Appalachian
Sustainable Agriculture
Project
306 West Haywood Street
Asheville, NC 28801
Voice: 828-236-1282
Fax: 828-236-1280 Email
Us
Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project is
a
501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization.
Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project
ASAP helps create and expand local food markets that will preserve our agricultural heritage, give everyone access to fresh, healthy food, and keep our farmers farming. Our mission is to help local farms thrive, link farmers to markets and supporters, and build healthy communities through connections to local food.
Search our Local Food Guide. Shop for Appalachian Grown certified products. Get involved in the Growing Minds Farm to School program. Visit a farmers market. Browse our information on workshops, grants, and more. Use our classified section, calendar, and online resources. Whether you're a farmer, consumer, or work with a school, restaurant, or grocer, join us in reconnecting people throughout the region with their food.
Apply Now for Summer Internships
Interns are a vital part of the ASAP team. We offer unpaid internships in each of the five categories: Growing Minds, research, communications (new!), administration (new!), and local food campaign. Click HERE for more information about each position and how to apply for the summer term; application deadline is March 13.
Save the Date: March 29
...for ASAP's 2nd annual CSA Fair! The FREE event, to be held from 3-6 pm at the Grove Arcade in Asheville, is your chance to meet area farmers face-to-face, learn
about their programs and products, and sign up for your share of the season's
bounty. What's a CSA anyway? Click HERE
for more information and the rest of the details on the exciting event.
Trout Tuesdays at Tupelo!
To celebrate Get Local's fishy February focus, Tupelo Honey Café-Southside, an Appalachian Grown™ partner and Get Local participating restaurant, is officially dedicating their February Tuesdays to trout. Each Tuesday, they’ll offer special dishes featuring fish from Sunburst Trout Farms in Canton, and proceeds from the dishes will benefit ASAP! But they won’t stop there. Find out what else the celebrations will hold HERE.
Registration Closed for Farming Conference
Wow! Our 2012 Business of Farming Conference, to be held February 25th, has sold out; thank you for your interest! If you've already registered, click 'Learn more' below for conference details, including a full schedule and workshop descriptions. Want to go but missed the chance to register? Click below to sign up for our waiting list. Should space become available, we'll pull from the list in the order requests are received.
We're excited to announce the launch of our Local Food Research Center, to be housed here at ASAP! The center will research and test our theory of food system change: that localizing food systems strengthens local economies, boosts farm profitability, increases sustainable production practices, and improves individual and public health. For more details, check out our Research page.
Find Us at FromHere.org!
Our new community website, www.FromHere.org, is up and running, and we hope you'll visit often! The site is a space for you to join with us and your peers in the local food conversation. Not to mention, it's a space for contests and exclusive deals not offered anywhere else. What are you waiting for? Click now, and let us know what you think!
Consulting by ASAP
Want to start a local food campaign in your community? Interested in expanding your local food work or getting the information you need to be as strategic and effective as possible? We can help!
For more than a decade, ASAP has helped communities preserve their agricultural heritage, increase access to fresh, healthy food, and strengthen family farms. We’ve partnered with individuals, organizations, and farmers to become a national leader in the local food movement. We utilize a distinctively holistic approach that takes into account the people, practices, and policies necessary to build and maintain a strong local food system.
Looking for the weekly Fresh at Farmers Markets update? Find it at FromHere.org, ASAP's new community website, along with other news, photos, local food and farm events, and more. While you're there, join the conversation!
Curious about the difference your donation can make? Here are some examples of what ASAP can accomplish with your support:
-$1,000 helps farmers access new markets
-$500 brings a class of school children to a local farm
-$100 funds a cooking demo on how to prepare fresh foods
-$50 trains a farmer in new skills -$25 provides seeds and resources for school gardens
Click here to give your gift to ASAP today. Or, give on behalf of a loved one and tell the recipient about the good work that will be done in his or her name.
