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Chef Nathan Allen of Knife & Fork Restaurant in Burnesville, NC, takes time to instruct a free Local Agriculture class for the kitchen staff of Blue Ridge Regional Hospital. Mr. Allen relocated to Southern Appalachia after ten years of success in Los Angeles to form a stronger relationship with his food, and enrich his guests' experience. Burnesville, NC. 2010.

Chef Nathan Allen of Knife & Fork Restaurant in Burnesville, NC, takes time to instruct a free Local Agriculture class for the kitchen staff of Blue Ridge Regional Hospital. Mr. Allen relocated to Southern Appalachia after ten years of success in Los Angeles to form a stronger relationship with his food, and enrich his guests' experience. Burnesville, NC. 2010.

With seventeen acitve farmer's markets, over two hundred independent restaurants, and ten microbreweries, the sustainable farming communities of Southern Appalachia surrounding Asheville, NC, are proud to share deep personal connections with the foods and beverages they consume.

Daybreak north of the Flying Cloud Farm, Fairview, NC. 2010. Sections of grazing land on Maple Creek Farm, Burnesville, NC. 2010. Mountain Gardens, Celo, NC. 2010. An intern runs through the daily morning watering, The Lord's Acre, Fairview, NC. 2010 Milk goats awaiting their evening milking, The Spinning Spider Creamery, Marshall, NC. 2010. Tool shed of Mountain Gardens, Celo, North Carolina. 2010. Roadside carts offer a variety of produce, including summer sunflowers, Asheville, NC. 2010. Morning light makes even the randomest things look staged. Asheville, NC. 2010. The Issac Dickson Public Elementary School in Asheville, NC, promotes Farm-to-School initiatives through their student garden and nursery. Children as young as five participate in the garden to provide natural produce for the school, and to instill a fundamental knowledge of agriculture. Chef Nathan Allen of Knife & Fork Restaurant in Burnesville, NC, takes time to instruct a free Local Agriculture class for the kitchen staff of Blue Ridge Regional Hospital. Mr. Allen relocated to Southern Appalachia after ten years of success in Los Angeles to form a stronger relationship with his food, and enrich his guests' experience. Burnesville, NC. 2010. The Issac Dickson Public Elementary School in Asheville, NC, promotes Farm-to-School initiatives through their student garden and nursery. Children as young as five participate in the garden to provide natural produce for the school, and to instill a fundamental knowledge of agriculture. A new mother stands vigilant at the Maple Creek Farm, Burnesville, NC. 2010. The Issac Dickson Public Elementary School in Asheville, NC, promotes Farm-to-School initiatives through their student garden and nursery. Children as young as five participate in the garden to provide natural produce for the school, and to instill a fundamental knowledge of agriculture. The Maple Creek Farm uses a rubber cylindrical feather remover, a very natural common method. Burnesville, NC. 2010 Asheville, NC. 2010. Hanging around Asheville, NC. 2010. Fresh local produce is distributed everywhere: restaurants, residences, hospitals, and schools. Asheville, NC. 2010. The Issac Dickson Public Elementary School in Asheville, NC, promotes Farm-to-School initiatives through their student garden and nursery. Children as young as five participate in the garden to provide natural produce for the school, and to instill a fundamental knowledge of agriculture. Guests devoured the barbeque and savoured the suds at SlowFood Asheville 's 'Beer & BBQ Fundraiser' Saturday, July 17, in Asheville, NC. 2010. Proceeds went to the North Carolina Organic Bread Flour Project. Volunteers work every Friday afternoon for beer at the Highland Brewery, Asheville's largest microbrewery, known for experimenting with local hops and a mission to remain local. Asheville, NC. 2010 Organically grown native Appalachian and Chinese medicinal herbs, wild foods, perennial vegetables, craft plants and other ethnobotanicals are for sale at Mountain Gardens, in the Black Mountains of Western North Carolina. 2010. Sunrise. Asheville, NC. 2010. The sheep of Maple Creek Farm. Burnesville, NC. 2010. Family, Food, Love. Asheville, NC. 2010.