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GYO Workshop: Heart-Healthy Cooking – Tazewell County

Join us July 30 (6-7:30 pm) at the Tazewell County Public Library (Bluefield Branch) for our Heart-Healthy Cooking Grow Your Own Workshop. Gerontologist Frances Bale will bring some delicious dinner and talk about the effects of what we eat on our bodies - specifically, on our hearts! We will talk about nutrition in backyard gardening […]

Free

Apple Orchards with Tom McMullen

Visit 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 […]

$10

FOREST FARMING WITH RYAN HUISH

If you are interested in getting back to your Appalachian roots, what better way to do that than Forest Farming? Ryan and his family have been gardening/farming for several decades […]

$10

GYO Workshop: Season Extension – Tazewell County

Join us on August 26 (6-7:30 pm) at the Four Seasons YMCA Tazewell Community Garden for our Season Extension Grow Your Own Workshop. Attendees will learn about season extension by […]

Free

GYO Workshop: Season Extension – Washington County

Join us on August 29 (6-7:30 pm) at the Faith in Action Community Garden for our Season Extension Grow Your Own Workshop. Attendees will learn about season extension by doing […]

Free

SILVOPASTURE AT THE FARM AT WILLOW RUN

 Join us in Harrisonburg, VA at The Farm at Willow Run, where we’ll be discussing Silvopasture systems, the importance of genetic repositories, and cooperative land management.  We’ll begin with a […]

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GYO Workshop: Regenerative Agriculture – Tazewell County

Join us on September 24 (6-7:30 pm) at Tazewell County Public Library (Bluefield Branch) for our Regenerative Agriculture Grow Your Own Workshop. Regenerative Agriculture is more relevant now than ever! […]

Free

GYO Workshop: Regenerative Agriculture – Washington County

Join us on September 26 (6-7:30 pm) at ASD's Greenhouse for our Regenerative Agriculture Grow Your Own Workshop. We will talk about the principles of regenerative agriculture along with the history of agriculture and how we got to this point. You will walk away saying, "It's all about the soil" for a reason! Regenerative Agriculture […]

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2nd Annual Family Agriculture Day

Join us Saturday, October 5th from 10 am to 3 pm for the 2nd annual Family Agriculture Day. It's FREE! There will be carnival games, a smoothie bike, educational demos, […]

Free

GYO Workshop: Herbs & Wild Edibles – Washington County

Native Cherokee man John Powers, a hobby herbalist turned Certified Medical Herbalist, will join us to talk about medicinal plants! What to use, what not to use, and where to find these fascinating and sometimes illusive (sometimes not) organisms. Email mbradley@asdevelop.org to save your spot.

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