If you’re starting or expanding your farm business, we offer a path to success through training, networking, and support.
We provide you with quality gardening education, ideas for inspiration, and connections to other growers in Western NC.
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I can’t fully express my appreciation for the passion conveyed in the [Spring] Gardening series. Especially regarding the creation of a healthy, vibrant earth through gardening and by redefining our relationship with nature/soil. Thank you, thank you.
I love the OGS Spring Conference. Thank you all for your hard work to make it happen. I look forward to it every year and always come away inspired and ready to keep working!
What I love most about CRAFT is the networking with other farmers and visiting working farms. The sharing of information between farmers is like in no other industry. In farming, it seems, competitiveness turns into collaboration and cooperation.
Recent Blog Posts
WNC CRAFT Farmer Round Table – Let’s Talk About Taxes! w/Wallace Souther
We had a very exciting (yes, it actually was exciting!) second WNC CRAFT Farmer Round Table, called “Let’s Talk About Taxes!” And we did. What are Farmer Round Tables? They are open, farmer to farmer discussions geared toward a specific advanced farming topic....
WNC CRAFT Farmer Round Table – Soil Testing “Demystified” w/Meredith Leigh
Even through the winter, WNC CRAFT is still going strong! With our CRAFT Farmer Steering Committee’s help, we were off to a good start with three themed farmer round tables to keep us cozy in these cold months. What are Farmer Round Tables? They are open, farmer to...
Funding Awarded by the Southern Risk Management Education Center to OGS
The Organic Growers School's project “Strategies for Success: Risk Management Education & Whole Farm Support of Beginning Farmers in the Southern Appalachians" was accepted for funding through the Southern ERME program. About The ERME Program (from...
Pam Dawling & Ira Wallace Interview – Year-Round Growing on Farm & Garden
The 26th Annual Organic Growers School Spring Conference welcomes experienced vegetable, herb, and seed growers Pam Dawling & Ira Wallace for a pre-conference workshop March 8, 2019, presenting a step-by-step approach to growing year-round. In this interview with...
Peter Bane Interview – Finding, Buying and Loving the Land
The 26th Annual Organic Growers School Spring Conference welcomed Peter Bane, author of "The Permaculture Handbook: Garden Farming for Town and Country", a distillation of more than 25 years’ experience in the art and science of land management. Peter taught the...
