Local Foods Link

Please visit this new link:
Local Foods Making a Difference

Fresh Produce Safety Training

If you grow produce in Transylvania County you should consider attending this training:
Fresh Produce Safety Training
The training will address issues related to Good Agricultural Practices that all farmers should be aware of to avoid potential for outbreaks of various food borne pathogens.

Community Garden Forum

Community Garden Forum   March 27th, 2010 @ 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Brevard, NC

Join with other community and faith based organizations to share and discuss ideas on community gardening. This workshop will be a time for those actively engaged or interested in community food production and marketing/distribution to share ideas, including: growing food locally marketing and distribution opportunities and challenges The program will consist of a panel discussion by local garden, market and food distribution representatives, followed by a message from Fred Bahnson, Kellogg  Food and Society Policy Fellow and former Director of the Anathoth Community Garden in Cedar Grove NC. SATURDAY MARCH 27, 1:00-3:00 COMMUNITY SERVICES BUILDING CONFERENCE ROOM 98 East Morgan St. Brevard, NC To register for this free forum please contact the Transylvania County Cooperative Extension Center 884-3109

Welcome to Transylvania's Gardens

 Welcome to the new blog connecting Transylvania County's gardens and fresh locally grown products. With this welcome we would like for you to check out this new blog about good agricultural practices for fresh produce:
Good Agricultural Practices for Fresh Produce.   We hope to be able to link you to a lot of similar bits of information as we receive it and want to get feed back from you periodically to see what kind of information you are looking for.