Farmer and Rancher Mentoring Q&A
Join Jenni Roop, ASD's Agriculture Education Communications Manager for a Q&A on the Farmer and Rancher Mentoring program.What you will learn:How to register for MyASDWhat can you do on MyASDHow […]
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Agriculture Education
Veteran Open House
Appalachian Harvest 280 Boone Trail Road, Duffield, Virginia, United StatesJoin Appalachian Sustainable Development on April 13th at the Appalachian Harvest Food and Herb Hub to learn all about ASD, AH, and the agriculture programs and projects we offer.There will […]
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Summer Field School ’22 Class #1: Specialty Produce and Irrigation
Creative Seeds Farm 422 W Glade Street, Glade Spring, Virginia, United StatesJoin us at Creative Seeds Farm for a session on Specialty Produce and Irrigation. With local food in high demand, this course will help you determine what type of crops […]
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Summer Field School ’22 Class #2: Season Extension
TNT Farm N Greenhouse 32367 Taos Ln, Meadowview, Virginia, United StatesJoin us at TNT Farm N Greenhouse for a class of Season Extension. Season extension provides early and late harvests, winter harvests, and longer harvest windows. These techniques also offer […]
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Summer Field School ’22 Class #3: Aggregation/Distribution
Appalachian Harvest 280 Boone Trail Road, Duffield, Virginia, United StatesJoin us at Appalachian Harvest for a class on Aggregation and Distribution services and more. Season extension provides early and late harvests, winter harvests, and longer harvest windows. These techniques […]
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Buchanan County Apiary and Pollinator Project – Ribbon Cutting
Southern Gap Outdoor Adventure 1124 Chipping Sparrow Road, Grundy, Virginia, United StatesJoin ASD, Thompson Charitable Foundation, SWVA Sportsmen and Southern Gap Outdoor Adventure for the launch of the Apiary and Pollinator project on Thursday, June 16, 2022 at 10am at Southern […]
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Summer Field School Class #4: Integrating Multiple Operations
Kelly Ridge Farms 30558 Old Saltworks Road, Meadowview, Virginia, United StatesIntegrating operations is key to incremental success in farming. Farms aren't about single product lines, but about how you can design your operations to support each other and build your […]
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Summer Field School Class #5: Rotational Grazing and Cattle Work
Valor Valley Farm 4949 Pounding Mill Branch Rd, Pounding Mill, Virginia, United StatesDarrell Wess and family started Valor Valley Farm in 2017 as a cow/calf operation. They have specialties in good land stewardship, quality cattle, and environmental conservation and sell at livestock […]
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Summer Field School Class #6: Beekeeping
Fungirl Farms 19543 Old Jonesboro Rd, Abingdon, Virginia, United StatesDebbie Mott grew up on a ranch in Arizona. Her and her husband had a horse ranch in Coeur d’Alene Idaho and now have a farm in Southwest Virginia.” At […]
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Summer Field School Class #7: Forest Farming
Appalachian Cove Forest Farm and Homestead 2857 Cox Chapel Rd, Duffield, Virginia, United StatesJoin us at Appalachian Cove Forest Farm & Homestead to learn about Forest Farming with Ryan Huish. Appalachian Cove farmers have been gardening/farming for several decades at various places. At […]
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Summer Field School Class #8: Fruit/Apple Orchards
Kelly Ridge Farms 30558 Old Saltworks Road, Meadowview, Virginia, United StatesVisit Tumbling Creek Cider Company’s expanding orchards to learn about cider apple varieties, propagation, planting, maintenance and how to re-establish the apple industry in our region. We’ll tour the Old […]
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Seed starting/Propagation Workshop: WASHINGTON COUNTY, VA
Creative Seeds Farm 422 W Glade Street, Glade Spring, Virginia, United StatesDylan and Denita own and operate Creative Seeds Farm. They specialize in growing greens year-round sustainably. They have years of experience and use practices such as companion planting, succession planting, […]
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