If you're starting or expanding your farm business, we offer a path to success through training, networking, and support. We provide you with quality gardening education, ideas for inspiration, and connections to other growers in Western NC. Our classes, workshops, and services will inspire you, build your confidence, and support you in creating your sustainable life.
Learn to farm, garden, and live organically through our hands-on training, workshops, conferences, and partnerships. Honestly, Farm Beginnings has changed my life for the better. I am leaving the course with functional knowledge of farm business, a wealth of resources, and direction for my life. I can't thank you all enough.
Learn to farm, garden, and live organically through our hands-on training, workshops, conferences, and partnerships. Honestly, Farm Beginnings has changed my life for the better. I am leaving the course with functional knowledge of farm business, a wealth of resources, and direction for my life. I can't thank you all enough.
Services
Organic Growers School is the premiere provider of practical and affordable organic education in the Southern Appalachians, building a vibrant food & farming community by boosting the success of organic home growers and farmers in our region. Our hands-on training, workshops, conferences and partnerships inspire, educate, and support people to farm, garden, and live organically.
OGS depends on volunteers to help out with events and internal projects that make the work we do such a success. Your involvement ensures that events run smoothly, and that the projects we do behind the scenes are adequately supported. It takes all of us to bring quality educational programming to the public.
Learn from farmers and food activists about Cuba's transition to agroecological farming practices and its national policies that prioritize sustainable farming and hunger remediation. Connect with farmers, consumers, activists, NGOs, policymakers, and experts working to transform the global food system.
When we use the word 'lake' in English, we are only describing the surface of the water. When we use the Cherokee word for lake, vndalvyi (pronounced adonwhe), we describe lake and its contents all the way to the bottom. This workshop will explore the relationship that we all have with the earth and use language and stories from traditional Cherokee wisdom to teach about them.
This synergistic partnership creates a hybrid intersection of mission and values leveraging regional farm and gardening connections with powerful branding and an expanded market to cultivate food equity and diversity initiatives, self-sufficiency, health and well-being, and environmental sustainability in local communities.
Reviews (1)
Marc Williams
Oct 06, 2019
Report
The Organic Growers School hosts an event that is one of the oldest and largest of its kind in the whole entire country!
This event is a favorite of mine to both teach at and attend annually. The ever evolving class offerings ensure fresh information and energy is constantly coming in. A focus on listening to a diversity of voices and perspectives is a welcome element as well.
The non-profit that runs the original spring event has in recent years evolved to hold other events and a host of other great programs as well. Every community needs an organization like this one.
This event is a favorite of mine to both teach at and attend annually. The ever evolving class offerings ensure fresh information and energy is constantly coming in. A focus on listening to a diversity of voices and perspectives is a welcome element as well.
The non-profit that runs the original spring event has in recent years evolved to hold other events and a host of other great programs as well. Every community needs an organization like this one.
