Farmer Orientation May 4th, 2014 On May 4th, we held our first Farmer Orientation. Full Sun Farm was a great host for the gathering, and we want to thank them for letting us come out! It was a perfect spring day, and after a quick tour of the farm to check out their...
CRAFT Farm Tour Summary Thatchmore Farm Diverse Vegetable Production on a Hilly WNC Farm April 19th, 2014 Despite some really rainy weather our CRAFT members came out in force to our April CRAFT farm tour at Thatchmore Farm. For our first tour of the year, we focused...
At this year’s Spring Conference, we at OGS decided to set up a handful of volunteers with pen, paper, and the directive to go home after the event and write a post on each class they attended for us to share on the OGS Blog in a series we’re calling the...
WNC CRAFT Full Sun Farm Cut Flower Production August 11th In August, CRAFT met for a great tour on cut flower production led by Vanessa Campbell and Alex Brown at Full Sun Farm. We are lucky to have these long-time CRAFT members willing to share their growing prowess...
This year with CRAFT we have tried to increase our support for farm apprentices and aspiring farmers with a few extra events held over the growing season including an Apprentice Orientation, CRAFT Farm Olympics, and an End of Season camp-out. Our goal for these new...
Bluebird Farm Tour “Diversified Small-Scale Livestock” Bluebird Farm welcomed us back again this year for our June CRAFT farm tour. This time the tour topic focused on “Diversified Small-Scale Livestock.” We are grateful to Marie Williamson and William Lyons for...