Here is a video from Chuck Blethen, one of our Terra Madre Delegates from 2 years ago, on growing grapes here in NC.  He has a special grape named after the Katuah valley that he is growing. Start thinking about … Continue reading →

Hello friends, investors and advocates of the Farmers Film, I’m so pleased to announce the Farmers Film project launch on USAToday.com! Please follow this link to see it—>: http://yourlife.usatoday.com/fitness-food/story/2011-11-10/Four-farmers-talk-about-balancing-farm-life-and-business/51148976/1 (USAToday will also be providing supplementary print coverage as well. The … Continue reading →

Monday, November 14, 2011, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. (Doors open 6:30) Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, Fletcher, NC (just south of Asheville, I-26 Airport exit) Suggested donation:  $10 Ross Conrad learned his craft from world-renowned beekeeper and apithera- … Continue reading →

Slow Food Asheville is a proud supporter of BEe Healing Apiary and The Center for Honeybee Research.  We are currently working on programs with both organizations to make “natural” bee keeping a nationally and internationally recognized way to raise bees. … Continue reading →

Local farmer, Meghan Cole, from Harvest Table Farm has lost her volunteer farm hands this season and still has a lot of work ahead of her.  Many hands makes for easy work, and forming a one day crop mob, or … Continue reading →

The Appalachian Foods Storybank project, led by the Heritage Foods Committee of Slow Food Asheville will have a “Storybooth” at the Mountain State Fair this year.  We are seeking any and all volunteers interested in regional foods or Appalachian history … Continue reading →