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SUMMARY:Traditions in Agriculture presents: Building Community Around Food and Medicine
DESCRIPTION:The Traditions in Agriculture series seeks to engage the community in expanding our understanding of equitable farming\, food\, and medicinal practices. Learn how we can create healthier communities and ecosystems for food justice. \nPlants\, medicine\, and food are powerful forces that connect to place and history\, preserve cultural lineages\, and build community. Join Brandon Ruiz\, Community Herbalist and Urban Farmer based on Catawba Land (Charlotte\, North Carolina) to learn and discuss different approaches to work with and support your community through plant medicine\, home gardening\, and more. \nEvent is Free.
URL:https://asapconnections.org/community-event/traditions-in-agriculture-presents-building-community-around-food-and-medicine/
LOCATION:West Asheville Library\, 942 Hayward Road\, Asheville\, NC\, 28806\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Pollinators
DESCRIPTION:This presentation is designed for adults of the general public and assumes no prior knowledge of pollinators. You’ll learn about pollination and pollinators overall\, as well as the most common pollinators in Western North Carolina. These topics are followed by a discussion of conservation concerns and simple steps you can take to help pollinators. The session wraps up with the fascinating concept of pollination syndromes and how you can use them to participate in pollinator conservation.
URL:https://asapconnections.org/community-event/introduction-to-pollinators-4/
LOCATION:Leicester Public Library\, 1561 Alexander Rd\, Leicester\, NC\, 28748\, United States
CATEGORIES:Information Session
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240419T080000
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SUMMARY:Growing In The Mountains Spring Festival
DESCRIPTION:Growing In The Mountains is a spring plant and garden festival featuring local farms and artists. Come celebrate spring and shop from dozens of vendors featuring locally grown vegetable starts\, culinary and medicinal herb plants\, native plants\, fruit trees and bushes\, ornamental shrubs and trees\, pollinator plants\, houseplants\, dahlias\, mushroom logs\, tea blends\, herbal remedies\, herbal body products\, local art painting\, drawings\, clay and pottery\, candles\, jewelery and so much more. Three days of fun for the entire family!
URL:https://asapconnections.org/community-event/growing-in-the-mountains-spring-festival/
LOCATION:WNC Farmers Market\, 570 Brevard Road\, Asheville\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festival/Fair
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SUMMARY:Spring Plant Sale!
DESCRIPTION:Join us in supporting Eliada Farms by shopping our Spring Plant Sale on April 19th and 20th! \n4/19: 12-5 pm\n4/20: 9 am-12noon \nAddress:\nEliada Home\n49 Compton Drive\nAsheville\, NC 28806 \nSeedlings available: Veggies\, flowers\, culinary herbs\, strawberries. \n100% of proceeds go to support our farm program at Eliada!
URL:https://asapconnections.org/community-event/spring-plant-sale-2/
LOCATION:Eliada Homes for Children\, 2 Compton Dr\, Asheville\, NC\, 28806\, United States
CATEGORIES:Plant Sale
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240420T103000
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SUMMARY:Propagation workshop - April 20th
DESCRIPTION:Creating a foodforest can get expensive. Come learn how you can build your own foodforest and save money with propagation. We will review how to take hardwood\, softwood\, and semi-hardwood cuttings\, air layering\, stratifying seeds\, and rooting hormones. We will review the process\, differences\, and benefits of each. This class will show you all the ways you can create hundreds of plants for next to nothing! \nSaturday\, April 20th\nClass time: 10:30 am – 12:30 pm\nClasses are held rain or shine / $15 to $30 sliding scale\nPay at time of attendance via cash\, Venmo\, Paypal\, or Cash App\nVisit Facebook / George Brabant OR Phat Ninja Foodforest Events to register
URL:https://asapconnections.org/community-event/propagation-workshop-april-20th/
LOCATION:Phat Ninja Foodforest\, 43 Bull Mountain Rd.\, Asheville\, NC\, 28805\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240421T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240421T170000
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SUMMARY:Bountiful Bowls with Bountiful Cities
DESCRIPTION:April is Food Waste Reduction month\, and on Sunday April 21st 1-5pm Bountiful Cities will celebrate that and Earth Day with a Bountiful Bowls event at UNCA. Take a cooking class to learn how to reduce food waste\, and fill your ceramic bowl with “Stone Soup.” \nThis FREE event is open to all. Community members and students are invited to come and celebrate outside the Sherill Center at UNCA where they can enjoy some “stone soup.” Participants are encouraged to bring a vegetable or pantry item that can be part of the stone soup. We will celebrate Food Waste Reduction month using donated up-cycled produce to make the soup and a Panzanella Salad for attendees. Firefly Valley Pottery will lead participants in a hands-on experience with clay\, and participants can take hand built pots with them. The Student Environmental Center will lead Earth Day activities and share information about sustainability. \nParticipants can purchase beautiful ceramic hand-made bowls (on a sliding scale) to support Bountiful Cities work\, then fill it with soup or salad! \nTickets ($25 each) are also on sale for cooking classes with Plant-Based Nutrition Expert and Professor Amy Joy Lanou in the Teaching Kitchen at the Sherill Center at UNCA. Lanou will explore techniques to reduce food waste and cook delicious dishes with fresh and local produce. You can purchase a ticket to the cooking class and add on a ceramic bowl for $40. \nSpecial thanks to our co-sponsor Firefly Valley Pottery. Thanks also to UNCA Ceramics department\, AB Tech Ceramics department\, Asheville High School Ceramics department\, and many local ceramic artists for donating bowls for this event. And thanks to the Food Equity Initiative at UNCA for donating supplies. \nPlease RSVP\, purchase bowls and tickets today! You may choose your bowl on a first come first served basis on the day of the event. If we don’t sell out\, bowls will be available for purchase on the day of the event and pick up at one of our up coming events.
URL:https://asapconnections.org/community-event/bountiful-bowls-with-bountiful-cities/
LOCATION:UNC-Asheville\, 1 University Heights\, Asheville\, NC\, 28804\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:The Utopian Seed Project - Trial to Table Series
DESCRIPTION:The Utopian Seed Project grows a wide range of crops and varieties with the aim of increasing agrobiodiversity into the food and farming system. We want more crops and varieties being grown and enjoyed (i.e. eaten!) in our regional. Our Trial to Table event series brings together talented local chefs to showcase the work we’re doing on the farm. Enjoy great food\, learn about new crops and varieties\, and get inspired for a better food system.
URL:https://asapconnections.org/community-event/the-utopian-seed-project-trial-to-table-series/
LOCATION:Hickory Nut Gap Farm\, 57 Sugar Hollow Road \, Fairview \, NC\, 28730\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Farmer Social & Music at Rare Bird
DESCRIPTION:This free family-friendly event is hosted by WNC Food Coalition and is a relaunching of the Collaborative Ag Network with 4 exciting programs to improve connectivity and quality of life for farmers. This is mainly a chance to meet some folks and relax while the season gets going. You’ll also learn a little about what’s going on land access\, producer coops and collective resources in WNC and how to get involved. Enjoy some local food and music with A Grisman + Garcia Experience with Dirty Dawg. \n2-4: Social\n4-5: Food\n5-7: Music \nContact jenn@wncfoodjustice.com for more info!
URL:https://asapconnections.org/community-event/farmer-social-music-at-rare-bird/
LOCATION:Rare Bird Farm\, 91 Duckett Top Tower Road\, Hot Springs\, NC\, 28743\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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