CRAFT Archives - Organic Growers School

WNC CRAFT: Enterprise Decision Making with Imladris Farm

by Cameron Farlow | Jun 17, 2019 | Organic Farming

While we know how exciting it is to share and learn about growing vegetables and raising animals, we also know that farming is a business. We have to make time to talk about those aspects of running a farm, too! So, WNC CRAFT hosts two Twilight Talks each year and we...

Irrigating Vegetables & Livestock at Bluebird Farm – WNC CRAFT

by Cameron Farlow | Jun 11, 2019 | Organic Farming

The WNC CRAFT farmer network visited Bluebird Farm where Marie and William have been running raising vegetables and livestock for going on ten years. They raise hogs, piglets, laying hens, and beef cattle in addition to managing 3.5 acres of diversified vegetable...

Holistic Financial Planning for Farmers

by Nicole DelCogliano | Jan 5, 2019 | Organic Farming

Share this post… 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...

WNC CRAFT Tour of Thatchmore Farm—Small, Diversified, and Mountainous

by Cameron Farlow | Jun 14, 2018 | Organic Farming

Share this post… WNC CRAFT farm tour participants get to see landscape fabric in action on Thatchmore Farm’s upper field. For the June WNC CRAFT farm tour, we visited Thatchmore Farm—a clever example of a small-scale, diversified mountain farm. As Tom Elmore explained...

WNC CRAFT Farm Tour: Grass-Fed Beef at Hickory Nut Gap Farm