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Join Hominy Farm and Friends & Neighbors for a Nearly Summer Mezze pop-up on Sunday, June 14, from 2 to 6 p.m. at Treska's on Highland Lake. Mezze is a dining style popular all over the Mediterranean and Middle East that includes many small dishes: spreads, spreads, marinated vegetables, salads, and condiments. This year we’re
Hey Folks! This live, by-donation workshop is for people who are serious about exploring mushroom farming as more than a hobby. In 90 focused minutes, we’ll walk through: - What a regenerative mushroom farm actually looks like in practice - How the economics work at a realistic scale - The phased path from beginner to
Join us as we walk through the process of evaluating farm business performance at the midpoint of the year. Participants will review financial records, production data, and key performance indicators to assess progress toward annual goals. This course focuses on organizing and interpreting mid-year data to identify strengths, address challenges, and support informed decision-making for
Take a deep dive into the complex world of identifying mushrooms! Learn over 25 safe to use species and differentiate dangerous lookalikes. This Mushroom Identification class takes you deep into the complex world of identifying mushrooms, covering crucial features for safe foraging and characteristics of over 25 unique, rare, useful, and delectable mushroom species! We’ll
Learn the basic plumbing principles behind drip irrigation! Walk away with the knowledge to design, build, and troubleshoot your own system. In a region where water conservation is no longer optional, drip irrigation is one of the smartest changes a gardener can make. In this hands-on workshop, we'll cover the fundamentals of pressure and flow,
Join us at Root Cause Farm for a joyful evening of community, music, food, fun, and summertime magic on the farm. 📍 Root Cause Farm 26 Joe Jenkins Road, Fairview, NC 📅 Friday, June 26 (Rain date: June 27) 🕔 5:00–8:00 PM 🎟 FREE family-friendly community gathering Enjoy: 🎶 Live music 🍺 Local beer 🍦
Long before modern medicine had a name for it, people were using plant oils to calm frantic minds, loosen grief from the body, and coax themselves toward sleep. Turns out, they were onto something real. Essential oils interact with your nervous system in ways that are measurable, repeatable, and genuinely useful for daily life. This
Hey Folks! If you’ve been curious about growing mushrooms but aren’t sure where to start, this is the one-day workshop for you. You'll learn core low-tech, outdoor mushroom cultivation methods that we teach in our 3-month online beginners course—distilled into a practical, accessible day on the farm. You will learn: * How mushrooms grow and
There is something satisfying about making your own medicine. This hands-on workshop with local farmer and forager Tolvin Stiles walks you through the entire process, from identifying wild medicinal plants in the North Carolina mountains to pouring your finished salve into a jar you take home. You will learn basic foraging techniques, extract plant properties
The woods around Western North Carolina hold a remarkable pantry, and knowing how to read it responsibly is a skill worth having. In this hands-on class, instructor Adam Bigelow introduces you to the edible and medicinal plants and fungi that thrive in Southern Appalachian forests, with a clear focus on the knowledge and ethics that