Self-Sufficiency and Solar

A DIY Sustainability Workshop
with DAVID DELVECCHIO • May 21, 10 AM – 4 PM:
Spend the day on an off-grid permaculture based homestead learning the ins and outs of self-sufficiency and solar. During this hands-on workshop, you’ll get the chance to get your hands dirty, rigging up a couple of systems with truly passionate teacher!”
Intro to Backyard Poultry

A DIY Sustainability Workshop
with Audrey Williams & Amy Crawford• MAY 14, 1-4 PM:
Interested in raising backyard chickens? We will cover all of the basics, including differences between breeds, habitat and feed requirements, coop styles and seasonal concerns…
Backyard Chickens Are Happy Chickens

The sun is just kissing the horizon and there he goes. That bold rooster, letting the world know he is there! Cacadoooodledoooooo!!! A lovely reminder that today is a new […]
Why biochar? Why make it good for earth and climate?

My dad calls me a biomass nerd. I confess, it’s true! I’ve been very lucky to have spent nearly 8 years studying biomass, bioenergy, and promoting sustainability in bioenergy. […]
Intro to Backyard Poultry

A DIY Sustainability Workshop
with AUDREY WILLIAMS & AMY CRAWFORD • MAY 9, 1-5 PM:
Interested in raising backyard chickens? We will cover all of the basics, including differences between breeds, habitat and feed requirements, coop styles and seasonal concerns…
Regenerative design workshops worth the trip to Asheville

Last fall I had the privilege of taking a workshop on regenerative design with natural builder and activist, Janell Kapoor. With her organization, Kleiwerks International, Kapoor has traveled the world teaching […]
Farm Aid Concert & Homegrown Skills Tent

North Carolina, here we come! Farm Aid 2014 is right around the corner—and you may have heard that a bunch of real pros are headlining. (You know, just some guys named Willie, Neil, John, Dave, and Jack, among others.) But over on the HOMEGROWN Skills Tent schedule, you’re the talent!