If you’re starting or expanding your farm business, we offer a path to success through training, networking, and support.
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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
Navigating Farm Labor
Farming on a small farm requires significant labor to produce the food we all eat. Farms today struggle to adequately staff their farms, often using a combination of family members, hourly workers, visiting workers from other countries or engage in apprenticeship...
Holistic Financial Planning for Farmers
The Organic Growers School will be offering a 2-day workshop, Holistic Financial Planning on January 21st - 22nd, 2019 for farmers at the Southern Appalachians Highlands Conservancy’s Community Farm. William Lyons from Bluebird Farm, often says when he...
Class Descriptions for 26th Annual Spring Conference in March 2019
Learn about the classes & workshops offered at the 2018 Spring Conference. Explore farming, beekeeping, herbal medicines, sustainable living, mushrooms, and more.
Winter Planting
This is the list of plants that I planted from late fall (end of October) to mid-December. Day Lillies Comfrey Elderberry Shrubs Catnip Lamb's ears Varigated Bishop's Weed or Gout Weed (Aegopodium podagraria 'Variegatum') Hostas Wild Ginger Rudbeckia Two varieties of...
Candy Roaster Squash + Recipe
Image credit Cindy Trisler, Mudluscious Pottery & Gardens If you’ve ever had the pleasure to become acquainted with the illustrious Candy Roaster Squash, you’ll know them as giant and famously sweet heirlooms. If you’ve not yet been introduced, you’re in for a...
