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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Local craft items will be for sale during the holiday market, plus, james and jellies, prepared foods, baked goods, natural body-care products, and late fall crops.
Curious about kudzu? Join Kudzu Culture and Cooperate WNC on December 1, from 3 – 7pm, at The Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center in Mills River, North Carolina, for the inaugural Kudzu Culture Fair. Participants are invited to attend a Root Harvest Training from 3:30 – 5pm in the auditorium, followed by a Kudzu Craft and Products Fair from 5 – 7pm, featuring regional art, craft, and ... Read more
Holiday Market featuring favorite community craft vendors, baked goods, local products and late fall produce.
En colaboración con el Carolina Small Business Development Fund (CSBDF), AB-Tech Small Business Center y ASAP, este taller explorará formas de acceder al capital, cómo prepararse para un préstamo y explica cómo el acceso al capital afecta el éxito de un pequeño negocio agrícola.
In collaboration with the Carolina Small Business Development Fund (CSBDF), AB-Tech Small Business Center, and ASAP, this workshop will explore ways to access capital, how to prepare for a loan, and explain how access to capital affects the success of a small farm business.
Getting Started With Local Food Production provides an introduction to local food systems, community assets to help you get started, and identifying market channels and strategies to help you grow your small farm business. Welcome to Small Farm Boot Camp! The training contains 7 modules. You may take one, a few, or all depending on ... Read more
The soil health and management module is meant as a basic introduction to soil health concepts. The aim of the module is to inform participants of how important soil is to farm health and productivity, considerations for managing soil health, and management practices that may improve environmental, economic, and productivity outcomes. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/small-farm-boot-camp-soil-health-tickets-464336211107
Join NC State University researchers and area growers to learn about new opportunities for hemp production focusing on fiber and value-added products made from hemp biomass, including spent materials from floral hemp. Topics include agronomic research, variety trials, and innovative consumer bioproducts. Registration is free, lunch is provided.
Pondering "to bee or not to bee"? Come explore all things related to backyard beekeeping with local author Ashley English. Together we'll discuss the basics of getting started with keeping a hive of honeybees. Topics include: What to consider beforehand, housing, feeding, essential equipment, obtaining bees, hive inspections, a year of bee care, health and ... Read more
Objectives for Vegetable Production: Understand how to do a farm site analysis. Understand key aspects of crop production to produce marketable crops. Understand key aspects of crop protection with introduction to IPM. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/small-farm-boot-camp-vegetable-production-tickets-464336622337