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WNC CRAFT Tour – Full Sun Farm

by Cameron Farlow | Nov 10, 2015 | Events & Programs, Organic Farming

WNC CRAFT – October 4, 2015 – Full Sun Farm – “Small Farm Equipment” Our last tour of the 2015 CRAFT season was appropriately held at one of our founding farm members – Full Sun Farm. Vanessa Campbell and Alex Brown have been farming in Sandy...

WNC CRAFT Farm Tour – A Way of Life Farm

by Cameron Farlow | Aug 27, 2015 | Events & Programs, Organic Farming

Share this post… WNC CRAFT – A Way of Life Farm – “Permaculture on a Working Farm” – August 23rd, 2015 The WNC CRAFT August farm tour took us to the foothills at A Way of Life Farm. Our topic this month was “Permaculture on a Working Farm.”...

WNC CRAFT Farm Tour: Goldfinch Gardens

by Cameron Farlow | Jul 16, 2015 | Events & Programs, Organic Farming

Goldfinch Gardens – Rotational Grazing with Sheep – WNC CRAFT Farm Tour – July 12, 2015 Goldfinch Gardens in Celo was our July WNC CRAFT Farm tour host! Ben McCann & Cedar Johnson were our knowledgeable host farmers and they taught us all about...

Patchwork Urban Farms – WNC CRAFT Farm Tour

by Cameron Farlow | Jul 6, 2015 | Events & Programs, Organic Farming

For our June WNC CRAFT tour we visited Patchwork Urban Farms in the heart of Asheville. Our tour topic focused on “Multi-Plot Urban Farming.” Patchwork founder and farmer Sunil Patel started the farm last year as an incubator project with...

Farm Pathways: Access to Land, Livelihood & Learning

by Cameron Farlow | Jun 12, 2015 | Events & Programs, Organic Farming

Farm Pathways: Access to Land, Livelihood, and Learning, is a whole-farm training and innovative land access program for new and aspiring farmers in Western North Carolina (WNC). This farmer training program is being developed by three collaborative partners: Southern...

WNC CRAFT – Hiring & Managing Apprentices Farmer Roundtable

by Cameron Farlow | Jun 9, 2015 | Events & Programs, Organic Farming

May 31, 2015 A goal for WNC CRAFT is to support farmers in building quality on-farm training through apprenticeships as a part of a commitment to training the next generation of organic farmers in the region. So each year we host a “farmer only” roundtable centered on...