Upcoming Events

ASAN’s staff and Forum Planning Committee invite you to join us Thursday 12/3 through Sunday 12/13 for eleven days of virtual "hands-on" skill-share sessions, identity-based huddles, and network-wide “campfire” sessions -- all meant to inspire, skill-build, and deepen both our collective analysis and our commitment to one another. We’re even planning a virtual dance party! Click here to see full [...]

Campfire 1 - Resilience Lessons for These Times 2020 has felt apocalyptic for many, in many ways. COVID has caused previously unimaginable illness, death, and interruption to everyday life, in ways we can’t yet begin to fully account for. Climate change continues to ravage in ever-stronger ways, through fires, floods, disease and more — hitting [...]

The COVID pandemic isn’t over, but the end of the growing season gives us a welcome moment to pause and take stock. We’ll ask our panel, and those in attendance: What weaknesses has this pandemic exposed, in our farms and food system? What lessons have we learned, and how have we adapted? Moving forward, how [...]

Social media is a dynamic storytelling tool, and almost indispensable to any small business owner in this modern age. Engaging with your community is essential, and telling your story effectively is one of the best ways to support your marketing efforts. On this panel, you’ll hear farmers from across the state explain their journeys and [...]

As with any business, cooperatives are guided by principles and practices that guide their operation and benefit to their member-owners. This workshop session will discuss how cooperatives differ from other types of businesses; benefits to members; and the steps to start-up, including legal documents and other requirements that will ensure that they remain viable enterprises. [...]

Featuring organizers from the Dynamite Hill Community Land Trust, Birmingham Mutual Aid, the Birmingham Free Store, and NOLA Community Fridges, this panel will discuss the values and principles of mutual aid as well as the steps these organizers took to make their projects possible. Learn how this model of “neighbors helping neighbors” is unique from [...]

From the organizers: The Professional Agricultural Workers Conference (PAWC) is a forum committed to a world that values and promotes equal opportunity equitable access to information and technology for sustainable development of communities and natural resources. The conference began in 1942 mainly with Tuskegee University and local and state support and participation. It is now [...]

In this session, you’ll learn seed keeping basics so that you can grow your favorite plants from year to year, without reaching for the seed catalog. Guided by video demos and knowledge from Charlotte and Dove from the Sand Mountain Seed Bank, you’ll see the full process from knowing when to harvest, to drying and [...]