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fermentation + preservation + home cooking + harvestingwild ideas+herbal medicine + homesteading skills + & more

HarvestConference

Savor the Adundance Savor the Adundance

Tradd CotterMyco Magic

Lindsay WilsonRestoring Digestive Health

Will HookerBuilding with Bamboo

Marc WilliamsA Wild Food Forage

Ceara FoleyHealing from the Hive

Jon ChristieBasic Beekeeping & Beyond

FEATURING FULL & HALF-DAY Pre WORKSHOPS

Pre Conference Workshops | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 TH |Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, NC AND

Appalachia School of Holistic Herbalism, W. Asheville, NC

HARVEST CONFERENCE | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 TH |AB Tech, Main Campus, Asheville, NC

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Pre Conference WorkshopsSeptember 11th, 2015

Pre Conference WorkshopsSeptember 11th, 2015

While core conference classes are offered on Saturday, September 12th, OGS also offers full & half-day workshops in various locations on September 11th. Mix & match half-day workshops or

attend full day Bee or Plant School! See details & pricing below.

9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Warren Wilson College$120 before 8/7 & $125 after

This all-encompassing, full-day workshop covers growing, medicinal uses, and remediation of mushrooms. Discover the best ways to cultivate mushrooms at home or farm. Learn inexpensive and easy start-up options for beginners and commercial ideas for expansion. Whether you have a rooftop, patio, yard, or farm, these techniques of cultivation, medicine making, and remediation can be used. We’ll explore successful strategies that can be customized to your situation.

10:00 AM-4:00 PM, Warren Wilson College$70 before 8/7 & $75 after

There are times in life when antibiotics and other pharmaceuticals are necessary. Yet the over-use of antibiotics and drugs, consumption of denatured foods, and exposure to pesticides and chemicals are causing digestive disorders of epidemic proportions. This day-long workshop is the perfect tonic for the modern-world-weary stomach. Come and learn how to nourish yourself with herbs, foods, and ferments.

9:00 AM-1:00 PM, Appalachia School of Holistic HerbalismLearn the basics of equipment, terminology, cost and set up for a backyard apiary. You will get an overview of month by month hive management from starting out your new colony in the spring to preparing them for

their best chance of winter survival, all specifically geared for our mountain region. We will also discuss feeding, swarming, and organic management of

pests, and disease issues.

2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Appalachia School of Holistic HerbalismHoney, pollen, propolis, royal jelly, beeswax, and bee venom, have been used for centuries to aid a variety of health complaints. Recent studies have verified the potency of these hive products! From the ancient Chinese art of making herbal honey pills, to the modern day resurgence of

metheglin (herbal honey wine), create and sample remedies people would fake an ailment to receive. Learn to use these healing agents as well as what

you can do to support the health of the honeybee.

9:00 AM-1:00 PM, Warren Wilson CollegeForaging is the process of gathering food from the wild. Join Marc Williams, ethnobiologist, for a wild walk adventure where you will meet, taste, and learn stories about the plethora of wild foods in our region. You will never look at the forest, meadow, or roadside the same way again. Ethonobiology

is the study of where people, plants, culture, and food intersect and Western NC is a rich landscape of botanical, fungal, and microbal friends that can be

used for food, beauty, medicine, and more.

2:00 PM- 5:00 PM, Warren Wilson CollegeBamboo is a non-toxic, easy, and lightweight building material. It’s as strong as steel in tension and stronger than concrete in compression, and it’s accessible, grows quickly, and is completely affordable. Thanks to innovative designs and techniques including joinery, preservation, and

tools, building with bamboo is quickly becoming a viable and exciting “modern” building option. Join Will Hooker, who has been building with

bamboo for more than 25 years around the state and around the world.

Myco Magic: Mushrooms for Food, Medicine, and Remediation with Tradd Cotter

Restoring Digestive Health: Nourishing Herbs, Foods, & Ferments for Vitality with Lindsay Wilson

Basic Beekeeping and Beyond

Healing from the Hive

A Wild Food Forage

Building with Bamboo

Tradd is a microbiologist, professional mycologist, and organic gardener, who has been tissue culturing, collecting native fungi in the Southeast, and cultivating both commercially & experimentally for more than twenty-two years. He is the author of Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation, and in 1996, he founded Mushroom Mountain to explore applications for mushrooms in various industries and currently maintains over 200

species of fungi for food production, mycoremediation of environmental pollutants, and natural alternatives to chemical

pesticides.

T r a d d C o t t e r

Lindsay is a wellness coach, community herbalist, public speaker, yoga teacher, naturalist, and “alewife”, keeper of the mysteries and recipes of the sacred ferments. Lindsay’s travels around the world for 16 years has exposed her to the traditional foods, botanical medicines, and fermentation systems of people’s worldwide. As the leader of her local Weston A Price Foundation chapter in Mississippi, Lindsay is passionate about integrated healing through fresh whole foods including ferments, wild foods, and herbs.

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Bee School$40 before 8/7, $45 after or 2 half-day workshops for $75 before 8/7, $80 after

Plant School$40 before 8/7, $45 after or 2 half-day workshops for $75 before 8/7, $80 after

Register Online at www.organicgrowersschool.org

The 2nd Annual Harvest Conference will take place on September 12th at AB Tech’s Main Campus in Asheville at 340 Victoria Road, Asheville, NC 28801

Pre-Conference Workshops will take place on September 11th at Warren Wilson College at 7011 Warren Wilson Road in Swannanoa, NC 28778

Appalachia School of Holistic Herbalism at 2 Westwood Pl, Asheville, NC 28806

Registration is available online for all workshops. On-site Registration for Saturday only.

EVENT LOCATIONS

Register Online at www.organicgrowersschool.org

FALL & WINTERGROWING

HOMECOOKING

BACKYARD WONDERS

9:00 AM-

10:30 AM

Extend the Growing Season

Randal Pfleger

Five Essental Staples

Diana Schmitt-McCall

OrganicOrcharding

Andrew Goodheart Brown

11:00 AM -

12:30 AM

Growing Great Garlic

Christopher Fielden

Make Your Own

Pet FoodKristi King

Grow Food Where

People LiveChuck Marsh

12:30 AM-

2:00 PM

2:00 PM-

3:30 PM

Year RoundGrowingPat Battle

Nourishing Bone BrothKelli Elizabeth

Kuhn

Down & Dirty Soil Building

SecretsEa Murphy

4:00 PM-

5:30 PM

Cover Croppingfor Home Gardens

Laura Lengnick

Ethical MeatsMeredith Leigh

GrowBerries Now!

Walter Harrill

FERMENTATION &

PRESERVATIONSELF

RELIANCEHOMESTEAD

SKILLSHERBAL

MEDICINE

Pickle Your Harvest

Janelle Lucido-Conate

Root Cellars

Rod Bowling

Backyard Chickens

Dianne Palmer-Quay

Cultivating Wild

MedicinalsRyan Milt

DiscoverSourdough

Jennifer Lapidus

Save Your Own SeedChris Smith

SmallScale

ForestryShawn Shwartz

Appalachian Folk

MedicineByron Ballard

Mead Making

Marissa Percoco

Self-Sufficiency?You can do it!

Chip Hope

Pollinator Gardens

Ruth Gonzalez

Home-MadeImmune Boosters

Melissa Fryar

DIY FoodDehydration

Doug Sharkey

Tiny HousesJeramy Stauffer

& Kevin Ward

ResidentialPermaculture

Will Hooker

WildPharmacy

June Ellen Bradley

Harvest Conference ScheduleSeptember 11th & 12th, 2015

Harvest Conference SCHEDULESeptember 11th & 12th, 2015

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM REGISTRATION

9:00 AM- 5:00 PM

10:00 AM-4:00 PM

9:00 AM-1:00 PM

AM Bee School: Beginning Beekeeping with Jon Christie

PM Bee School: Healing from the Hive with Ceara Foley

9:00 AM-1:00 PM

AM Plant School: Wild Food Forage with Marc Williams

PM Plant School: Building with Bamboo with Will Hooker

Restoring Digestive Health: Nourishing Herbs, Foods, & Ferments for Vitality with Lindsay Wilson

Myco-Magic: Mushrooms for Food, Medicine, & Remediation with Tradd Cotter

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2015PRE CONFERENCE WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

VISIT TRADE SHOW

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2015

LUNCH BREAK! Lunch vendors wil l b e on site & AB Tech is conveniently lo c ated near downtown restaurants

HARVEST CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Myco-Magic: Mushrooms for Food, Medicine, & Remediation with Tradd Cotter

Restoring Digestive Health: Nourishing Herbs, Foods, & Ferments for Vitality with Lindsay Wilson

2:00 PM--

2:00 PM-- 5:00 PM

5:00 PM

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Harvest Conference RegistrationSeptember 11-12th, 2015

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PAYMENTSaturday (9/12) 2nd Annual Harvest Conference, $45 by 8/7, $50 afterafterFriday Pre Conference ½ Day Basic Beekeeping, $40 by 8/7, $45 after after after

Friday Pre Conference ½ Day Building with Bamboo, $40 by 8/7, $45 afterFriday Pre Conference TWO ½ Day Workshops (indicate above), $75 by 8/7, $80 afterFriday Pre Conference Full Day Myco-Magic $120 by 8/7, $125 afterFriday Pre Conference Full Day Restoring Digestive Health $70 by 8/7, $75 after

Friday Pre Conference ½ Day Healing from the Hive, $40 by 8/7, $45 after afterFriday Pre Conference ½ Day Wild Food Forage, $40 by 8/7, $45 after

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Harvest Conference DetailsSeptember 12th, 2015

The second Harvest Conference is for backyard & urban growers, homesteaders, gardeners, and self-reliance folks of all skill levels. The event features all the popularity of the Spring Conference with a focus

on the fall growing season, harvesting, canning, growing, gardening, energy, cooking and more…all organically of course. More than 25 workshops in 7 tracks! We pride ourselves on bringing you down-to-

earth advice on growing and sustainable living, while remaining affordable and accessible.

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Season extension permits year round harvests. Learn about low-cost, do-it-yourself structures to extend your season. Cold frames, row covers, hoop houses, greenhouses and Sunrooms will all be discussed.

Extend the Growing Season with Randal Pfleger

In our area, garlic is planted in the fall and harvested in early summer. Growing garlic is easy, gratifying, and provides a har-vest for use all year long. This class covers the basics of growing garlic, from choosing varieties and preparing beds to curing, and saving your own seed garlic.

Growing Great Garlic! with Christopher Fielden

Create a calendar for year-round growing including when to start seeds, when and how to prepare beds, & when to transition between seasons. Learn the fall and winter “Big Four” stars: Bras-sicas, Chenopodium, Unmbellifera, and composits.

Year-Round Growing with Pat Battle

Cover crops offer many benefits to the gardener; they feed soil life & increase nutrient cycling to build soil health. Healthy soils resist erosion, suppress weeds, break pest cycles, and improve water availability to plants. Learn how to select, plant, rotate, & manage cover crops to enjoy the benefits of soil health.

Cover Cropping for Home Gardens with Laura Lengnick

Dehydration is one of the oldest ways of preserving food. Learn how to use solar energy to power your very own food dehydrator! Participants will learn the basic concepts of food dehydration, how solar food dryers work, and several types of dryers that they can build.

DIY Food Dehydration with Doug Sharkey

Stop wasting money on inferior quality condiments and learn to make them yourself with high quality, organic ingredients. Even timid home cooks can make mayo, dressing, ketchup, mustard, & hot sauce. Learn to source the best & healthiest oils, herbs, spices, & vinegars. Take away recipes, ingredient lists, & loads of inspiration.

5 Essential Staples with Diana Schmitt-McCall

Come learn about the benefits of feeding a raw diet to your dog or cat and how to safely and easily prepare the food. We will be covering basic nutrition for dogs and cats, the ingredients necessary for a complete diet and review sample recipes.

Make Your Own Pet Food with Kristi King

Bone broth is a mineral, protein, & collagen rich infusion, made by boiling bones & vegetables, to be used as a culinary base and healing tonic to boost the immune system, heal digestive issues, & support bone and tooth health. It’s the most affordable nutrient dense food to make. Learn the history, broth science, recipes, and more.

Nourishing Bone Broth with Kelli Elizabeth Kuhn

The commercial animal feed industry is the largest purchaser of GMO feed and Confined Animal Feeding Operations result in antibiotic-ridden meats & toxic pollution. Learn where to source local, grass-fed meats, & discuss buying, cooking, storage, & preparation tips that can stretch your dollar & help your farmer.

Ethical Meats with Meredith Leigh

Root cellaring was a crucial part of homesteading before refrig-erators and year-round groceries. Using the earth’s naturally stable temperatures to store perishable items is simple, low-tech, energy saving, and self-reliant. Enjoy an overview of styles, building materials, DIY techniques, and usage.

Root Cellars: Design, Construction, and Use with Rod Bowling

A secure food system requires secure seeds. This hands-on class will give you the confidence and the knowledge to save your own. Learn practical elements of planting and isolation, pollina-tion and pollinators, harvesting and processing, and saving and storing.

Save Your Own Seed with Chris Smith

One of the most important things we can do for our health is to grow food and medicine. Right here. Right now. Learn about heirloom crops, plant origins, organic gardening practices, ver-micomposting, integrated pest mgt., drip irrigation, all in very low cost, sustainable ways.

Self Sufficiency? You Can Do It! With Chip Hope

The tiny home and portable house movement has swept the country. It advocates for simple living, a smaller ecological footprint, & an architectural design that meets all human needs. This class will discuss technical approaches, design concepts, rules & regulations, construction issues, infrastructure, and homesteading tips.

Tiny Houses with Jeramy Stauffer & Kevin Ward

Fall & Winter Growing

Home cooking

Preservation & Fermentation

Self Reliance

Make delicious, beautiful, and appealing veggie pickles that the whole family is excited to eat. From cucumber pickles with barbeque or carrot pickles with hearty stew, these easy ferments add flavor and nutrition to every meal. Salt brining creates crunchy, textured and tasty pickles and increases the shelf life of your harvest. This easy process will work for much of your garden’s surplus.

Pickle Your Harvest with Janelle Lucido-Conate

Leavened bread has been around for much longer than commercial baking yeast, which was developed in the name of expedience and predictability. Natural leavening & sourdough employ slow fermentation, allowing for thorough integration of ingredients, resulting in the full flavor of REAL BREAD. Come learn the ART of natural leavening.

Discover Sourdough with Jennifer Lapidus

To own land in WNC often means owning a wooded lot or small forest. Learn about the forest systems of the Southern Appala-chians, to inform your farm and landscape approach. Consider how to manage these areas for wood & food production, wildlife, micro-climate, and long term health. Learn to transition forest to agriculture, culling and planting, maintenance tech-niques & more.

Small Scale Forestry with Shawn Shwartz

Pollinators are vital to a healthy ecosystem and to all plant reproduction. Yet they are in fast decline as their habitats disap-pear and pesticide poisoning weakens their numbers. Thankful-ly, butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, and beneficial insects enjoy the same beautiful flowers that we do. Learn about the best plants, which are adapted to our local region, and discover the magical pollinators that you’ll encounter.

Pollinator Gardens with Ruth Gonzalez

Permaculture is a sustainable living methodology that is recog-nized as an important tool in helping to create a global habitat in which all creatures can live in abundance into the indefinite future. Explore the permaculture ethics and principles that Will follows and watch the evolution of his and his family’s home garden over the past 20+ years.

Residential Permaculture with Will Hooker

Do you want to add chickens to your backyard or homestead? Do you have questions about breed, housing, feeding or pred-ator protection? This workshop will provide an introduction to the joys of a small chicken flock and give you basic information on how to keep your birds happy and healthy from their first days as a chick to their later years of production. If time permits, an overview of processing and egg incubation will be included.

Backyard Chickens for Eggs & Meat with Dianne Palmer-Quay

Homestead Skills

Walk on the wild side. Learn to make medicines from the plants around you. Discover instructions and recipes for infusions (pouring water over fresh and dry herbs), decoction (simmering roots), herbal vinegars, easy tinctures, and capsule making. Half of this class will be inside with hands-on medicine making demonstrations and half will be outside with some plant ID, weed medicine, and bush poultice.

Wild Pharmacy with June Ellen Bradley

Folk techniques brought by immigrants of the British Isles melded with native herbal wisdom to create a vibrant healing tradition in the Southern Appalachian mountains. Explore the culture, heritage, remedies, herbs, and the twisty history of hoo-doo and hillbilly medicine. Learn deep relaxation techniques & spend time with the Seven Sovereign Sisters of the Appalachian mountains.

Appalachian Folk Medicine with Byron Ballard

Learn easy, effective, and delicious immune supporting foods and medicines to make in your own kitchen! We will create a Fire Cider using various herbs, mushrooms and common kitch-en foods such as garlic, horseradish, and honey; an immune en-hancing Elderberry Syrup; a nourishing gypsy cold and flu tea, a well as other recipes to soothe and solve a variety of common illnesses and discomforts the whole year round.

Homemade Immune Boosters with Melissa Fryar

herbal medicine

How do you grow more, by doing less; green your garden, while improving the environment? Join soil scientist and organic gardener, Ea Murphy, to learn simple, practical steps every gardener can take to unlock the secrets of living, healthy soils and naturally productive gardens. Learn how to feed the living soil to feed your living plants, recycle yard and home waste into soil food, and save time and money in the process.

Down & Dirty Soil Building Secrets with Ea Murphy

In WNC, over 108,280 people faced food insecurity in 2014. Learn about the program that is strengthening community self-reliance for low-income families in Polk County. A team of partners, including the county government & NC cooperative extension, teamed up to establish “community micro-farms,” education teams to teach gardening, orcharding, cooking, food processing, and preservation skills, and a 10-year work plan.

Grow Food Where People Live with Chuck Marsh

Successful ecological fruit growing in Western North Carolina is challenging. What you know, and don’t know, can be the differ-ence between success and heartache. Geared for the beginner and intermediate orchardist, this workshop presents you with a basic, yet specific, empowering knowledge that tilts the ladder of success in your favor.

Organic Orcharding with Andrew Goodheart Brown

backyard wonders

For descriptions of Grow Berries Now, Cultivating Wild Medicinals, & Mead Making, visit www.organicgrowersschool.org

WWW.ORGANICGROWERSSCHOOL.ORG

Early Registration DiscountRegister by August 7, 2015 for the early bird discount.

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fermentation + preservation + home cooking + harvestingwild ideas+herbal medicine + homesteading skills + & more

HarvestConference

Savor the Adundance Savor the Adundance

Tradd CotterMyco Magic

Lindsay WilsonRestoring Digestive Health

Will HookerBuilding with Bamboo

Marc WilliamsA Wild Food Forage

Ceara FoleyHealing from the Hive

Jon ChristieBasic Beekeeping & Beyond

FEATURING FULL & HALF-DAY Pre WORKSHOPS

Pre Conference Workshops | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 TH |Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, NC AND

Appalachia School of Holistic Herbalism, W. Asheville, NC

HARVEST CONFERENCE | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 TH |AB Tech, Main Campus, Asheville, NC

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