Community Events Calendar

ASAP's annual Business of Farming Conference brings together professional farmers from across the Southeast region to network and share resources to grow their farm businesses. Farmers learn about marketing, business planning, and financial management from regional experts and innovative peers. The conference is designed for beginning and established farmers as well as those seriously considering ... Read more

In this class we will go over the soil food web, what is living soil compared to dirt. Ways to build healthy, living soil inexpensively on our property, compost basics, and how to build our own potting mixes far superior to anything we can buy. If interested we will even examine a few different soils ... Read more

Along with Contour Lines Corp we will be leading the planting of a 3-acre diversified food forest which will feature a number of fruit trees and native support trees planted on contour in a system of berms and swales. This is a unique demonstration project on conservation land, which will be managed in perpetuity so ... Read more

Please Register in advance for our FREE Spring Seed Starting Workshop March 9th, from 2-3:30 at Grove Street Community Center. Ta'rin'ii will demonstrate best practices for starting your spring seedlings. This will be a two part conversation, with discussion, Q & A, and then hands on seed starting. Please bring seeds, gloves, pots, and hand ... Read more

FREE virtual workshops presented by ASAP. Looking for an easy, affordable, and effective way to promote your farm and communicate to customers? Newsletters are a great vehicle to draw in new customers, and especially to keep existing ones updated and engaged with your farm business. This workshop is for any direct-to-consumer farmers who are looking ... Read more

Curious about American chestnuts? Come learn how to plant and care for American chestnut seedlings as we add to a small demonstration orchard in Asheville's city parks! You will hear about The American Chestnut Foundation's current strategies on how to restore this once prolific tree. No supplies needed, just bring yourself and any questions you ... Read more