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Shiloh Avery
Shiloh Avery is co-owner of Tumbling Shoals Farm in Wilkes County, North Carolina for the past 18 years and will be co-presenting a workshop at ASAP’s 2025 Business of Farming Conference (Feb. 22, 8:30 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. at Blue Ridge Community College in Flat Rock, NC). Along with Jason Roehrig, the workshop titled,”You Can’t…
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Remembering Brian Canipelli
Like the rest of Asheville’s food community, we are heartbroken at the loss of Brian Canipelli, chef and owner of Cucina 24. From his restaurant’s inception in 2008, Brian has been a model in sourcing from local farms and building strong bonds with farmers. Below are excerpts from an interview ASAP did with Brian and…
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Danielle Hutchison
Farmer Danielle Hutchison will give a welcome address as part of the 2025 Business of Farming Conference on February 22 at Blue Ridge Community College in Flat Rock, NC. Danielle began farming in 2008 and is the co-owner and operator of TendWell Farm in McDowell County, North Carolina. Can you share a little about yourself…
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Ali and Brian Tingley
Ali and Brian are in the midst of moving their farm, Seven Seeds Farm, from Burnsville to Marshall. As beginning farmers, they have a few market outlets including a spring and main season CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) that support their farm year-round. Ali and Brian have big dreams for their new space including an expanded…
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Mike Bean
Mike Bean is a local chef with Finest Deli (though temporarily on hold) serving up fresh eats at farmers markets in Buncombe County. He serves on On Track WNC‘s Board of Directors and quickly shifted his cooking skills to support meal operations with World Central Kitchen to keep the people of Western North Carolina fed…
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Vinny Bonanno
Vinny Bonanno is the Executive Director of the West Asheville Tailgate Market (WATM) since 2022, owner operator of Stretching in Public, a Make it Happen coach, and the lead on various creative projects and performances around the Asheville area. After Helene made landfall, Vinny opted to open WATM only days later. The West Asheville Tailgate…
Story Archive
The Appalachian Grown region is rich with local food and farm stories—from farmers, educators, chefs, community advocates, and many more. ASAP tries to share as many of these as possible, including in our annual Local Food Guide, in our newsletters, and on social media.
From 2015 to 2021, ASAP presented Growing Local Radio, a weekly broadcast on WNCW. Stories were based on research from ASAP’s Local Food Research Center. More than 200 audio stories and transcripts from Growing Local Radio are included in the archive below.
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Shiloh Avery February 19th, 2025 in Faces of Local
Remembering Brian Canipelli February 10th, 2025 in Faces of Local
Danielle Hutchison January 22nd, 2025 in Faces of Local
Ali and Brian Tingley December 17th, 2024 in Faces of Local
Mike Bean November 19th, 2024 in Faces of Local
Vinny Bonanno October 22nd, 2024 in Faces of Local
Jason Treadway September 18th, 2024 in Faces of Local
Lucy Wetzel August 21st, 2024 in Faces of Local
William Yates July 29th, 2024 in Faces of Local
Dawn Jordan June 27th, 2024 in Faces of Local
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