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Salvage food stores have long been a lure for the frugal and the intrepid. But inflation, environmentalism and some clever rebranding are expanding the fan base. ....
After more than two decades serving farmers and the local food community, Charlie Jackson will retire as executive director of the Appalachian Sustain. ....
Food security has been a major focus of the American Rescue Plan Act, which provided more than $12 billion in new nutrition assistance overall. That included a 15% increase in SNAP benefits, or $1.1 billion per month in additional benefits for about 41 million participants through September. An additional nearly $900 million was funneled into the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, including a temporary increase in fruit and vegetable vouchers to $35 per month. Where can I use the Double SNAP program? ASAP Farmers Market, 340 Victoria Road, Saturday, 9 a.m.-noon. East Asheville Tailgate Market, 954 Tunnel Road, Friday, 3-6 p.m. Enka-Candler Tailgate Market, 1465 Sand Hill Road, Thursday, 3:30-6:30 p.m. (Opens May 6.) ....
Don Carringer poses with the winter squash harvest he brought in at Carringer Farms in Macon County. ASAP photo When spring sprung in 2020, so did the Coronavirus Pandemic, forcing farmers to make life-altering decisions in the face of an unknown future. A recently published survey of Southern Appalachian farmers shows that those decisions built a reality that was better than anticipated but still full of challenges. When the pandemic hit in March, the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project quickly sent an online survey to 935 farmers and farmers market vendors operating within 100 miles of Asheville. Of those farmers, 85 just 9 percent responded by the deadline four days later. Their answers to its questions painted a grim picture . A full two-thirds said they expected decreased sales, financial hardship or bankruptcy over the next year, with 80 percent reporting immediate decreases in customers, sales and incomes. Only eight farmers, or 9.9 percent, sai ....
News News Based on facts, either observed and verified directly by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Yes, You Can Grow Rice in Appalachia Tou Lee and his wife Chue Lee own and operate Lee’s One Fortune Farm in Western North Carolina, one of the only farms growing and selling rice in the region. All Photos by Aaron Dahlstrom/100 Days in Appalachia Meet the farmers growing traditional Laotian foods in the hills of North Carolina. Dec 31, 2020 When Chue Lee first started selling Laotian sticky rice at the East Asheville, North Carolina, farmers market, she didn’t have much luck. The rice was unfamiliar to customers and cost quite a bit more than what you could get at the supermarket. People just didn’t know what to make of it. ....