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Mountain Grown: Appalachia's New Local Food Economy
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Okra, an Appalachian staple, in season at Asheville City Market. Photo by ASAP. Restaurants like Knife and Fork didn't use to exist in places like Spruce Pine, a town of just 2,200 people nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina...
CSA Time is Here
via carolinaepicurean

Area farmers are getting ready for the growing season and their CSA programs Spring is fast approaching. That means WNC farmers will soon begin harvesting asparagus, greens, and spring onions to sell at farmers tailgate markets and to pack directly...
Where Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Land on Food and Farming Issues
via now.motherearthnews

Food and farming are way, way, way down on the list of issues of greatest importance to American voters as they head to the polls this November. In fact, neither issue even registers on the most recent Pew poll. Yet agricultural policy is heavily implicated...
The Green Living Update ~ closing the chapter
via fimby.tougas

I’ve been writing this blog now for almost seven years. For a time, green and simple living, and a certain DIY ethic was the edge of my growth curve. I read books and blogs about these topics and dreamed of a chicken-less urban homestead. And of course...
Small planet, big appetites: How to feed a growing world
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How do we feed ourselves without laying waste to the earth, and ruining everything for the next generation? If you think about it, that’s the existential question for humanity. (As opposed to, say, should I use the Oxford comma? What&rsquo...

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Get Local on the Mountain

As part of ASAP’s Get Local campaign – a year-round initiative that brings together farmers, chefs, and community members to highlight a featured local food – ASAP is partnering with restaurants that go above and beyond when it comes to purchasing and...
Beyond the Farm Tour

Don’t want your Farm Tour weekend to end? It doesn’t have to! Stay connected with ASAP and local food in the region by: Submit your photos to the 2014 Farm Photo Contest by by midnight on Wednesday, September 24, and you could win Asheville City Market...
Old Fort/ Lake Lure Cluster

Round Mountain Creamery | Farm Fresh Ventures | Vandele Farms on Cedar Creek Round Mountain Creamery Linda Seligman 2203 Old Fort Rd., Black Mountain 828-669-0718 We’re passionate about high-quality dairy and are North Carolina’s first Grade...
Fairview Cluster

Flying Cloud Farm | Hickory Nut Gap Farm | Imladris Farm | Adelbert Farm Flying Cloud Farm Annie and Isaiah Perkinson 1860 Charlotte Hwy., Fairview 828-768-3348 See a working farm in action with many crops growing, including flowers...
Henderson Cluster

North River Farms | Living Web Farms | Saint Paul Mountain Vineyards | Justus Orchard North River Farms New! Jason Davis 3333 N. Mills River Rd., Mills River 828-890-5316 Take a hay ride and guided tour of our vegetable farm and U-pick...

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ASAP presents workshops and trainings throughout the year for farmers, market managers, educators, students, and the general community.