Upcoming Events

From the organizers: Herbalist, Cameron Strauss, will be leading this online Medicine Making Course, where you'll learn to relate to plants through tastes, smell, and touch to become proficient in and comfortable with using herbs. If you have never tasted the difference between a cold infusion and a hot infusion of the same herb how [...]

From the organizers: Small Farm School 2020 is going online with 18 sessions on the Zoom platform Sessions will be offered: Tuesday and Thursday evenings from September 17 through November 19 Online Small Farm School is a series of webinar sessions for beginning and intermediate small-scale farmers and rural landowners. Registration Information Subscribe to the [...]

From the organizers: Winter bee biology & management: with Jack Rowe (Alabama Extension) We’re offering beekeepers the chance to attend virtual meetings from the comfort of one’s own home using a computer or mobile device. Each event will bring participants up to date on timely beekeeping topics. Time for Q&A included. Watch this series through [...]

From the organizers: Although originally scheduled for Aug. 6-8, the 2020 Conference has been postponed to October 2-4, due to COVID-19. We plan to host the event on the San Marcos campus of Texas State University, which has ample space to spread out Conference sessions, vendors, and other activities. We are also exploring outdoor venue [...]

From the organizers: The workshop is designed to be a primer for understanding what it takes to produce and sell hydroponically grown vegetables. Contact: Neil Kelly [email protected] (334) 200-1519 CLICK HERE TO REGISTER This event is not hosted by ASAN. As one of ASAN’s roles is to share information and resources across our network so [...]

From the organizers: Soil Health Academy Presents Advanced Adaptive Grazing & Marketing October 20-22, 2020 Bois d'Arc Farm 8661 Highway 183 Uniontown, Alabama 36786 Tuition: $1275, which includes lunch, classes and digital course materials Scholarships are available for qualifying farmers and ranchers to attend! Apply for a scholarship at: https://soilhealthacademy.org/scholarships Scholarships will be reviewed by [...]

From the organizers: Creating & maintaining a wildflower meadow: with Anthony Abbate (Auburn) We’re offering beekeepers the chance to attend virtual meetings from the comfort of one’s own home using a computer or mobile device. Each event will bring participants up to date on timely beekeeping topics. Time for Q&A included. Watch this series through Zoom [...]

From the organizers: Funding/Resources: In the Black-Belt area, there are not many farms or farmers. With the few that currently exist, farmers do not have enough funding or resources to keep their property.  Many farmers and their family income are dependent upon crops and livestock. However, there are some organizations that can help fund some [...]