2016 Spring Conference Program

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KICK OFF THE
GROWING
SEASON
SATURDAY & SUNDAY MARCH 12-13, 2016
U N C A
C A M P U S
|
A S H E V I L L E ,
N O R T H
C A R O L I N A
More than 70 Classes Each Day
Gardening • Permaculture • Homesteading • Herbs • Cooking
Livestock • Sustainable Living • Forestry • Farming
Poultry • Soils and More!
W W W.O R G A N I CG R O W E R S S C H O O L.O R G
ORGANIZERS & VOLUNTEERS
THANKS
TO ALL THESE
DEDICATED FOLKS
Organizers
& Volunteers
FARM-TO-TABLE BENEFIT DINNER
Saturday, March 12, 2016
If you’ve purchased tickets for the
Farm-To-Table dinner to benefit Organic
Growers School, the event will take place on
Saturday at 5:30 PM at Brown Dining Hall,
directly following the last session of the day.
The Spring Conference is organized annually by the Organic Growers School Inc, a
501c3 non-profit organization. Your registration fees go directly to funding this
and other OGS educational programming.
Please direct any correspondence to
OGS Board of Directors
PO Box 17804 • Asheville, NC 28816
Organic Growers School
Board of Directors:
Tom Elmore, Thatchmore Farm, President
Ruth Gonzalez, Reems Creek Nursery, Vice President
Debbie Lienhart, Useful Plants Nursery, Secretary
Bob Goettling, Ecostead Versant,Treasurer
Vannessa Campbell, Full Sun Farm
Jeanine Davis, NCSU Cooperative Extension
Kelley Wilkinson, Laughing Frog Farm
Ellen Rubenstein-Chelmis, Home Grower
Extraordinaire
There are a limited number of tickets available for purchase ($75-$125 sliding
scale). To purchase, visit the OGS
Headquarters in Highsmith Student Union.
Your generosity supports organic education
in our region.’
Special thanks to Ellen Rubenstein Chelmis for financial support of the benefit dinner. We appreciate you!”
LUNCH BOX PICK-UP
If you pre-ordered a boxed lunch
when registering for the conference,
it will be available for pick-up
at 12:30 PM at Brown Dining Hall.
Food trucks will also be on campus during
the lunch break each day, providing more
delicious, local options!”
Map of UNCA............................................ 3
Conference Schedule............................ 4-5
Class Descriptions.............................. 7-13
Half-Day, Hands-On Workshops.......14-15
Instructor Bios....................................16-20
Conference Evaluation........................... 23
12TH ANNUAL CHILDREN’S PROGRAM
Saturday & Sunday March 12-13, 2016
The Children’s Program is based in the
Carmichael Building.
Drop-off begins at 8:30 AM &
Pick-up is between 5:30-6:00 PM
Organic Growers School Staff:
Lee Warren, Executive Director
Rod Bowling, Conference Director
Sabrina Wells, Conference Coordinator
Ella McCoy, Communications Coordinator
Cameron Farlow, Farmer Programs Director
Nicole DelCogliano, Farmer Programs Coordinator
Gillian Scruggs, AmeriCorps Service Member
TABLE OF CONTENTS
You must pick up your child for lunch, 12:30 AM-2:00 PM
We go with nature’s flow at the OGS children’s program,
as such, schedule and course listing are tentative
and subject to change.
Please adhere to the arrival and pick-up times during the day so
that classes run smoothly and all our hard-working helpers may
return to their own families.
2016 Conference Track Leaders:
Jim Adkins, Meredith Leigh, Laura Fine,
Shawn Swartz, Bart Renner, Zev Friedman,
Nicole DelCogliano, Kelly Gaskill, Meghan
Baker, Dylan Ryals-Hamilton, Craig Mauney,
Heath Moody, Clare Schwartz, Sabrina Wells
2016 Conference Presenters
Thanks to our 100+ presenters who have
shared their time and expertise this weekend. Please see a complete list of the 2016
Speakers’ Bios on pages 16-20.
Special thanks to Meredith Leigh for all her
support as we transition out of relying on
her for everything and Marie Williamson of
Bluebird Farm for being our “cover girl”.
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Thanks to our host, UNCA & more
than 100 dedicated volunteers!
VISIT THE TRADESHOW
Saturday & Sunday in Highsmith Student Union
Animal Welfare Approved
Asheville Tool Library
B.B. Barnes Garden Company
Bella Vista Farm
Biltmore Coffee Traders
BRCC - Horticulture Technology
Carolina Farm Credit
Carolina Farm Stewardship Assoc.
Common Wealth Seed Growers
Deep 6 Biochar/Exterra
Ea Murphy
Earth Tools
Fifth Season Garden Supply Co.
Firefly Gathering
Firestorm Cafe & Books
French Broad Food Co-op
Glorious Forest Farm
Greenprints Magazine
GreenHands Healing Center
Happy Trails Permaculture
High Mowing Organic Seeds
Information
Laurel of Asheville
Living Web Farm
Lotus Urban Farm & Garden Supply
Mountain Valleys RC&D
National Ladies Homestead Gathering
Nature’s Nog
NC Ginseng and Goldenseal Co.
NCNPA & Blue Ridge Naturally
New Country Organics
Nutty Buddy Collective
Oregon Tilth
Organic Growers School
Pine’s Herbals
Reems Creek Nursery
Revolutionary Medicine
Seed Exchange
Skeele Services
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
SunCatcher Passive Solar
Greenhouses
Tar River Trading Post:
Prota Culture, LLC
Useful Plants Nursery
Villagers
Sow True Seed
The Learning Village
Zink Outdoor Power
Equipment (BCS America)
Food Options:
Ceci’s Culinary Tour
Gypsy Queen Cuisine
Sweet Monkey Café
CAMPUS MAP
Campus Buildings
3 Brown Hall (BRO)
5 Carmichael Hall (CAR)
7 Highsmith Union (HIG)
8 Humanities Lecture Hall (HLH)
11 Karpen Hall (KAR)
19 Rhoades Robinson Hall (RRO)
24 Zageir Hall (ZAG)
25 Zeis Hall (ZEI)
Outdoor Spaces
38 Curry Courtyard
41 Karpen Garden
43 Mullen Park
44 Permaculture Garden
45 Reed Plaza
46 Reynolds Green
47 Strauss Track
48 Student Environmental Center
49 Tennet Park
50 University Quadrangle
Parking Lots
Due to the basketball tournament on campus, please
only use lots numbered P17 or higher,
except P20 which is reserved for Exhibitors and OGS staff.
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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE | SATURDAY, MARCH, 12TH
CLASS SYMBOLS: § = beginners
SAT 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Gardening
Mushrooms
Soils
Livestock
Moss Gardens §
Annie Martin
(ZEIS 123)
SAT 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
no symbol = intermediate
SAT 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
SAT 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
In Defense of Okra:
Intensive Vegetable
Evolution of the
Growing & Eating §
Production on a Small-Scale§ Southeastern Native Garden
Pam Dawling
Chris Smith (HIGHSMITH 223-224)
David Cozzo (HIGHSMITH 223-224)
(HUMANITIES LECTURE HALL)
Medicinal Mushrooms ◊
Tradd Cotter
The Wood Wide Web
with Todd Elliot
Local Mushroom
Identification §
Ken Krouse
Soils 101 §
Mark Dempsey
Building Biologically Active
Compost Piles
Jane Weaver
How Healthy Are Your Soils?§
Laura Lengnick
(KARPEN 038)
Integrating Animals
& Plants on the Farm ◊
Ea Murphy
Small-Scale Aquaculture
and Aquaponics
Brad Todd (KARPEN 016)
Incorporating Brewers
Grains Into Livestock Diets
Jack Britt (KARPEN 016)
The Well-Stocked Pantry:
Food Preservation w/o Canning §
Kelly Wilkinson
Mushroom Cultivation
for Everyone §
Tradd Cotter
(HIGHSMITH 221-222)
(ZEIS 123)
(ROBINSON 125)
Ecosystem Management w/ Overcoming Land Ownership
Meat Goats
Barriers for Farmers ◊
Dr. Jean-Marie Luginbuhl (KARPEN 016)
Ronnie Holman (KARPEN 016)
(KARPEN 038)
(HIGHSMITH 221-222)
Sustainable
Living
Humanure §
Bill Whipple
(ZEIS 012)
Enhancing Your Garden With
Structures that Last §
Ken Czarnomski ( KARPEN 038)
The Tiny House
Jeramy Stauffer & Kevin Ward
FarmersBeginner
Family Harmony
and the Sustainable Farm
Tom Elmore & Becca Nestler
Intro to Biodynamics §
Jeff Poppen
Accessing Farmland: Land
Trusts, Farmlink &
Other Land Access Tools §
Suzanna Denison & Chris Link
Seed Saving Basics §
Edmund Frost
(ROBINSON 217)
(ROBINSON 217)
(HIGHSMITH 223-224)
(ROBINSON 217)
(ROBINSON 217)
Diagnosing Common
Vegetable Diseases
Inga Meadows (KARPEN 038)
Crossing Your T’s &
Dotting Your I’s
Craig Mauney (ROBINSON 228)
Evaluating Scale:
Does My Farm Fit Me?
Sarah Jane Davis & William Lyons
(ROBINSON 228)
New Times, New Tools:
Cultivating Climate
Resilience on Your Farm
Laura Lengnick (ROBINSON 228)
Grow Food Where People Live
Community Permaculture:
How to Throw a Permablitz §
Eliza Lord & Chad Hellwinckel
Re-Localizing the Food Shed §
Chuck Marsh & Sydney Klein
Shona Jason-Miller & Dylan
Ryals-Hamilton (ROBINSON 106)
Racial Equity in the Organic
Food Movement
Kifu Faruq (ROBINSON 106)
Permaculture
Real Life Forest Gardening
and Farming
Zev Friedman (ROBINSON 228)
Permaculture 101: A Toolkit
for Designing Homes,
Gardens and Lives §
Patricia Allison (ZEIS 123)
Permapalooza: Transforming Communal Landscapes
Through Applied Permaculture
Chuck Marsh (HIG 221-222)
Hands-On Permaculture
Educational Models Panel §
Laura Ruby, Zev Friedman, Justin Holt, & guests (KARPEN 035)
Herbs
Intuitive Plant Medicine
Asia Suler
Bitter Herbs: Wild & Cultivated§
(ROBINSON 125)
Patricia Kyritsi Howell
(HIGHSMITH 221-222)
What Granny Knew:
Appalachian Herbal Healing§
Byron Ballard (ROBINSON 125)
Ecology, Diversity, & Wild Gourmet §
Luke Cannon (ZEIS 123)
Sustainable
Forestry
Growing Ginseng & Native
Botanicals in Your Woods
Jeanine Davis (HIG 223-224)
Silvopasture Production
Systems ◊
James Geoffrey Steen (ZEIS O12)
Biological Control of
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid ◊
Jonathon Hartsell & Margot
Wallston (ZEIS O12)
Mushroom Forest Farming §
Rodney Webb
Homesteading
Urban Orcharding
Andrew Goodheart Brown
Hosting on the Homestead §
Ashley English (KARPEN 035)
Observing & Interacting with
Water in the Landscape ◊
Joel Osgood & Tim Ormond
The Root Cellar
Cindy Trisler (ROBINSON 125)
TBD
(ZEIS 014)
Inflammation, Food,
& Health
Elizabeth Pavka (ZEIS 014)
FarmersInt.-Advanced
Community
Food
(ROBINSON 106)
(KARPEN 035)
(ROBINSON 106)
Astounding Appalachians:
(ZEIS O12)
(KARPEN 035)
Cooking
Introduction to Charcuterie §
Meredith Leigh
Mead Making 101 §
Marissa Percoco
Poultry
Management Styles:
What Works for Your Farm? §
Karen Johnston (KARPEN 034)
Advanced Chick Care ◊
Pat Foreman
Introduction to
Sustainable Poultry §
Jim Adkins (KARPEN 034)
Permaculture Chickens
Pat Foreman (KARPEN 034)
Voices From
the Field
Passive Solar Greenhouse Design
Terry Carroll (KARPEN 243)
The Rooftop Growing Guide
Annie Novak
High Tunnel
Introduction from A to Z
Christina Newhouse (KARPEN 243)
Edible Campus Walking Tour
Melissa Acker (KARPEN 243)
(ZEIS 014)
(ZEIS 014)
(KARPEN 034)
(KARPEN 243)
SAT Morning Half Day Workshops 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
SAT Afternoon Half Day Workskops 2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Reclaiming the Apothecary, with Melissa Fryar (KARPEN 033)
Greens, Grains & Grubs: The Golden Rule of DIY Animal Feed
with Karl Warkomski (KARPEN 033)
Create a Four Season Garden with Ira Wallace (KARPEN 006)
Homesteading with Hoops, Hops, Hives and Habitats
with Becki Janes (KARPEN 006)
Spoon Carving the Old Way with Becky Beyer (ROBINSON 131)
Domestication of Wild Plants and Human Connection
with Natalie Bogwalker (ROBINSON 131)
Permaculture Designs for Small Farms & Homesteads
with Shawn Jadrnicek (ROBINSON 132)
The Art of Friction Fire with Tyler Lavenburg (ROBINSON 132)
CLASS FULL
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◊ = advanced
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE | SUNDAY, MARCH 13TH
◊ = advanced
SUN 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
SUN 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
SUN 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
SUN 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Moss Gardens §
Annie Martin
In Defense of Okra:
Growing & Eating §
Chris Smith (HIGHSMITH 223-224)
Milpa Gardening & Cuisine ◊
Zev Friedman
Growing Great Garlic
Pam Dawling
Advanced
Mushroom Cultivation ◊
Tradd Cotter (KARPEN 038)
Sustainable Wild Crafting §
Ryan Milt
(ZEIS 123)
Wild Food: The Cure
for Our Eden Disorder §
Alan Muskat (ZEIS 123)
Reishi: Magic,
Medicine, and Mystery
Josh Fox (KARPEN 038)
Soils 101 §
Mark Dempsey
Building Biologically
Active Compost Piles
Jane Weaver
Integrating Animals
& Plants on the Farm ◊
Ea Murphy
How Healthy Are Your Soils?§
Laura Lengnick
Small-Scale Aquaculture
and Aquaponics
Brad Todd (KARPEN 016)
Incorporating Brewers
Grains Into Livestock Diets
Jack Britt (KARPEN 016)
(ZEIS 012)
Enhancing Your Garden With
Structures that Last §
Ken Czarnomski (KARPEN 038)
Powering Your Homestead
or Farm with Solar
Matt Bennett
Intro to the Living
Building Challenge
Stephens Smith Farrell
(HIGHSMITH 221-222)
FarmersBeginner
Family Harmony
and the Sustainable Farm
Tom Elmore & Becca Nestler
Intro to Common
Vegetable Diseases
Inga Meadows
Jeff Poppen
(ROBINSON 217)
Small-Scale Sustainable
Hemp Production
Mike Lewis
FarmersInt.-Advanced
Crossing Your T’s &
Dotting Your I’s
Craig Mauney (ROBINSON 228)
Discovering Industrial
Hemp Production ◊
Eric Walker (RONBINSON 228)
Practical Plant Pathology
Vanessa Campbell
(RONBINSON 228)
On-Farm Variety Trials:
Finding the Best Seedstocks
for Your Farm ◊
Edmund Frost (RONBINSON 228)
Shona Jason-Miller & Dylan
Ryals-Hamilton (ROBINSON 106)
Perennial Food in the
Commons §
Tom Celona (ROBINSON 106)
How to Be a Fruit Nut
Justin Holt
Connecting Lives &
Landscapes
Sunil Patel (ROBINSON 106)
Permaculture
Permapalooza: Transforming Communal Landscapes
Chuck Marsh (HIG 221-222)
Permaculture 101: A Toolkit
for Designing Homes,
Gardens & Lives §
Patricia Allison (HIG 221-222)
Wild Abundance §
Natalie Bogwalker
Practical Urban
Permaculture ◊
Zev Friedman (ROBINSON 125)
Herbs
Green Healing Magic
Byron Ballard
(ZEIS 123)
Bitter Herbs: Wild & Cultivated§
Patricia Kyritsi Howell
(ROBINSON 125)
Chinese Herbs
Dov Shoneman
(HIG 221-222)
Wildcrafting Wild Appalachia §
Sustainable
Forestry
Growing Ginseng & Native
Botanicals in Your Woods
Jeanine Davis
Silvopasture Production
Systems ◊
James Geoffrey Steen
Rodney Webb
(HIGHSMITH 223-224)
Biological Control of
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid ◊
Jonathon Hartsell & Margot
Wallston (ZEIS O12)
Homesteading
Urban Orcharding
Ashley English
(KARPEN 035)
Got Milk? The Sudsations
of Milk Soap! §
Cyndi Ball (KARPEN 035)
Observing & Interacting with
Water in the Landscape ◊
Joel Osgood & Tim Ormond
Introduction to Charcuterie §
Meredith Leigh
Mead Making 201 ◊
Marissa Percoco
TBD
(ZEIS 014)
Inflammation, Food,
& Health
Elizabeth Pavka (ZEIS 014)
Poultry Housing for the
Backyard and Pasture! §
Brant Bullock (KARPEN 034)
Sell Your Poultry Products
Jim Adkins
The Joys and
Challenges of Incubation
Pat Foreman (KARPEN 034)
Feeds and Feeding of
Your Flock §
Brant Bullock (KARPEN 034)
Gardening
Mushrooms
Soils
Livestock
Sustainable
Living
Community
Food
Cooking
Poultry
(ROBINSON 125)
(ROBINSON 217)
(KARPEN 035)
(ROBINSON 217)
(ZEIS 014)
(ZEIS 014)
(KARPEN 034)
Food Labels for the
Conscientious Consumer
Callie Casteel (KARPEN 243)
SUN Morning Half Day Workshops 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Voices From
the Field
(KARPEN 038)
Ecosystem Management w/ Overcoming Land Ownership
Meat Goats
Barriers for Farmers ◊
Dr. Jean-Marie Luginbuhl (KARPEN 016)
Ronnie Holman (KARPEN 016)
Humanure §
Bill Whipple
Terry Carroll (KARPEN 243)
(HIGHSMITH 223-224)
(ROBINSON 106)
(ROBINSON 125)
(ZEIS O12)
(HIGHSMITH 223-224)
(ZEIS 123)
(ROBINSON 217)
Abby Artemesia
(ZEIS O12)
(KARPEN 035)
Tools of the Trade
Joel Dufour
ABC’s of Your 1st
Veggie Garden
(KARPEN 243)
Alison Arnold (KARPEN 243)
SUN Afternoon Half Day Workskops 2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Hands on with Cordage with Rachel Shopper (KARPEN 033)
Holy Honey Bee with Skye Taylor (KARPEN 033)
Permaculture Designs for Small Farms & Homesteads
with Shawn Jadrnicek (KARPEN 006)
Ferments and Broth: Your Friends for Easy Winter and Spring Eating
CLASS FULL
with Janelle Lucido-Conate (KARPEN 006)
Mushroom Log Inoculation with Rodney Webb (ROBINSON 131)
Bird Language with Luke Cannon and Clint Corley (ROBINSON 131)
Orcharding for Backyard Fruit-Patch or Small Farm,
The Art of Friction Fire with Tyler Lavenburg (ROBINSON 132)
CLASS FULL with James Geoffrey Steen (ROBINSON 132)
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TRACK CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
◊ = advanced
GARDENING
Saturday, March 12th
MUSHROOMS CONT’D
Annie Martin
The Wood Wide Web
Moss Gardens §
Mosses need no fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides, are immune to freezing,
adaptable to shade and sun, and offer year-round green. This WNC native
and expert on moss gardening shares ideas for landscapes including lawns,
green roofs and living walls and offers planting techniques and maintenance methods.
In Defense of Okra: Growing & Eating §
Chris Smith, Sow True Seed
Okra is often shunned for its ‘sliminess’, but this beautiful, productive,
nutritious, and tasty crop shouldn’t be written off so lightly. We’ll explore
growing, variety selection, and eating, including okra oil, okra leaf pesto,
okra seed coffee, and more.
Intensive Vegetable Production on a Small-Scale
Pam Dawling, Twin Oaks Community
Raise large amounts of food on small acreages. Learn about crop planning,
healthy soils, cover crops, organic mulches, composting basics, planting
methods. Discuss raised beds, pests, diseases, and weed management. For
small market farmers and urban growers maximizing production.
Evolution of the Southeastern Native Garden
David Cozzo, Revitalization of Traditional Cherokee Artisan Resources
Evidence of southeast gardens begins with the earliest domesticated foods
in N. America. Dependence on agriculture is tied to introduction of corn
and beans from Central America. Explore domestication and crop management starting in the Archaic Period.
Sunday, March 13th
Moss Gardens §
Annie Martin
See above.
In Defense of Okra Growing & Eating §
See above.
Milpa Gardening and Cuisine ◊
Zev Friedman, Living Systems Design
“Milpa” describes an ancient agricultural lifeway that integrates annuals,
fungi, and animals. Through the long-term management of forest succession and addition of biochar, create an ecstatic cuisine as well as fiber,
medicine, firewood for cooking, and building materials.
Growing Great Garlic
We’ll examine planting, harvesting, curing, storing and selecting plant
stock. In addition to hardneck and softneck bulb garlic, we cover “byproduct crops” such as garlic scallions and scapes, which are ready for sale early
in the year.
MUSHROOMS
Mushroom Cultivation for Everyone §
Tradd Cotter, Mushroom Mountain
If you think growing mushrooms is too complicated, here’s your chance to
see how easy and rewarding it can be. This workshop will get you growing,
and you’ll leave understanding the best ways to cultivate delicious mushrooms at home or on your farm.
Local Mushroom Identification §
Ken Krouse, Peaceful Valley Gardens
Our Southern Appalachian region is home to a huge diversity of fungi.
We’ll take a look at how to identify some of the most common ones, their
edibility, and other uses.
Medicinal Mushrooms ◊
For eons, mushrooms have been used to treat the root cause of disease.
Science is now verifying this. Learn basic cultivation, a live extraction demo,
and exciting new developments. Discover the health-potentiating properties of many native and cultivated fungi.
Todd Elliot, Living Systems Design
Mycorrhizal fungi are the supporting framework for the plant world. Learn
about the role of fungi in the ecosystem; how to nurture them for a range
of uses, from healthy timber stands to truffle farms and garden beds; and
the edible species in our area.
Sunday, March 13th
Advanced Mushroom Cultivation Techniques ◊
Many of us have grown basic mushrooms, but how to take it to the next
level? Learn the specific needs of each mushroom group, including environmental triggers, bacterial interactions, and methods for small to larger
scale cultivation. Fine tune your production.
Sustainable Wild Crafting §
Ryan Milt
An introduction to wildcrafting in the Southern Appalachians. Be prepared for your forest forays, explore your habitat, and learn the indicators
and seasons for finding wild treasures. Most importantly, examine the ethics of wildcrafting from sustainable harvesting to planting as you harvest.
Wild Food: The Cure for our Eden Disorder §
Alan Muskat, No Taste Like Home
Nature’s supermarket is open 24/7. And it’s always organic, fresh, and free.
This is one place where you get what you don’t pay for. Meet a dozen
denizens of your yarden and learn seven reasons to make friends in low
places. It’s time to eat the neighbors!
Reishi: Magic, Medicine, and Mystery
Josh Fox
Ganoderma, or shelf mushrooms, are a genus of polypore mushrooms
that grow on wood, include about 80 species, and are highly revered for
healing properties. We’ll discuss the medicinal benefits through the lenses
of Western science, Chinese medicine, Daoist philosophy, and energetic
medicine.
SOILS
Saturday March, 12 & Sunday, March 13th
Soils 101 §
Mark Dempsey, Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
Learn the basics of soil science, beginning with the origins of soil, how the
many properties of soil affect what and how we grow, and most importantly, best practices to manage soils and improve soil quality.
Building Biologically Active Compost Piles
Jane Weaver, Earth & Spirit Design
Microbe population numbers and proportions in compost fluctuate from
batch to batch varying by weather conditions, ingredients, & handling.
We’ll cover beneficial composting methods including recipes, inoculants,
& techniques designed to increase microbial populations in your projects.
How Healthy are Your Soils? §
Laura Lengnick, Warren Wilson College
Healthy soils are a foundation of a sustainable garden or farm. You will
learn how to evaluate soil health with simple, farmer-approved methods
using tools you can easily make from materials you can find in your kitchen or tool shed.
Integrating Animals & Plants On the Farm ◊
Ea Murphy
Animals and plants are linked across all ecosystems. Explore how, when,
and why to incorporate animals and crops together to improve nutrient
cycling, reduce pest and weed pressures, and stack functions leading to
increased farm productivity and profitability. We’ll also discuss legal and
regulatory concerns.
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◊ = advanced
LIVESTOCK
Saturday March, 12 & Sunday, March 13th
Ecosystem Management with Meat Goats
Dr. Jean Marie Luginbuhl, NCSU
FARMERS- BEGINNER
Family Harmony and the Sustainable Farm §
Tom Elmore, Thatchmore Farms & Becca Nestler, Balsam Gardens
When managed properly goats can be a very useful resource for farmers.
Two veteran farmers look at the challenges of farming and how they affect
This session will focus on using goats for weed control, proper goat nutrition, domestic harmony. Relationships that survive the pressures of small-scale
grazing with other animals, poisonous weeds, and more.
agriculture usually benefit from strategies that help avoid farm stresses
Overcoming Land Ownership Barriers for Farmers ◊
affecting home life. Each has a story to tell.
Ronnie Holman, Hardrock Beef Cattle
SUSTAINABLE LIVING
Edmund Frost, Common Wealth Seed Growers
Learn to establish a farming operation on leased properties; how to protect
yourself and the landowner for short-term and long-term leases; and discuss Jeff Poppen, The Barefoot Farmer
economic considerations. We will also explore sample lease agreements.
Biodynamics is the easiest and cheapest way to grow an abundance of
healthy food. Approach your garden or farm in a holistic, ecological and
Small-Scale Aquaculture and Aquaponics
ethical way to increase nutrition and fertility. Join the Barefoot Farmer as he
Brad Todd, Lucky Clays Farm
explains simple and easy methods.
Explanations on the correct design, construction, and operation of small
scale Aquaculture/Aquaponics systems that can be constructed of readily
Accessing Farmland: Land Trusts, Farmlink & Other Land
available cost efficient materials. These techniques and information can be
Access Tools §
applied to larger scale systems for commercial production.
Suzanna Denison, WNC Farm Link & Chris Link, Southern Appalachian
Incorporating Brewers Grains Into Livestock Diets
Highlands Conservancy
Jack Britt, WNC Brewers Grain LLC
Learn how to make farmland affordable and accessible to working farmers.
Spent brewer’s grains, a by-product of brewing beer, can be turned into ani- We’ll discuss critical land access topics, including farm transition, creating
mal feed. Learn how to obtain this grain, nutritional composition needed for successful farm leases, financing a farm purchase, and innovative land
your animals, storage & handling techniques, & other brewing by-products. access tools, like agricultural easements.
Seed Saving Basics §
Learn how to get started saving vegetable seeds, and why it is important.
This workshop will cover the basics of garden layout and isolation for
seed saving, and basic methods for saving tomato, pepper, lettuce, bean,
The hottest ticket in town, humanure is a stirring movement that is gathering
steam. Bill (aka Professor Pu) will be disgusting at length the advantages of a squash, cucumber and melon seed.
simple composting toilet. Get in the poop loop and turn your life around.
Sunday, March 13th
Humanure §
Bill Whipple, Nutty Buddy Collective
Enhancing Your Garden With Structures that Last §
Ken Czarnomski
A well designed outdoor structure adds beauty and value to your property.
Discover ten guidelines to help you define your usable outdoor space and
plan a gazebo, pergola, trellis, and bridge. Slide presentation & discussion.
The Tiny House
Family Harmony and the Sustainable Farm §
Tom Elmore, Thatchmore Farms & Becca Nestler, Balsam Gardens
See above.
Intro to Common Vegetable Diseases
Inga Meadows
Join Inga as she discusses some of the common diseases we see in our reThe tiny house movement has swept the country advocating simple living, a gion. She will focus on organic solutions to diseases that impact tomatoes,
small ecological footprint, and design that meets all needs. Discuss technical peppers and cucumbers, including blight and fruit rot.
approaches, design, rules & regulations, construction issues, infrastructure,
and homesteading tips.
Jeramy Stauffer, Nanostead & Kevin Ward, Southeast Ecological Design
The Well-Stocked Pantry: Food Preservation Without Canning § Jeff Poppen, The Barefoot Farmer
See Above.
Learn a variety of storage methods including dehydrating, freezing, pickling, Small-Scale Sustainable Hemp Production
fermenting, and vacuum-sealing as well as rotation for freshness. These meth- Mike Lewis
ods are useful in small batch or large and create at-home food resiliency.
Sunday, March 13th
Enhancing Your Garden With Structures that Last §
Ken Czarnomski, See above.
Industrial cotton production creates water, soil, and air pollution and is unsustainable. Hemp is durable, disease resistant, non-toxic and can replace
cotton with a higher per acre production. This class covers seed to fiber info
on growing and processing industrial hemp for textile production.
The Tiny House
FARMERS- INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED
See above.
Diagnosing Common Vegetable Diseases ◊
Jeramy Stauffer, Nanostead & Kevin Ward, Southeast Ecological Design
Powering Your Homestead or Farm with Solar
Matt Bennett
Inga Meadows, NC Cooperative Extension
Topics will include common biotic and abiotic diseases of vegetable crops
Whether considering solar to offset your electricity with clean energy or want including tomatos, peppers, cucumbers, and other vegetables. Selected
back-up power when the utility grid is down, there are many reasons for go- diseases will include wilt pathogens, bacterial and fungal leaf spots, fruit
ing solar. Join Matt as he discusses product selection, system sizing, intercon- rots, greenhouse diseases, viruses, and abiotic disorders.
nection options, financing and incentives to help you start saving with solar.
Introduction to the Living Building Challenge
Stephens Smith Farrell
The Living Building Challenge™ calls for clean, beautiful, and efficiently
created buildings. It is a building certification program, advocacy tool, and
philosophy that defines sustainability in the built environment. We’ll cover
overview,
structure, historical context, certification requirements, and more.
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Crossing Your T’s & Dotting Your I’s
Craig Mauney, NC Cooperative Extension
Considering growing for the wholesale market or tailgate and wondering
what it takes to meet the market requirements? This session will delve into
Good Agriculture Practices Certification, taxes, insurance, and post harvest
requirements to break into the commercial selling of fruits and vegetables.
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FARMERS- INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED CONT’D
Evaluating Scale: Does My Farm Fit Me?
Sarah Jane Davis, A Way of Life Farm & William Lyons, Bluebird Farm
COMMUNITY FOOD
Sunday, March 13th
Re-Localizing the Food Shed
Shona Jason-Miller & Dylan Ryals-Hamilton, Slow Food Asheville & Transition AVL
Does your farm fit your goals? Evaluate how to make your farm fit with your See Saturday.
life, resources, and land. Sharing their personal experiences using holistic
Perennial Food in the Commons §
management to guide their decisions, William and Sara Jane will discuss
Tom Celona, Nutty Buddy Nurseries
how farms of different sizes and goals fit into a healthier food system.
New Times, New Tools: Cultivating Climate Resilience on Imagine public food parks, guerrilla grafting, and converting wild edges to
edible hedges! We’ll discuss species selection, site selection, public plant
Your Farm
care, community strategy, and guerrilla tactics. This class will empower you
Laura Lengnick, Cultivating Resilience, LLC
to become an edible landscape activist or join in the existing fun.
Climate change in the 21st century brings unique challenges for farm and How to Be a Fruit Nut
food businesses. Drawing on adaptation stories from sustainable farmers,
Justin Holt, The Roots Foundation
this class looks at successful strategies to cope with climate risk and the
Those soil-building, shade-offering, carbon-sequestering, air-cleaning,
adaptive management tools to cultivate resilience on your farm.
habitat-offering wonders have been a central feature of long-lived, cultures
Sunday, March 13th
throughout the world. We’ll look at significant tree crops and some technical
aspects of growing them. Will also discuss models for creating and sustainCrossing Your T’s and Dotting Your I’s
ing perennial agriculture.
Craig Mauney, NC Cooperative Extension
See Saturday.
Discovering Industrial Hemp Production ◊
Eric Walker, University of Tennessee
2015 is the first time in 50 years that industrial hemp is being legally
produced in our region. Learn about industrial hemp history, industry, and
legislation; gain a greater understanding of production and distribution.
Practical Plant Pathology
Vanessa Campbell, Full Sun Farm
Vanessa will discuss her real world experiences with diseases on her vegetable and cut flower farm as well as her strategies for controlling them.
Please bring your questions and your own strategic solutions to share.
On-Farm Variety Trials: Finding the Best Seedstocks for
your Farm ◊
Variety of choice is central to the productivity and quality of crops. This
workshop covers how to set up and conduct on-farm variety trials. See
examples from Twin Oaks Seed Farm, where trial results have dramatically
changed our operation.
COMMUNITY FOOD
Grow Food Where People Live
Chuck Marsh & Sydney Klein
In WNC, over 100,000 people faced food insecurity in 2014. Learn about the
10-year work plan that is strengthening community self-reliance for low-income families in Polk County by establishing “community micro-farms,”
teaching gardens, orchards, cooking, food processing, and preservation.
Community Permaculture: How to Throw a Permablitz §
Eliza Lord & Chad Hellwinckel, University of TN
Permablitzes are free, voluntary, public events intended to create or
enhance edible gardens, share skills, promote sustainable living, and build
community. Hear stories from two community leaders about how they successfully galvanized regional food interest into a local gardening action.
Racial Equity in the Organic Food Movement
Kifu Faruq, Southeast Wise Women
What would a multi-ethnic, non-hierarchical, gender-fluid led Food Justice
Movement look like? How do we do work across lines of difference to end
Food Scarcity and encourage Food Sovereignty? Role Play plus Q&A.
Connecting Lives & Landscapes
Sunil Patel, Patchwork Farms
Patchwork Farms is developing urban farming systems, sharing the work,
and creating both economic return and ecologically rich landscapes. Learn
how food, farming, and economics synergize to create resilient models of
community.
PERMACULTURE
Real Life Forest Gardening and Farming
Learn practical permaculture techniques that work with, rather than against,
nature. By growing food, medicine, timber, and fiber you can create income
that integrates all stages of forest succession while sequestering carbon.
Permaculture 101: A Toolkit for Designing our Homes,
Gardens and Lives §
Patricia Allison, Earthaven Eco Village
Using the common-sense principles of Permaculture design, we can learn to
see consequences before we act, avoiding mistakes and saving time, energy,
and money. This class explores the basics of this essential design.
Permapalooza: Transforming Our Communal Landscapes
Chuck Marsh, Useful Plants Nursery
Learn how to plan, organize, and execute a permablitz- an ambitious collaborative Permaculture action project. Based on Grow Food Where People Live’s
2015 permablitz in Columbus, NC. In one day, 80+ residents and volunteers
replaced lawns with edible landscapes and food gardens.
Action Learning: Hands-On Permaculture Educational
Models Panel §
Laura Ruby, Zev Friedman, Justin Holt and guests
Hear from several regional educators who teach ecological design and
permaculture techniques through student participation in implementation
of sustainable systems. Panel will discuss business models, types of activities
and projects that work well for this format, organizing and logistics.
PERMACULTURE
Sunday, March 13th
Permaculture 101: A Toolkit for Designing our Homes,
Gardens & Lives §
Patricia Allison, Earthaven Eco Village
Shona Jason-Miller, Slow Food Asheville & Dylan Ryals-Hamilton, Transition AVL See above.
What IS local food, really? This session will explore this ambiguous conPermapalooza: Transforming Our Communal Landscapes
cept from the social, traditional, ecological perspectives. Two passionate
locavore-activists will share some fun local food lore, a few favorite regional Through Applied Permaculture
crops, and strategies for rebuilding the food-shed.
See above.
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PERMACULTURE
Sunday, March 13th
SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY
Saturday, March 12th & Sunday, March 13th
Wild Abundance §
Growing Ginseng & Native Botanicals in Your Woods
Real life case study in Permaulture homesteading. We’ll discuss the successes, pitfalls, failures, unfinished projects, disillusionments, hopes, and
dreams on the Wild Abundance homestead outside of Asheville, NC. Come
learn sustainability secrets from Natalie’s mistakes. Slide show.
With even a small wooded area, you can grow native forest botanicals for
home use or for profit. Learn how to grow, harvest, and process ginseng,
goldenseal, black cohosh, bloodroot, ramps, and more. Join the drawing for
the live plant material used during the workshop.
Geoffrey Steen, Raven Ridge Farmscapes
Natalie Bogwalker, Firefly Gathering
Jeanine Davis, NCSU
Practical Urban Permaculture ◊
Silvopasture Production Systems ◊
Urban sustainability requires more than vegetable gardening alone. Examine detailed techniques for growing urban permaculture systems integrating buildings and roads, energy and water systems, animals, fungi and
plants into coherent homesteading organisms. From mushrooms under the
sink to community scale collaboratives.
The steepness of WNC is highly suited for integrating livestock into ochards.
Discover the theory, practice, and countless benefits of Silvopasture. Integrating tree crops into existing pasture can be an alternative to lime and
fertilizer. These practices lead to self-renewing, abundant farms.
HERBS
Many of our eastern hemlock trees have received chemical pesticide treatments, which have acted as an immediate life-support system. Learn about
a promising sustainable alternative that employs beetles in an integrated
biological control program.
Intuitive Plant Medicine
Asia Suler, One Willow Apothecaries
For eons, humans courted the healing spirits of plants. Discover plants as
multidimensional beings through the overview of intuitive plant healing.
Explore how an intuitive relationship with plants can enrich our gardens,
apothecaries, homesteads and earth-based livelihoods.
Bitter Herbs: Wild and Cultivated §
Patricia Kyritsi Howell, BotanoLogos School of Herbal Studies
Embrace bitter herbs as medicine and food to diversify your internal
ecosystem! Bitter herbs improve digestion, regulate blood sugar, reduce
inflammation, relieve nervous tension and more. This class introduces how
to grow, forage and use these herbs.
What Granny Knew: Appalachian Herbal Healing §
Byron Ballard, Mother Grove Goddess Temple
Many of the herbal remedies used successfully by the mountain people of
the southern Appalachians came from their homelands in the British Isles.
We’ll explore the storied histories, uses, lore, and remedies of three sovereign herbs: mugwort, rue, and vervain.
Biological Control of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in NC & Beyond ◊
Jonathan Hartsell & Margot Wallston, Blue Ridge RC&D
Rodney Webb
Ever wondered what to do with that piece of forested land on your property? Come find out how to use logs, stumps, woodchips, and foraging
methods to encourage mushroom growth. Learn about cultivated and
encouraged fungal species.
HOMESTEADING
Urban Orcharding
Growing fruit organically in WNC can be a challenge. Discover what you
need to know to design for success. Make good decisions prior to starting
your fruit growing, though all levels can benefit!
Ashley English, Small Measure
land offers multiple opportunities for use, not just for yourself and your
Our Astounding Appalachians: Ecology, Diversity, and Wild Your
family, but for others as well. We’ll discuss a range of hosting uses for your
Gourmet §
land, from classes, to photo shoots, to weddings, to less traditional uses like
Luke Cannon, Astounding Earth
We live in one of the most ecologically diverse and wildly edible regions in
the world. Discover your neighbors: the local and wild residents, past and
present, from delicious fungi and flying squirrels to wild greens and ancient
chestnuts. See the mountains and forests anew!
HERBS
Sunday, March 13th
Green & Healing Magic
land sharing, and beyond.
Observing and Interacting with Water in the Landscape ◊
Joel Osgood and Tim Ormond, Osgood Landscape Architecture
Could water be speaking to us? And what is it saying? Explore ideas of observing and evaluating water from the watershed scale to the site scale and
how to work with a site’s water regime in a regenerative and productive way.
The Root Cellar
Cindy Trisler, Mudluscious Pottery & Gardens
Root cellaring was a crucial part of homesteading before refrigerators and
As healers, we are often bombarded with requests for healing of body,
year-round groceries. Using the earth’s naturally stable temperatures to store
mind and spirit. Explore ways to cope—and even thrive—as you serve kith, perishable items, it’s simple, low-tech, energy saving, and self-reliant. An
kindred, colleagues or self. Learn to use material of the southern Appalaoverview of styles, building materials, DIY techniques, and usage.
chians, the “magic” of intention, and “energy work.”
HOMESTEADING
Bitter Herbs: Wild and Cultivated §
Sunday, March 13th
See above.
Urban Orcharding
Dov Shoneman, Daoist Traditions College of Chinese Medical Arts
Chinese Herbs
Andrew Goodheart Brown,
See above.
Chinese medicine offers insights and tools for the preservation of health,
Ashley English, Small Measure See above.
prevention of disease, and promotion of longevity. Discover patterns of im- Got Milk? The Sudsations of Milk Soap! §
balance, energetic diagnosis, and specific herbal medicines easily integrated into life. Get empowered to care for self, family, friends, and community. Cyndi Ball, Natl. Ladies Homestead Gathering
Discover the basics of making cold process soap including materials and
Wildcrafting Wild Appalachia §
equipment. Learn the benefits of using different milks in soap products:
Abby Artemesia, Mighty Oak from Little Acorn
goat’s, cow’s, buttermilk, coconut, and more.
WNC one of the most biodiverse regions in the world. We’ll take a plant
Observing and Interacting with Water in the Landscape ◊
walk (weather permitting) and get to know some edible and medicinal
Joel Osgood Water & Tim Ormond, Osgood Landscape Architecture
local plants including “how-tos” of safe and ethical foraging, processing,
and using. Enhance your harvesting confidence.
See above.
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COOKING
Introduction to Charcuterie §, Meredith Leigh, Living Web Farms
POULTRY
Saturday,
March
12th
Saturday,
March
12th
Management Styles: What Works for Your Farm? §
Charcuterie is the preservation of meat via salt, smoke, and fermentation. We Karen Johnston
will discuss history and practice of home meat curing, how and why to make Learn various pastured poultry management styles including using pascured meats, including fresh sausage, bacon, deli meats, and more.
ture and landscaping to benefit poultry. Discussions on coop and forage
styles based on terrain and predators, management of broody hens, raisMead Making 101 §, Marissa Percoco
ing chicks, utilizing manure, as well as health and wellness.
Learn this ancient art: including the basic qualities of flowers, fruits, roots;
harvesting and preparing ingredients; blending with water, honey, and wild Advanced Chick Care ◊
yeasts to create this delightful and healthful beverage! Brief discussion on
Pat Foreman, Chickens and You
racking, bottling & storing as well as a few lovely examples.
Advance your brooding skills. New techniques, used early on, for chicks
Food as Medicine: The Rainbow of Health §
and poults can enhance their future ability to forage, make the move to
TBD
the coop easier and help them cope with predator pressure. Additionally,
The natural colors of whole foods bring healing and vitality to the body.
learn to raise chicks with broody mommas.
Learn the medicinal benefits of fruits and vegetables and the phytonutrients
and phytochemicals that help our bodies function at optimal level. Discover Introduction to Sustainable Poultry §
Jim Adkins, Sustainable Poultry Network
‘Super Foods’ and eating seasonally and enjoy samples.
What makes a flock sustainable? What is Standard bred? Are hatchery
Inflammation, Food, & Health, Elizabeth Pavka
chicks true to the breed? Why do all Rhode Island Reds look different? Why
Bothered by arthritis, sinusitis, colitis, bursitis, hepatitis, neuritis, gastritis or
other inflammatory conditions? We will explore how raw and cooked foods do Cornish Cross have problems? Answers to these questions and more .
and bone broth can help put out the “fire” of chronic inflammation.
Permaculture Chickens
Sunday, March 13th
Chickens aren’t just for meat and eggs! Learn about using chickens to imIntroduction to Charcuterie § See above.
prove soil quality and health. Properly managed, they serve as wonderful
Meredith Leigh, Living Web Farms
tools for family sustainability. Equip yourself with the best information so
Mead Making 201 ◊
you can expand the many benefits these birds can bring.
Marissa Percoco
Go deeper down the rabbit hole of alchemical magic and fermentation.
In-depth discussions of: yeast including varieties, nuances, and applications;
wild & open fermenting; starter “bugs” and personal yeast strains; sugar varieties and effects; acid blends, and; “hard to brew” ingredients. Samples!
Food as Medicine: The Rainbow of Health § See above.
Ali Casparian, Bounty and Soul
Inflammation, Food, & Health See above.
Elizabeth Pavka
Master of Science
Sustainability Studies 12
POULTRY CONT’D
Sunday, March 13th
Poultry Housing for the Backyard and Pasture! §
Brant Bullock
Learn all the basics of creating housing for a small flock of poultry, whether
a permanent structure or a mobile coop on pasture. We’ll discuss size,
materials, perches, nest boxes, and best grass types for foraging chickens.
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POULTRY CONT’D
Sunday, March 13th
VOICES FROM THE FIELD CONT’D
Sell Your Poultry Products
High Tunnel Introduction from A to Z
Christina Newhouse, Smoky Mountain High Tunnel Initiative
The Joys and Challenges of Incubation
Melissa Acker, UNC-Asheville
What are high tunnels? Explore the different types of these growing tunnels
Learn the necessary skills to develop your customer base, the guidelines
and laws of selling, as well as the ins and outs of potential markets (tailgate, to extend your crop season, plants that do well in these structures, types of
irrigation, and how to apply to funding programs.
restaurants, direct etc.) Discover collaborative networking strategies for
regional sales.
Edible Campus Walking Tour
Wouldn’t it be great to no longer be dependent on buying baby chicks
from commercial hatcheries? Come and learn about natural and artificial
incubation. Learn to hatch your own babies on your own. We will candle
eggs, discuss toe punching and techniques for keeping hatches organized.
Feeds and Feeding of your Flock §
The UNCA campus is meant to be a living laboratory in which community members can learn about native plants, pollinators, storm water management and
urban agriculture. This tour of the campus will focus on areas where edibles are
integrated into the landscape as well as vegetable and permaculture gardens.
Sunday, March 13th
Brant Bullock
Terry Carroll, SunCatcher Greenhouses
Tools of the Trade
In this session you will be introduced to the basics of poultry feed. We will Terry Carroll, SunCatcher Greenhouses
address the natural versus organic feed issues. Learn all the details of GMO See Saturday.
feed, the impact of soy, and how the feeding of your birds impacts their
Food Labels for the Conscientious Consumer
growth, taste, and nutrimental value.
Callie Casteel, Animal Welfare Approved
Urban agriculture has taken vegetable growing to a new level: the roof! As
VOICES FROM THE FIELD
more people experiment with growing their own food, farms and edible
gardens are popping up on rooftops across the country. Explore different
rooftop models and determine if rooftop gardening is right for you.
SunCatchers are designed to be used for generations, despite climate
extremes, energy costs and availability of energy resources. Learn how to
develop an energy efficient, off-grid, greenhouse design which provides
year-round food production even in cold climates.
The Rooftop Growing Guide
Annie Novak, Author
Urban agriculture has taken vegetable growing to a new level: the roof! As
more people experiment with growing their own food, farms and edible
gardens are popping up on rooftops across the country. Explore different
rooftop models and determine if rooftop gardening is right for you.
Joel Dufour, Earth Tool Inc
Join Joel as he demonstrates and discusses garden tool types, proper uses,
designs, quality, ergonomics, and proper maintenance. Students will come
away with ideas of tools to use in their own gardens and best techniques.
ABC’s of Your 1st Veggie Garden
Alison Arnold, NC Cooperative Extension
New to organic gardening? This class will explore the ABC’s of your first vegetable garden. Join Alison as she discusses site selection, soil preparation, what
to plant when, and how to keep your garden growing throughout the year.
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SATURDAY AM: Reclaiming the Apothecary,
Melissa Fryar, French Broach Food Coop
SATURDAY PM: Self-Reliant Animal Feed
A tragedy of modern times is the loss of the home apothecary. Reclaim it on a small
shelf or an entire room. Stock it with basics like teas, tinctures, oils, and salves; learn
simple first aid; easy uses for flower essences and aromatherapy; and recipes for
wellness.
Introducing the components of the 3 Gs that allows for continual, DIY production
from year to year, including storage techniques. Discussion includes plant varieties,
infrastructure, appropriate insect species, and animal feed quantities. Hands-on
component: setup and operations of a grub colony.
SATURDAY AM: Create a Four Season Garden,
SATURDAY PM: Homesteading with Hoops, Hops, Hives &Habitats,
From frost sweetened carrots and collards to sun ripened tomatoes and melons:
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bare-root fruit
planting for late winter.
Learn how to repurpose landfill-bound waste. Includes how to build hoop
grow-tunnels using reclaimed materials; sourcing and using spent hops for mulch;
creating pollinator, beneficial insect and bird habitats; and soldier fly production for
handling kitchen waste to feed poultry, wild birds and fish.
SATURDAY AM: Spoon Carving the Old Way, Becky Beyer
SATURDAY PM: Domestication of Wild Plants & Human Connection
Karl Warkomski, Prota Culture, LLC
Becki Janes, Becki’s Bounty
Ira Wallace, Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
Learn this old-fashioned, DIY, practical art. We’ll carve spoons from local woods
with hand tools. Learn about the common, abundant carving woods and all the
techniques to turn a simple log into your very own useful, beautiful spoon. No
experience needed.
SATURDAY AM: Permaculture Design for Small Farms & Homesteads,
Shawn Jadrnicek, Clemson University Student Organic Farm
Save energy and resources using highly functional, bio-integrated permaculture
patterns. Explore advanced designs and discover new techniques for reflecting
ponds, pastured chicken systems, compost heat extraction, and innovative rainwater systems that supply water for many uses.
Learn about our historical connection with wild plants. Go in-depth with native
plants, their benefits, and how to propagate for your own garden. Plants discussed
include sochan, milkweed, chickweed, redbud, persimmon and elderberry. Students
will propagate their own to take home.
SATURDAY PM: The Art of Friction Fire, Tyler Lavenburg
Explore various methods of making friction fire: both modern and traditional.
includes building fire structures, selection of fire kit materials, and personalized
instruction in making a bow-drill friction fire. Bring a sharp knife and appropriate
clothing as we will meet outside for most of the class time.
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MORNING WORKSHOPS 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM| ½ HR BREAK @ 10:30 AM AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS 2:00- 5:30 PM | ½ HR BREAK @ 3:30 PM
SUNDAY AM: Hands-On With Cordage, Rachel Shopper
SUNDAY PM: Holy Honey Bees, Skye Taylor
Cordage is a fundamental skill that humans have refined over the ages and is a must
have for all Do-It-Yourselfers! Hands-on introduction to basic cordage techniques,
fiber selection, and the ethnobotanical background of fiber plants.
Enter the contemplative world of the honey bee as a super-organism. Inquire within
the hive about Space and Time, celestial correspondences, sacred geometry, and
the language of the Great Bee. Look toward the future of organic beekeeping with
author of “A Monk in the Bee Hive”.
SUNDAY AM: Permaculture Designs for Small Farms & Homesteads
SUNDAY PM: Ferments and Broth: Your Best Friends for Easy
Winter and Spring Eating, Janelle Lucido-Conate
Save energy and resources using highly functional bio-integrated permaculture
patterns. Explore advanced designs based on a functional analysis. Discover new
techniques for reflecting ponds, pastured chicken systems, compost heat extraction,
and innovative rainwater systems that supply water for drip irrigation and more!
Learn the art of wild fermentation with Kraut and Kimchi as well as the process of
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SUNDAY AM: Log Inoculation, Rodney Webb
SUNDAY PM: Bird Language, Luke Cannon and Clint Corley
Learn how to grow shiitake mushrooms on logs. Explore mushroom farming techniques and take home your own inoculated hardwood log.
Suitable for beginners.
Join us as we explore the amazing world of our avian neighbors. Learn to identify
and interpret their many calls and behaviors, revealing secrets about the natural
world and ourselves.
SUNDAY AM: Orcharding for a Backyard or Small Farm
James Geoffrey Steen, Raven Ridge Farmscape
SUNDAY PM: The Art of Friction Fire, Tyler Lavenburg
Join us for a fruit grafting and pruning hands-on workshop. Learn fruit culture,
including how to plant and purchase the best fruit trees. Every participant will take
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includes building fire structures, selection of fire kit materials, and personalized
instruction in making a bow-drill friction fire. Bring a sharp knife and appropriate
clothing as we will meet outside for most of class time.
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Melissa Acker, UNC-Asheville
Melissa has been the grounds department manager and campus landscape
designer for UNCA since 1990. She has degrees in horticulture and landscape architecture as well as a permaculture design certificate.
For over 35 years Jim’s passion for heritage breed poultry has ignited local
and regional food movements. He is the founder of the Sustainable Poultry
Network, committed to “breeding, growing, and marketing poultry that can
naturally reproduce, and be genetically maintained.”
Alison Arnold, NC Cooperative Extension
Alison has more than 30 years of public horticulture experience. She is
responsible for education outreach to Buncombe County residents as well
as training and coordination of the Extension Master Gardener Volunteer
program. She also worked at the NC Arboretum for 16 years as gardener,
volunteer coordinator and Director of Horticulture.
Becky Beyer, Student Appalachian State University
Becky is a teacher of spoon carving and organic farming. She is a practitioner of natural horsemanship, a burgeoning illustrator, and musician.
Becky is currently studying for a Masters Degree in Appalachian Studies and
Ethnobotany at Appalachian State University.
Natalie practices and shares skills she considers vital to humanity’s future.
She is the founder and director of Wild Abundance, a school focused on skills
empowering people to use permaculture, primitive skills, organic gardening,
wild foods, and farmsteading. Natalie also coordinates the Firefly Gathering.
Jack Britt, WNC Brewers Grain LLC
Jack was raised on a dairy farm in Kentucky and has taught animal science
and veterinary medicine at several universities. He has worked with farms
of all sizes and is currently working with WNC Brewers Grain LLC to provide
brewing byproducts to farmers for livestock feed and other uses.
Abby Artemisia, Mighty Oak From Little Acorn
Andrew Goodheart Brown, Orchardist
Cyndi Ball, National Ladies Homestead Gathering
Brant Bullock, King Family Farm
Abby is a botanist, herbalist, and forager. She is the owner of Mighty Oak
from Little Acorn, which inspires health empowerment and nature (re)
connection. She loves teaching about the plants and mushrooms growing
in our backyards and making botany accessible to everyone.
Cyndi is a homesteader of 25 years. She runs an educational homestead,
the Lazy B Farm, in Statham, GA and is the Founder of the National Ladies
Homestead Gathering. Cyndi began making soap in 1991.
Andrew, a 40 year resident of WNC, is a passionate home orchardist with
over 46 varieties grown ecologically. Andrew is an international consultant
in small-scale sustainable ag. projects, an endangered species observer,
field biologist, naturalist, permaculturist, educator, gardener, and beekeeper.
Brant Bullock, his wife and two kids operate the King Family Farm in Piney
Flats, TN where they breed and raise poultry, swine, and beef. After being
frustrated with the direction of industrial farming, they decided it was their
mission to engage in traditional and sustainable farming methods.
Byron is a ritualist, rootworker, teacher, energy healer, urban farmer, and
author of two books on Appalachian folk magic. She offers workshops on
traditional mountain culture, earth-based spirituality, and herbal wisdom.
She is a founder and elder priestess at Mother Grove Goddess Temple.
Vanessa Campbell, Full Sun Farm
Hailing from Athens, Ohio, with 21 years of solar experience, Matt joined
Sundance Power Systems as Operations Manager in 2014. He previously
founded Dovetail Solar & Wind and has installed 100s of solar systems of all
types and sizes throughout the Midwest and southeast.
Luke Cannon, Astounding Earth
Matt Bennett, Sundance Power Systems
Vanessa, along with her husband, has been growing vegetables, cut flowers,
and strawberries in the Asheville area since 1996 and has been a board
member of the Organic Growers School since 2010. She uses natural growing methods and sells her bounty at farmers markets and through a CSA.
More than a botanist, Luke Cannon is an avid naturalist, long-time learner,
and teacher of our astounding natural world. Luke offers regular classes in
WNC on plants, birds, insects, lichens, and fungi. He has great enthusiasm
for building closer relationships with the wilds around us.
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Terry Carroll, Suncatcher Greenhouse
Dr. Terry Carroll has been involved with solar energy research and design
for nearly four decades and holds advanced degrees in physics and science
education. He retired from teaching in 2009 to devote himself full time to
the development of SunCatcher Passive Solar Greenhouses. He currently
lives in the Boone, NC area with his wife, Shannon Carroll.
Callie Casteel, Animal Welfare Approved
Ken Crouse, Peaceful Valley Gardens
Ken has spent 30+ years studying fungi in the Southern Appalachians and
Mexico. He is a longtime member of the North American Mycological Association as a Regional Trustee and Chairman of the Cultivation Committee. He
lives in Wilkes County and leads mushroom programs in the region.
Ken Czarnomski, Architect
Ken is an architect from Waynesville, NC with four decades of experience
Callie is a MS native, living in TN. She has a background in sustainable food and throughout the country. He has received several design and construction
has worked to incorporate food studies into academic curriculums. Passionate certifications, including reduction of carbon footprint. He advocates for natabout connecting Certified AWA farms with new markets, Callie teaches conural, sustainable design and environmentally conscious construction.
sumers about connections between animal, human and environmental health.
Tom Celona, Nutty Buddy Nurseries
Tom has been planting and maintaining perennial food installations in
Asheville for 5 years through the Buncombe County Fruit and Nut Club. He
is an owner of Nutty Buddy Nurseries and the Nutty Buddy Collective.
Janelle Lucido-Conate, Our Daily Kraut
Janelle is an author, mother, mystic and master home cook. Her e-book,
Food Without Fear, is full of practical inspiration and everyday mindfulness
in the kitchen. She believes food is only hard if we feel like it’s hard so she’s
decided to feel like it’s easy.
Jeanine Davis, NC State University
Jeanine Davis is a researcher and extension specialist with NC State University where she runs a program dedicated to organic agriculture and alternative crops (e.g., hops, truffles, stevia, herbs). She is the lead author of Growing
and Marketing Ginseng, Goldenseal and co-owner of Our Tiny Farm.
Pam is the author of Sustainable Market Farming: Intensive Vegetable Production on a Few Acres. She also writes for Growing for Market magazine and
manages the growing crew at Twin Oaks Community in central Virginia.
Clint Corley, Living Earth School
Mark Dempsey, Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
Suzanna Denison, WNC Farm Link
Clint is a Certified Wilderness Guide through Teaching Drum Outdoor
School in Wisconsin. He is a Coordinator for the primitive skills event,
Earthskills Rendezvous, and has worked extensively with children as a lead
instructor at the Living Earth School and The Institute for Wild Intelligence.
Tradd is a microbiologist, professional mycologist, and organic gardener
who has been studying native fungi in the Southeast for more than 22
years. In 1996 he founded Mushroom Mountain, which explores applications for mushrooms in various industries & currently maintains over 200
species of fungi for food, mycoremediation, and alternatives to pesticides.
Mark is Farm Services Coordinator at Carolina Farm Stewardship Assoc.,
helping farmers with conservation practices and transitioning to organic
production. His background is in soil microbiology, weed science, and cover
crop research.
Suzanna is the land access coordinator for WNC Farm Link, a partnership facilitating successful relationships between farmers looking for land to farm,
and landowners aspiring to keep their farm and forest land in agriculture.
Joel Dufour, Earth Tools Inc
David Cozzo, Revitalization of Traditional Cherokee Artisan Resources Joel grew up on a 5-acre organic vegetable farm, using hand tools daily. He
Dr. Cozzo is an ethnobotanist specializing in the relationship of the Chero- owns Earth Tools Inc, a leading supplier of high-quality garden tools. Joel
kee to their botanical world and is the Project Director for the Revitalization gardens on a 1/4 acre and is excited to share his passion for good tools.
of Traditional Cherokee Artisan Resources. He teaches on the nutritional
and medical ethnobotany of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians.
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Food Preservation Plant Grafting
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Todd Elliott, Naturalist
Todd is a naturalist, ecologist, photographer, performance artist, primitive
skills instructor, and homesteader based in WNC. Todd’s interest in fungi
has led him to researching, studying, lecturing, and documenting on 6 continents. He is currently writing a field guide to southeastern mushrooms.
Tom Elmore, Thatchmore Farm
Tom is co-owner and operator of Thatchmore Farm in Leicester, NC. He has
grown certified organic produce since 1987 for retail & wholesale markets,
serves on the Board of the Organic Growers School, and is active in CRAFT.
Ashley English, Small Measure
Ashley is the author of 7 books, including 4 books in her Homemade Living
Series. She has been featured in major publications and is a repeat guest
on Martha Stewart Radio. Ashley lives in Candler, NC and blogs about her
adventures in homesteading.
the Nutty Buddy Collective, a perennial farming collective; co-owner of
Nutty Buddy Nurseries; and director of The Roots Foundation, a non-profit
dedicated to growing edible landscapes and a culture of outdoor learning.
Patricia Kyritsi Howell, a practicing herbalist with more than 22 years of
clincial experience, is the director of the BotanoLogos School of Herbal
Medicine in the north Georgia mountains. Her book, Medicinal Plants of the
Southern Appalachians, is an essential reference for regional herbs.
Shawn is the author of The Bio-Integrated Farm: A Revolutionary Permaculture-Based System Using Greenhouses, Ponds, Compost Piles, Aquaponics,
Chickens, and More. He has nourished his interest in sustainability as an
organic farmer, extension agent, arborist, landscaper, and now as manager
of Clemson University’s Student Organic Farm.
Stephens Smith Farrell, Architect
Becki Janes, Becki’s Bounty
Kifu Faruq, Southeast Wise Women
Karen Johnston, Sustainable Poultry Network
Sydney Klein, Polk County Ag Center
Stephens is an Asheville Architect with a strong focus on sustainability and
resilience in the built environment. Stephens is on the Board of the WNC
Green Building Council and is an Accredited Professional of the US Green
Building Council’s LEEDS Program.
Kifu is on staff at Southeast Wise Women and is co-founder of Solutionary
Apothecary, whose mission is to increase access to herbal and nutritional
remedies for healing to all humans, end racism and oppression in our lifetime, and shift our current economy towards a resource-based one.
Zev is a leading permaculture designer, researcher, teacher, and writer in
western NC. He grew up in a patch of kudzu in Sylva, NC and received his
B.S. in Human Ecology from University of North Carolina Asheville. Zev specializes in hands-on, in-depth education in permaculture and earthskills.
Melissa Fryar, French Broad Food Coop
Melissa is an Appalachian born herbalist focused on foraging for wild
edibles and utilizing the plants of our region for more than 20 years. She
teaches at herb schools, works at the French Broad Food Coop, and lives,
grows, and keeps chickens, near Mars Hill, NC.
Pat Foreman, The Gossamer Foundation
Pat has kept poultry for about 25 years, taught extensively and has written
several books including City Chicks and A Tiny Home to Call Your Own. Her
commercial poultry operation includes managing breeder flocks, incubating eggs, pasturing poultry, finished processing, and direct marketing.
Josh Fox, Fox Herbs and Acupuncture
Josh is a licensed acupuncturist and herbal clinician at Fox Herbs & Acupuncture, incorporating Chinese medicine and Western herbal studies into
his practice. He is a core faculty member of the Blue Ridge School of Herbal
Medicine and Daoist Traditions College of Chinese Medical Arts.
Becki runs Becki’s Bounty, a large urban garden in Black Mountain, NC which
utilizes permaculture features and organic practices. There Becki offers onsite skills training for the backyard gardener, educational activities for local
schools, work exchange internships, and agritourism activities.
Karen is a Certified Breeder with the Sustainable Poultry Network. She is a
city girl, having grown up in the suburbs of Chicago, but is quickly adapting
to farm life. Karen got her first chickens in 2013, fell in love with them, and
currently breeds Black Australorps, Rhode Island Reds, and Welsummers.
Sydney is a gardener, educator, and community organizer. She currently
serves as the Grow Food Where People Live Program Coordinator in Polk
County, NC. From health departments to eco-villages in Jamaica, She has
taught others to garden, cook, and reconnect with community worldwide.
Tyler Lavenburg, Forest Floor Wilderness Programs
Nose to the grind stone, sometimes literally, Tyler lives for the skills and
has been traveling, learning, and teaching in a variety of settings. He has
worked with children and adults at events such as the Living Earth School,
Roots School, Forest Floor Wilderness Programs, & Earthskills Rendezvous.
Meredith Leigh, Living Web Farms
Meredith Leigh has, over the past 13 years, worked as a farmer, butcher,
chef, teacher, executive director, shop owner, co-op founder, and writer, all
Farmer-to-Farmer Training
Edmund managed Twin Oaks Seed Farm in Louisa, Virginia from 2008-2015,
producing vegetable seed crops and produce on six certified organic acres.
Edmund is a founder and director of Common Wealth Seed Growers, a new
Virginia-based seed company and seed growers cooperative.
Dylan Ryls-Hamilton, Transition Asheville
Dylan teaches permaculture theory and techniques throughout the Southeast. He is an advocate for solutions-based community activism and has
worked on many local-food and food justice initiatives. He is a member of
the Transition US Training Team
Jonathan Hartsell, Blue Ridge RC&D
Jonathan is the Executive Director of Blue Ridge RC&D and has been the
project manager for two Hemlock Restoration Initiative awards since 2014.
Blue Ridge RC&D has been active in hemlock bio-control since 2003 and
supports restoration efforts using native predatory beetles.
Chad Hellwinckel, University of Tennessee
Chad studied at the Land Institute with Wes Jackson. In 2008 he received
a Permaculture Design Certificate, and in 2015 completed Advanced Permaculture Teacher Training. He has a doctorate in geography from UTenn
where he is an asst. professor.
Ronnie Holman, Hardrock Beef Cattle
Ronnie is the owner of Hardrock Beef Cattle, a red angus based grassfed
cattle operation in the western foothills of North Carolina. Hardrock Beef
Cattle consists of up to 100 brood cows and operates on over 300 acres of
land leased from 10 different land owners.
Justin Holt, The Roots Foundation
Justin is a permaculture designer, activist, and grower. He is a founder of
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in pursuit of sustainable food. She is a single mom, raising two boys, and is
the author of The Ethical Meat Handbook.
Laura Lengnick, Cultivating Resilience, LLC
of feeling at home in the world: that we are continually provided for and
never alone.”
Becca Nestler, Balsam Gardens
Laura is an award-winning soil scientist who has explored agricultural
sustainability for more than 30 years as a researcher, policy-maker, educator, and farmer. Her book, Resilient Agriculture examines issues of climate
change and resilience through the adaptation stories of 25 award-winning
sustainable producers growing food across the U.S.
Becca, along with husband Steven Beltram, started with a market garden
in 2008 and have been growing their business and family ever since. They
now farm 10 + acres of certified organic vegetables and pasture raised
meats in Asheville.
Michael Lewis, The Growing Warriors Project
Christina lives on a 4-acre farm in Murphy, NC. In 2014, she started a microgreen farm business called MIGHTY Greens Microgreens. Her goal is to
foster small farm viability that caters to a local market and bring innovative
techniques to our area.
Michael founded the US’s first veteran-oriented food security organization,
The Growing Warriors Project, which has helped over 65 veteran families
grow more than 18,000 lbs. of organic food. He was voted as 1 of 8 people
who “Made our World a Better Place” in 2014.
Chris Link, Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
Chris Link manages operations at the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy Community Farm, working to grow the infrastructure and Beginning Farmer Incubator Program. He holds a degree in planning & landscape
architecture from Clemson University.
Eliza Lord, SC Upstate Permaculture Society
Eliza is certified as a Master Naturalist, Master Gardener and Permaculturist.
She manages the SC Upstate Permaculture Society and maintains a 1/4 acre
urban farm in downtown Greenville. She also consults for GrowJourney Heirloom Seeds Club, teaches classes, and writes for various publications.
Sonia Marcus, UNC-Asheville
Jean-Marie Luginbuhl, NC State University
Professor of Crop Science and Animal Science at North Carolina State University, Jean Marie has been leading the Meat Goat Research and Extension
Program since 1995. He is responsible for conducting research and providing statewide leadership in the development of the meat goat industry.
Christina Newhouse, Smoky Mountain High Tunnel Initiative
Annie Novak, Author
Annie co-founded America’s first fully landscaped green roof farm, The
Eagle Street Rooftop Farm in Brooklyn, NY, and is the author of The Rooftop
Growing Guide. A passionate educator, she has spoken at many conferences
on the connections between people, food, ecology, and urban agriculture.
Tim Ormond, HydroCycle Engineering
Tim is an Asheville-based environmental and water resources engineer with
over 20 years of experience. In 2009 he founded HydroCycle Engineering, a
consulting firm which focuses on sustainable & regenerative design that is
mindful of the interconnections of the water cycle, ecosystems, and people.
Joel Osgood, Osgood Landscape Architecture
Joel is the founder of Osgood Landscape Architecture, Inc., a landscape
architecture and land planning firm in Asheville. Over the last 11 years he
has exhibited a strong commitment to innovation, a rigorous dedication to
technical design details, and an inspired reverence for nature.
Sunil Patel, Patchwork Farm
Farmer, permaculturalist, and food thought-leader, Patel has studied natural farming methods throughout the U.S. including 4-season biodynamic
William Lyons, Bluebird Farm
vegetables, managing a grass-fed dairy, making artisanal raw milk cheese,
William owns and operates Bluebird Farm with his wife, Marie, in Morganton, natural building, and helping maintain permaculture sites. Originally from
NC. Their passion is feeding folks wholesome foods and managing a healthy Pittsburgh, he now lives in Asheville and runs Patchwork Urban Farms.
farm ecosystem. They are exploring and refining management styles and
decision making tools that create an economically sustainable farm.
Chuck is a pioneering Permaculture teacher, designer, community organizer,
& horticulturist. He founded Useful Plants Nursery and is a senior partner at
Living Systems Design. He works locally with Grow Food Where People Live
& internationally with Jamaican Sustainable Farm Enterprise Program.
Annie Martin, Author
Annie, aka Mossin’ Annie, is a moss rescuer, farmer, researcher, landscape
contractor, artist, educator, field guide, and author of The Magical World of
Moss Gardening. She is a WNC native and nationally-recognized expert on
moss gardening.
Inga Meadows, NC Cooperative Extension
Inga is the Extension Vegetable Pathologist for WNC, where she provides
disease mgmt. recommendations for growers and conducts research for
management of vegetable diseases. Inga served as the ornamental tree
pathology researcher at Clemson University and has taught plant disease
diagnosis for agriculturalists worldwide.
Shona Jason-Miller, Slow Food Asheville
Shona is a chef, wellness expert, and board member of Slow Food Asheville. She has a B.A. in Mass Communications, an AA in Culinary Arts, and
a Masters in Food Culture. She is passionate about the history of heritage
foodways and merging ethnic food knowledge into modern understanding.
Ryan Milt, Asheville Wild Foods
Ryan Milt is a forager by trade and Southern Appalachian native. He owns
Asheville Wild Foods, a local company that offers native wild foods to Asheville area chefs and local Farmers Markets. Ryan enjoys leading others to
nature’s bounty in a way that will enable foraging indefinitely.
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Elizabeth Murphy, Author, Farmer
Elizabeth “Ea” Murphy is a soil scientist and author of Building Soil: A Downto-Earth Approach. She has worked as an organic farmer, urban gardener,
Oregon Small Farms Program instructor, and agroecological researcher. She
shares the simple truth that to grow more, we need to do less.
Alan Muskat, No Taste Like Home
Alan is a leader in the mushroom and wild foods movements and has been
taking people “out to eat” for over 20 years. “Wild foods,” says Alan, “are a way
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Elizabeth is a holistic nutritionist with 30+ years’ experience helping her
clients prepare meal plans with whole foods. She is a gardener, a grandmother, and a singer, and also writes articles for various publications and
presents programs for professional and lay audiences.
Marissa Percoco, Fermentation Enthusiast
Marissa is an avid fermentation enthusiast who spent the last eight years
exploring fermented cultures, local plants, and their synergy. Traveling
throughout the US, with her four amazingly adventurous children, Marissa
has gathered cultures and recipes from far & wide.
Jeff Poppen, The Barefoot Farmer
Kevin Ward, SouthEast Ecological Design
Kevin is the owner of SouthEast Ecological Design, a green design and
building company that approaches land use, building, and site development holistically and sensibly. He is a certified permaculture designer and
educator and lives on a homestead farm in the Shelton Laurel community.
Karl Warkomski, Prota Culture, LLC
Karl has worked in the field of composting since 1994 and is currently the
Director of Prota Culture, manufacturing insect-rearing technologies in the
Triangle region of NC. He also owns a 68 acre permaculture farm in Franklin
County specializing in orchards, perennials, photovoltaics, and chickens.
A great success story from the hippie movement is the ever-relevant teacher, Jeff Poppen,The Barefoot Farmer. In 1974 Jeff used his college fund to
buy a farm in Red Boiling Springs, TN and became a certified organic farmer
in 1987. He has been employing biodynamic methods for 25 years and has
written several books.
Jane Weaver, Earth & Spirit Design
Dov has a master’s degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine, is a licensed
acupuncturist and an herbalist with a background in both Western and
Eastern herbs and treatment. He serves as Academic Dean at Daoist Traditions College of Chinese Medical Arts and has a practice in Asheville, NC.
Rodney Webb, Salamander Springs Garden
Rachel has lived and traveled extensively and studied permaculture design
in Nicaragua and Asheville, NC. She is an instructor at Muddy Sneakers and
Forest Floor Wilderness. Rachel’s passion is connecting people with the
natural world and all its wonders, and with themselves on a deeper level.
Bill Whipple, Nutty Buddy Collective
Dov Shoneman, Daoist Traditions College of Chinese Medical Arts
Rachel Shopper, Forest Floor Wilderness Instructor
Chris is an enthusiastic grower and permaculturalist from a green-thumbed
family. As Community Coordinator for Sow True Seed, he has immersed
himself in the world of seed and growing. On his urban homestead, Chris is
experimenting with landraces, selective seed saving, crop trials, and grow outs.
Jeramy Stauffer, Nanostead
Owner of Nanostead, a small scale living company, Jeramy has been building green homes in WNC for 12 years. Along with his wife and 2 children, he
lives on a small farm in the Shelton laurel community of Madison County
where they raise sheep and have a large garden.
Jane was trained by Elaine Ingham in compost management and biological
analysis of soils and composts. In her consulting and teaching, she utilizes
principles of Biodynamics and intensive grazing appropriate for restoring
carbon, minerals, microorganisms, and growth forces in agricultural soils.
Rodney owns and operates Salamander Springs Farm where he cultivates
shiitake mushrooms. Webb nurtures and shares the fungi at Farmers Markets, grocery stores, and restaurants. Cultivating shiitakes entails a complicated process and Webb has developed tried and true methods that work.
Bill began his agricultural career as an apple picker at the age of 18, which
led to lifelong passion for growing fruits and nuts. He orchards in WV and
Asheville and teaches horticultural skills to new enthusiasts through the Buncombe Fruit Nut club, Barkslip’s fruit school, and the Nutty Buddy Collective.
Kelley has been farming for 35 years and grows nearly all her own food
on her organic 285-acre mountain property near Asheville. She has spent
much of the last decade in a small rural village in the mountains of central
Mexico, restoring a 450-year-old hacienda and working with local villagers.
James Geoffrey Steen, Raven Ridge Farmscapes
Geoffrey is the founder of Raven Ridge Farmscapes, an agro-forestry experimentation, education, and consulting design firm. He is an agro-forester,
educator, farmer, orchardist, designer, and installer. He graduated from Warren Wilson College with a Bachelor of Science in forestry & agriculture.
Asia Suler, One Willow Apothecaries
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Asia is a writer, teacher, energy worker, and herbalist who lives amongst
her gardens and apothecary in the Blue Ridge Mountains of WNC. She
is the creator and concoctress of One Willow Apothecaries, an Appalachian-grown company that offers lovingly handcrafted medicines.
Skye Taylor, Author
Skye has been a lifelong seeker of the Divine. At 37, Skye joined the San
Francisco Zen Center to become a monk. In 2006, she became a beekeeper
& designed the Temple Hive. She is the author of A Monk in the Bee Hive.
Brad Todd, Lucky Clays Farm
Brad designs, builds, implements, and manages the sustainable Aquaponics systems at Lucky Clays Farm and has continually operated the 4800 sq.
ft. commercial, year-round project since 2012. Planned for 2016 is a 42,000
square foot facility, one of the largest Aquaponics facilities in the US.
Cindy Trisler, Mudluscious Pottery and Gardens
Cindy and her husband, Rod, own and operate Mudluscious Pottery and
Gardens in rural Madison County. Gardening since the ‘70s, they began a
commercial egg & vegetable operation in 2007. Committed homesteaders,
they use many food preservation techniques, including a large root cellar.
Eric Walker, University of Tennessee
Eric was born and raised in Middle TN on a tobacco and cattle farm. He
has an Extension and research appointment with the University of TN and
University of KY in the areas of tobacco and specialty crop production,
including industrial hemp.
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Ira, author of Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast, is a Master Gardener and
a worker/owner of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange. She serves on the
boards of Organic Seed Alliance, Virginia Association for Biological Farming,
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Intermediate Gardener
Homesteader
______________________________________________
Beginning Gardener
How did you hear about the Spring Conference?
Internet
Email
I’ve attended in the past
Saw a poster
Radio (station):_______________________________________________
NC Cooperative Exension
A friend told me
Newspaper article/ad (publication title):__________________________
Other:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Classes You Attended:
Saturday Session #1: 9:00 AM -10:30 PM
Session Name: ___________________________________________
Rating: Poor
Fair
Good
Excellent
Outstanding
Comments:______________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
Sunday Session #1: 9:00 AM -10:30 PM
Session Name: ___________________________________________
Rating: Poor
Fair
Good
Excellent
Outstanding
Comments:______________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
Saturday Session #2: 11:00 AM -12:30 PM
Session Name: ___________________________________________
Rating: Poor
Fair
Good
Excellent
Outstanding
Comments:______________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
Sunday Session #2: 11:00 AM -12:30 PM
Session Name: ___________________________________________
Rating: Poor
Fair
Good
Excellent
Outstanding
Comments:______________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
Saturday Session #3: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Session Name: ___________________________________________
Rating: Poor
Fair
Good
Excellent
Outstanding
Comments:______________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
Sunday Session #3: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Session Name: ___________________________________________
Rating: Poor
Fair
Good
Excellent
Outstanding
Comments:______________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
Saturday Session #4: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Session Name: ___________________________________________
Rating: Poor
Fair
Good
Excellent
Outstanding
Comments:______________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
What are some topics you would like to see covered next year?
Sunday Session #4: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Session Name: ___________________________________________
Rating: Poor
Fair
Good
Excellent
Outstanding
Comments:______________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
What do you think about how the conference was laid out and the campus utilized?
What are the strengths of the conference? What needs improvement?
What was the most valuable thing you learned this weekend?
Will you change something in your life or think about something differently because of what you learned this year at the conference?
Would having this event in the 3rd week of March affect your attendance? If yes, why?
Any other comments?
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