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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CACFP Networking Session

Online/Virtual

Interested in using your CACFP funds to purchase local produce, but not sure how to get started? Well look no further... Join ASAP's Growing Minds program for a virtual CACFP networking session. Our speakers Marianne Lindgren (CACFP Nutrition Program Consultant) and Melinda Aponte (YWCA Nutrition Coordinator) will share resources and tips, then open up the ... Read more

Mills River Farmer’s Market Vendor Meeting

Mountain Horticultural Crops Research Station 455 Research Drive, Mills River, NC

Please join the Mills River Farmer's Market board and staff in this informational meeting. This meeting is for vendors and aspiring vendors to have their questions answered regarding attending as a vendor. Breakfast provided! This meeting is required by the bylaws of the market.

Savory Hub Naturalist Series: Birding at the Farm

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

Explore the Farm and surrounding forest with birder and farmer Noah Poulos to spot the various species of birds that can be found in WNC. Edge habitat birding, learn how planned grazing benefits the local avian population. We will be hiking in uneven and sometimes steep terrain, so please wear sturdy shoes and be dressed ... Read more

Log Plugging at Sow True Seed

Sow True Seed 146 Church St, Asheville, NC, United States

Growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms at home is easy! Inoculating (plugging) logs with mushroom spawn is a great way to get started. Many mushroom species love to grow on trees naturally. The easiest way to simulate this natural relationship is to inoculate cut logs with mushroom spawn. This is a low-tech, no waste, regenerative way ... Read more

Lawns & Lawn Alternatives

North Carolina Cooperative Extension McDowell County Center 60 East Court Street, Marion, NC

The Extension Gardener Training classes are open to anyone wanting to learn more about good gardening practices in Zone 7 based on research-based information. A new topic will be discussed each week during the series. You may join us for each of the six topics or you can choose which topics interest you. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lawns-lawn-alternatives-tickets-464345980327

Lavender Transplant Volunteer Work Weekend

Spiral Mountain 96 Randall Cove Rd, Leicester, NC, United States

Please join us for a volunteer work weekend at our new farm and community in Sandymush, NC -- Spiral Mountain. Spiral Mountain is a 34-acre farm with five cabins. We envision people living in community together here and growing much of our own food, including both annual vegetables and permaculture perennials. We also envision growing ... Read more

Mental Health First Aid for Farmers

Creekside Farms Education Center 339 Avery Creek Rd, Arden, NC

Done in collaboration with NC Agromedicine Institute. Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a national program that employs a 8-hour training to teach a 5-step tool to identify and respond to signs of mental illness, substance use, and mental health crisis. MHFA provides signs and symptoms of mental illness, how to help, and training on ... Read more

Mushroom Log Plugging

The Forest Farmacy 24 Davis Lane, Marshall, NC, United States

Growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms at home is easy! Inoculating (plugging) logs with mushroom spawn is a great way to get started. Many mushroom species love to grow on trees naturally. The easiest way to simulate this natural relationship is to inoculate cut logs with mushroom spawn. This is a low-tech, no waste, regenerative way ... Read more

Afterschool Pottery with Ona

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

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

Business of Farming Series: Legal Structures and Agritourism Framework

Online/Virtual

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

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