Event Details
- Date: 12/11/2025 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Location: Mills River, North Carolina
- Host: Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
- Address: Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center 455 Research Drive, Mills River, North Carolina 28759
- Event Website
Information
This workshop will bring farmers together to share recovery experiences, identify priority needs, and explore practical strategies for continuing to rebuild their operations.
Sessions will cover affordable organic soil health practices, food safety considerations, and strategies to maintain or regain market access. Farmer input will help shape CFSA’s ongoing recovery support, advocacy, and programming.
Workshop Sessions:
- Building Soil Organic Matter: Affordable organic strategies to rebuild soil organic matter and identify low-cost, on-farm approaches.
- Food Safety & Market Access: Covering manure and compost use, water quality testing requirements, and strategies to maintain or regain market access.
- Relief Funding Updates Listening Session: CFSA hears from you about how your recovery progress is going and what your ongoing challenges are.
December 11th | 1-4pm | FREE
Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center
455 Research Drive, Mills River, NC 28759
Register at this link.
Speakers:
- Karen McSwain, Associate Executive Director for Programs
- Jay Dunbar, Local Produce Safety Coordinator
- Joe Rowland, Organic Initiatives Coordinator
