September 28, 2024

VIDEO: Pollination Celebration Part 2

Asheville, NC was established as the first Bee City USA and is celebrating 10 years of growing its Bee City Affiliate network to over 300 cities and expanding all the time. We join Bee City USA founder, Phyllis Stiles for a brief introduction and then Brannen Bashem of Spriggly’s Beescaping gives an inspiring presentation about…

VIDEO: Picking Peashoots

In the second installment of the Resilience Daily series from Living Web Farms in cooperation with the Organic Growers School, Pat Battle gives tips for identifying and picking peashoots. A common cover crop, peashoots are readily available this time of season and possess a unique, lightly sweet, pea-like taste. For more tips and in-depth lessons,…

VIDEO: Steven Druker Part 3 Q&A

Expert researcher and author of the book, “Altered Genes, Twisted Truth,” Dr. Steven M. Druker returned to UNCA in Asheville, NC, to speak about how the process of creating genetically engineered foods has subverted science, corrupted government, and systematically deceived the public. Jane Goodall calls his book, “One of the most important in the last…

VIDEO: Food Security & Disaster Resilience

In the not so distant past, general preparedness and self sufficiency was an everyday part of life. Explore ways we can cultivate resiliency today with Organic Growers School, AmeriCorps member Jillian Wolf and Sara DeFosset, as they facilitate this discussion on how we can maintain a reliable food system. We’ll look at how our community…

VIDEO: Wild Foods with Alan Muskat Part 1

Alan Muskat (notastelikehome.org is a multi-talented ‘philosoforager’, stand-up ‘mycomedian’, and epicure of the obscure. He has been going “out to eat” for nearly twenty years and is founder of the first forage-to-table program and wild foods market in the United States. He has authored the book “Wild Mushrooms: A Taste of Enchantment,” and popped up…