THOUSANDS OF MILES FRESHER

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

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

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.

Appalachia. 2011.
An intern runs through the daily morning watering, The Lord's Acre, Fairview, 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.
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.
The Maple Creek Farm uses a rubber cylindrical feather remover, a very natural common method. Burnesville, NC. 2010
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.
A new mother stands vigilant at the Maple Creek Farm, Burnesville, NC. 2010.
SlowFood hosts the  'Beer & BBQ Fundraiser', Saturday, July 17, in Asheville, NC. 2010. Proceeds went to the North Carolina Organic Bread Flour Project.
Appalachia. 2011.
Mountain Apiary. 2011.
Appalachia. 2011
Appalachia. 2011.
Appalachia. 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.
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
Sunswept Farm. 2011.
Maple Creek Farm. Burnesville, NC. 2010.
Appalachia. 2011.
Downtown Ashevile, NC. 2011.