by sahcadmin | Jan 31, 2019 | Farmland Conservation, French Broad River Valley, Land Protection and Landowner Stories
Hugged by mountains and tucked away in the scenic Crabtree community of Haywood County, Rogers Cove contains beautiful rolling pastures and forested hills that stir the imagination. We have permanently protected 385 acres of productive, scenic farmland in this cove...
by sahcadmin | Oct 23, 2018 | Farmer Incubator Program, Farmland Conservation, Our Community Farm
New participants in our Farmer Incubator Program, Claudie Babineaux and Sarah Bostick have been doing very physical labor for years. However, they frequently run into people who challenge the idea that two petite ladies can accomplish such work. In naming their farm...
by sahcadmin | Aug 23, 2017 | Farmland Conservation, Our Community Farm
Tamia Dame, our 2017 intern from the Conservation Trust for North Carolina’s Diversity in Conservation Internship Program, spent a portion of her summer interviewing members of the community to explore the relationship between African Americans and agriculture....
by sahcadmin | Dec 22, 2016 | Conservation Funding and Legislation, Farmland Conservation
Local land trusts secure unprecedented $8 million dollars for farmland conservation in Western North Carolina The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture National Resource Conservation Service (USDA NRCS) recently announced 2017 funding allocations from the Regional Conservation...
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 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...
