Slow Food Tri-Cities will bring its Slow Holiday Fundraiser to Spade & Spoon Farm in Johnson City on November 7,…
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North Carolina NRCS FY2027 Conservation Funding Deadline
NRCS is giving North Carolina farmers until October 30 to apply for fiscal 2027 conservation funding that can support work…
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Inside the Mind of a 23-Year-Old Antique Tractor Expert
At 23, Jackson Fleenor is preserving more than antique tractors. Without setting out to do so, he is also keeping…
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ASAP Farm Tour Expands to 19 Western North Carolina Farms
The September ASAP event will feature rice fields, bison, vineyards, and farms still rebuilding after Hurricane Helene. Visitors to the…
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At Squabble State, Farm-to-Glass Cider Is Only the Beginning
On a Bristol hillside in the Squabble State, two business partners are combining Virginia apples, a young orchard, disputed-border history,…
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Former Leaf Farms Are Finding New Life in the Region
On a breezy Saturday at the Lebanon, Virginia, Farmers Market, the story of tobacco’s long decline did not begin in…
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Goat Woods: The Work and Flavor Behind Ziegenwald Dairy
On Possum Creek near Gate City, John and Andrea Woodworth have spent decades building a market for small-batch goat cheese…
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Asian Longhorned Tick Brings New Risk to Cattle Herds
Asian longhorned ticks, Theileria, and the new management problem facing Appalachian cattle producers The Asian longhorned tick does not behave…
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2026 ARC&D Farm Tour: The Best of Local Agriculture
It is easy to forget how much happens before food reaches a grocery shelf. By the time we see the…
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At Horse Creek Farms, Old Roots and New Cream
By the time we pulled into Chuckey on June 13, the East Tennessee heat had made the first stop on…
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