Growing Local

The local food system is getting a boost from a new partnership between Lewis Creek Farm and Noble Cider. Go on an audio tour of their orchards and learn how local apples inspired a farmer and a hard cider maker to work together.

What happens to a family farm when tragedy strikes? Hear how a brother and sister came together to preserve their step-father's legacy and save Holt Orchards.

Though most of us don’t eat our recommended daily fruits and vegetables, some people face the additional challenge of eating healthy on a budget. Hear how healthcare professionals addressed this issue at ASAP’s Healthy Eating in Practice conference.

This week we’re in Asheville, North Carolina for ASAP’s Healthy Eating in Practice conference. Hear a hands-on cooking class and learn why health care professionals from across the country came here to learn about food, farms, and health.

In the final episode of our Women in Agriculture series, we drive up to Madison County, North Carolina to meet Emily Patrick of Carolina Flowers.

This week in our Women in Agriculture series, we get to know a business owner who connects local farms with customers throughout the region. Andrea DuVall, co-owner of Mother Earth Produce, is an important link in the local food chain, so we stopped at her warehouse in Asheville, North Carolina to see how food gets from farmers’ hands to customers’ plates.

Women are at the forefront of a revolution in how food is grown for local markets. In the coming weeks, we will profile four leaders in the local food system, starting with Cassandra Bare who grows produce on nearly 300 acres at Harvest Farm in Valle Crucis, North Carolina.

Bradley Johnston is a third-generation farmer whose family has seen dramatic changes in the local dairy industry since his grandfather started selling milk directly to the public in 1917. Take an audio trip to Mills River Creamery’s milking parlor to learn why Johnston is looking to the past to shape the future.

Our food supply depends on farmworkers. The physically demanding job of planting, harvesting, and processing food puts farmworkers at risk for acute injury and chronic disease, yet they often have limited access to healthcare. Learn how Vecinos, a nonprofit organization in Western North Carolina, is helping farmworkers and their families access healthcare.

It might seem like a doctor’s office is the opposite of a farm. Think of a sterile exam room filled with medical equipment—a place where dirt is definitely not welcome. But for physician Dr. Daphne Miller, what happens in the exam room is directly linked to agriculture, from the microbes in the soil to the nutrition of the food itself.

Dr. Miller will give the keynote address at ASAP’s Healthy Eating in Practice conference, held August 26-29 in Asheville, NC. Tickets and info: www.healthyeatinginpractice.org