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Eat Your View: Controlled Environment Agriculture is Changing the Landscape...
BrightFarms in Etowah By Robert Turner With the opening of several large greenhouses over the past few years, Western North Carolina has become a hub for controlled environment agriculture (CEA). The...
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Eat Your View: Gross Domestic Happiness
Photo by Melanie Johnson By Robert Turner The fax machine went the way of the telegraph. The iPod went the way of the Walkman. Phone books and printed maps; typewriters, slide rules and vacuum tubes;...
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Celebrate the Robert Burns Night Supper with Asheville Sister Cities January 25
Photo by Michael Oppenheim By Emma Castleberry Asheville Sister Cities will host its annual Robert Burns Night Supper on Thursday, January 25, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Asheville – Biltmore....
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The Observant Gardener: Plant Peas in February for Spring Harvest
“Peas are not just a side dish. They’re a way of life.”~ Unknown By Judith Canty Graves One of the benefits of living in the mountains of Western North Carolina is being able to plant pea seeds in late...
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Eat Your View: New Dogwood Health Trust Report Plants Seed for Job Growth in...
By Robert Turner Dogwood Health Trust released a new report on November 17 that describes how Western North Carolina might become a leader in agriculture and food technology (agrifood tech), which...
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WNCAP Seeks Dining Out for Life® Ambassadors
Dining Out For Life Ambassador Frank Kracher at Mayfel’s, 2019 On Thursday, April 25, Asheville will join 55 other cities across the country for Dining Out For Life®, a fundraiser involving 75 or more...
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Lecture Honors Appalachian and Latin American Food Cultures March 27
(From left) Ronni Lundy, Marcie Cohen Ferris and Sandra A. Gutierrez The intersection of Latin American and Appalachian foodways in North Carolina will be the subject of the fourth lecture in the...
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ASAP’s Growing Minds Publishes New Toolkit to Foster Love of Local Food
By Bellamy Crawford Long-term improvements to unsustainable practices in popular food culture come from inspiring a community’s youngest minds with an engaging, hands-on, local food and agriculture...
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Eat Your View: How Safe is Cardboard Mulch?
PFAS beading or soaking in. Photo courtesy of PFASfree.org By Robert Turner Given the rising concern about PFAS (per- and poly-fluorinated substances), is it wise to use cardboard boxes as ground cover...
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OGS Partners with Community Gardens to offer Spring Gardening Series
By Bellamy Crawford This spring, Organic Growers School (OGS) will host a four-part Gardening Series with Peace Gardens & Market in West Asheville. The Spring Gardening Series provides...
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Dining Out For Life® Returns for 22nd Year of Raising Funds and Awareness in WNC
On Thursday, April 25, participating restaurants throughout Western North Carolina will open their doors to guests for breakfast, lunch and dinner in support of Western North Carolina AIDS Project’s...
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Waynesville Soda Jerks: Southern Appalachia in a Bottle
Waynesville Soda Jerks president and co-founder Megan Brown; vice-president and co-founder Chris Allen; and their son Grady Allen By Emma Castleberry Chris Allen and Megan Brown started Waynesville...
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On a Personal Note: Ashley Espey
Ashley Espey. Photo by Lauren Stepp By Lauren Stepp Ashley Espey’s culinary career began when she was five years old. A winter weather system had dumped several inches of snow overnight, forcing...
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Three Events Remaining in Utopian Seed Project’s 2024 Trial to Table Series
Strawberry Cassava Danish by Chef Mallory Foster. Photo by Sarah Tew By Emma Castleberry The Utopian Seed Project has three events remaining this year in its Trial to Table event series, a communal...
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New ASAP Survey Aims to Connect WNC Shoppers with Local Farmers
By Hannah Van Vlack Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) has released a survey to learn more about Western North Carolina’s food shopping habits. It may be completed by any WNC resident...
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Get Your Pass for ASAP’s 2024 Farm Tour
Two Trees Farm. Photo courtesy of ASAP By Emma Castleberry Passes are on sale now for ASAP’s 2024 Farm Tour, a weekend of guided tours, tastings and demonstrations at farms throughout the region. This...
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Experience Friendship, Local Food at Organic Growers School’s Sow & Grow Fest
Sow & Grow Fest 2023 By Gina Malone Organic Growers School (OGS) hosts its 2nd annual Sow & Grow Fest on Saturday, September 14, from 12–5 p.m. at Hickory Nut Gap Farm, in Fairview. This free,...
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Carefully Crafted Cuisine and Community Care
Produce to the People market Bounty & Soul’s 10th Anniversary at the Farm to Fork Event By Hannah Van Vlack Farm to Fork, the signature fundraiser for nonprofit Bounty & Soul, has a special...
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Food & Drink: Find Approachable Quality Beverages atSaint Brighid’s, a...
Owners Keith and Halle Hirsch. Photo by Caleb Johnson By Emma Castleberry Saint Brighid’s is a local bar and bottle shop located within Marquee Asheville, a 5,000-square-foot collective of artisan...
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