Ivy Creek CRAFT Tour October 11th, 2014 Cost-Benefit Trial of 3 Season Extension Mechanisms on 4 Varieties of Salad Greens For our last CRAFT tour of the season we gathered at Ivy Creek Family Farm to see a cost-benefit trial they are performing on three season...
Bluebird Farm 3-Season Homemade Haygroves September 14, 2014 It was a beautiful day for our September CRAFT tour at Bluebird Farm in Morganton, NC. Three Season High Tunnels in the form of homemade Haygroves was our topic of choice for the day. Marie Williamson and...
Mountain Harvest Organic – Farm Fencing 101 CRAFT Tour August 17, 2014 This August we ventured to Spring Creek in Madison County for a farm tour at Mountain Harvest Organic Farm on Farm Fencing 101. Julie Mansfield and Carl Evans having been farming for 14 years...
Franny’s Farm July 12th, 2014 Small Scale Livestock – Sheep, Poultry & Bees Our July CRAFT tour took us to Franny’s Farm in Leicester on the 12th. In just their second year farming, Frances, Jeff and their son Zach Tacy have established diversified small scale...
Blue Ridge Food Ventures & Smoking J’s June 14th, 2014 Value Added Products We doubled up for our June tour topic on “Value Added Products” by taking a tour of Blue Ridge Food Ventures commercial kitchen facility with a trip to Smoking J’s Fiery Foods farm, both...
Gaining Ground Farm – May 10th For our May CRAFT tour, we had our first visit to Gaining Ground Farm! Anne and Aaron Grier and their apprentice crew grow a slew of annual produce, graze a happy herd of 25+ Red Devon beef cattle, and one hundred chickens on...