategic plan to validate your goals and engage with a community of agripreneurs to strengthen ... Read more
What are your kiddos doing after school this Spring? Are they wild, unhinged muddy monsters once they get home? Are they glued to a tablet when they hit the carpool lane? Sounds like Firefly Valley’s Pottery Class here on the farm by artist Ona is what they need- let’s play in the mud, be outside ... Read more
Our Trial to Table events are a chance for us to showcase crops and varieties from our farm trials via the talented hands of local chefs. We challenge our chefs to be inspired by our farm trials and to be creative with their dishes. The food is always delicious and our hope is that you ... Read more
Everyone loves free plants! Join us this Saturday 5/20/2023 at 10am at Phat Ninja Foodforest, 43 Bull Mountain Road, 28805 and learn the different methods to quickly multiply a variety of different plants for your garden/landscape. You will leave this class with cuttings and all the knowledge to go home and take cuttings of your ... Read more
Wild East Farm is a small regenerative farm focused on pastured livestock and perennial foods. We are inviting volunteers to participating in processing meat chickens here at the farm on May 27 at 8:30am. We expect to wrap up by 1:30pm. We take every effort to process our animals efficiently, safely, and with respect for the ... Read more
Come join me on the farm on Saturday, May 27 from 10 to 3. I will have plants for sale, and new tincture in stock.
Our 9th Annual EmpTea Bowls…Tea Party in the Garden on Saturday, June 3, 2023, from 4:00-7:30 PM This is our annual non-profit fundraiser in support of the Dr. John Wilson Community Garden located at 99 White Pine Drive, Black Mountain, NC 28711 These funds go to help support our Interns that work with the Garden ... Read more
Farm to Fork is Coming Back to the Triangle! Held in the Triangle for more than 15 years, the Farm to Fork Picnic is a showcase of North Carolina chefs, artisans, and farmers paired together to create sips and nibbles of the region’s best flavors and seasonal ingredients! Grab your friends and family, a blanket, ... Read more