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Holly Kolarova
Holly Kolarova is an ESL (English as a Second Language) and Special Education teacher at Clear Creek Elementary School in Henderson County. Holly is part of the 2023–24 Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership, which connects outstanding educators with mentors, creating opportunities and relationships to help students understand how STEM concepts apply in the real…
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Kiera Bulan
As the Sustainability Manager for the City of Asheville, what are some of the projects you’re working on? So many different areas! Our department focuses on four main “buckets” of work with plenty of collaborative projects living under each. Our primary buckets are: Climate, Energy, Food, and Waste Reduction. Within those areas we focus on…
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Gary Steiner
Gary Steiner is the co-owner and operator, alongside his wife, Abigail, of Bee-utiful Farm & Garden, nestled in Hendersonville, NC. The couple offers a CSA (or Community Supported Agriculture) program year round, as well as guided farm tours and school field trip opportunities. What are the main benefits of participating in a CSA? A couple…
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Holly Whitesides
Farmer Holly Whitesides will give a welcome address as part of the 2024 Business of Farming Conference on February 24 at A-B Tech in Asheville. Holly has been farming at Against the Grain Farm in Watauga County, North Carolina, since 2012, alongside Andy Bryant and their three daughters, Beatrice, Corva, and Linnea. Can you tell…
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Cooperativa Tierra Fértil
Tierra Fértil Coop is an Hispanic, worker-owned farm cooperative in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Members Delia and Maria talk about how this project stemmed from personal and collective dreams of promoting access to resources and the capacity to produce food and stimulate food justice and racial equity in the local food and agricultural system. The video…
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Blake Hart
Blake Hart is the executive director of Haywood Christian Ministry, a nonprofit organization providing a food pantry as well as heating and housing assistance. The food pantry serves 800 to 850 families each month, offering fresh, local produce in addition to frozen meat, bread, and shelf-stable pantry goods. When did Haywood Christian Ministry first begin…
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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Well Seasoned Table Embraces the Business of Farming February 15th, 2021 in Growing Local Radio Series
Business of Farming Conference Sparks Connections February 8th, 2021 in Growing Local Radio Series
Everyone is Part of the Family at Creasman Farms February 1st, 2021 in Growing Local Radio Series
Cows in the Field, Cheese in the Cave January 25th, 2021 in Growing Local Radio Series
Faces of Local: Natalie Geradot January 20th, 2021 in Faces of Local
From Curds to Herds January 19th, 2021 in Growing Local Radio Series
Fresh Food all Winter January 11th, 2021 in Growing Local Radio Series
The Tobacco Barns of Madison County January 4th, 2021 in Growing Local Radio Series
The Legacy of Tobacco in WNC December 28th, 2020 in Growing Local Radio Series
Local Food in 2020 December 21st, 2020 in Growing Local Radio Series
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