by sahcadmin | Nov 22, 2016 | French Broad River Valley, Our Community Farm, Volunteer Stories
This month, twelve 7th grade boys from the French Broad River Academy (FBRA) volunteered at our Community Farm. We are grateful for assistance from these positive, hard-working students! Service learning is a vital piece of the FBRA curriculum, and they partner with...
by sahcadmin | Nov 20, 2016 | Balsam Mountains, Hikes
On Saturday, November 12th, we hosted a hike on our lovely 600-acre Webb Conservation Easement near Panthertown Valley in Jackson County. This beautiful property is bounded on the north side by Cedar Creek, a high quality tributary flowing into Webb Lake, which...
by sahcadmin | Nov 16, 2016 | Farmland Conservation, French Broad River Valley, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
This November we protected 32 acres of farmland in the shadow of Crabtree Bald in Haywood County. Located along Rush Fork Creek and adjacent to NC Scenic Byway 209, the farm contains prime agricultural soils and has been in the same family since the late 1700s....
by sahcadmin | Nov 11, 2016 | Corporate Partners
Founded in 1979, Appalachian Realty Associates is a unique and independent real estate brokerage located in Asheville, NC. It has been owned and operated by Betsy Reiser, who moved to Little Sandy Mush in 1974. Erik Aasland, broker with Appalachian Realty Associates,...
by sahcadmin | Nov 1, 2016 | Farm Workshops, Farmland Conservation, Our Community Farm
SAHC, Organic Growers School (OGS), and WNC Farmlink have been awarded a $600,000 federal grant over three years to continue developing Farm Pathways: Integrating Farmer Training with Land Access. Farm Pathways was selected this year as one of 37 projects across the...
