This post was contributed by Laura Cheatham. Here in Western North Carolina (WNC) we have been working on developing the infrastructure of LocalWiki Asheville since April of this year, catalyzed by a partnership between Neighborhood Economics and the Asheville…
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October Updates & Opportunities
Conferences and Events North Carolina Meat Conference, October 12-13, Winston-Salem, NC, October 12-13. Farmers, chefs, and industry leaders convene to celebrate, network, and advance the niche meat resurgence. The Carolina Meat Conference, hosted by NC Choices, is a nationally-recognized event focused on bringing together…
Five Myths about Farmworkers Debunked: Notes from Immokalee
This post was contributed by Lorien MacAuley. I recently drove down to Immokalee, Florida, for the annual “Encuentro” of the Student Farmworker Alliance. I wanted to see for myself the town of Immokalee and the headquarters of the Coalition of…
Exploring Participation and Power in Community Development
This post was contributed by Garland Mason. This summer I took leave from my post as a graduate research assistant with the Appalachian Foodshed Project (AFP) to collect data for my thesis research in Chiapas, Mexico. My research focuses on…
September Updates & Opportunities
Conferences and Events Harvest Conference, Asheville, NC, September 11-12. The Organic Growers School presents the second Harvest Conference, a fall event featuring all the popularity of the Spring Conference with a focus on fall & winter growing, home cooking, fermentation, preservation,…
My Food Security Story Full Circle, by Michelle Schroeder-Moreno
A number of people have asked me how I came to work in agroecology and more recently in food security, so I thought I would try to tell my story briefly here and perhaps explain how I see food at…
June 2015 Updates and Opportunities
Conferences and Events Farm to Fork. June 5-7, 2015. Durham, NC. Join in a weekend celebrating sustainable farming, the bounty of local agriculture, and the relationships that continue to bloom in the food community between farms, restaurants, fishermen, beverage producers,…
May 2015 Updates & Opportunities
Conferences and Events Cover Crops and Fertility Management Field Day. May 7, 2015. Berea, Kentucky. This Organic Association of Kentucky Field Day will be held at Berea College. Topics will include cover crops to choose in a given situation, methods…
The Green Grocer: Homegrown Resilience in Alderson, West Virginia
This post was contributed by Catherine Goggins. “I ♥ Food, I ♥ Alderson.” It is a statement with reason to resonate. Sitting among the beautiful Appalachian Mountains, Alderson is a small town responsible for hosting West Virginia’s biggest (and best) 4th…
Celebrating Earth Day with a Reflection on Community Gardening
This post was contributed by Jenny Schwanke. Earth Day April 22, 1970 marked to many the birth of the modern environmental movement. The decade to come was full of new initiatives. The Y at Virginia Tech, like groups all over…