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Organic Grower School Spring Conference and Local Food Shed

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The Coronavirus Pandemic has exposed weaknesses in many of our systems, including our food system.  Mari (MARY) Stuart is an Urban Homesteader and writer who believes eating more locally is a better food system model.  She is presenting a talk about shifting your food consumption to eat more locally at this year’s Organic Grower School Spring Conference, and she joined us for a preview of that talk earlier this week.

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That was Mari Stuart, an ecological landscape designer, educator, writer, and carbon farming project manager living in Asheville. A former Humanities professor, she now works in ecological landscape design, specializing in climate-resilient landscapes and climate-friendly agriculture planning. She is a regular contributor to Edible Asheville Magazine and the Mother Earth News blog, and writes about gardening, foraging, and modern homesteading at Make Gather Grow.

LGBTQ nondiscrimination ordinances in Asheville

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 In North Carolina, LGBTQ people are vulnerable to discrimination in core areas of life, including employment, housing, healthcare settings, and public spaces like restaurants and stores. That’s because of a lack of comprehensive nondiscrimination protections at the state and federal level – and because of HB142, a law which for years prohibited cities and towns from passing their own LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinances.

 

Parts of that law expired at the end of 2020, municipalities in North Carolina have regained the ability to enact nondiscrimination ordinances and cities across the state are doing just that.  News team correspondent, KP Whaley wanted to learn if Asheville City council was considering passing such an ordinance and spoke this week with newly elected council woman, Kim Roney about the issue.

Listen to the full interview here:

 

Spring Conference of the Organic Grower’s School

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Spring weather is just around the corner and one of the signature events this time of year is the Spring Conference of The Organic Grower’s School. Earlier today news team correspondent, KP Whaley spoke with Carrie Moran, of OGS about this year’s conference…

The Organic Grower’s School Spring Conference takes place virtually March 13th through March 21st. You can learn more about the conference and register for the event at organicgrowerschool.org

Asheville City Council and Hotel Moratorium

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The Asheville City Council met last night to discuss the Hotel Moratorium that is set to end at the end of the month. Earlier today, Asheville Blade editor, David Forbes joined News team correspondent KP Whaley earlier today to talk about what happened.

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DanceSafe: a national public health non-profit that promotes health & safety in the nightlife community

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Last week we spoke to leaders from the DanceSafe WNC chapter, Hannah Procell and Shay Amill. DanceSafe is a national organization that traditionally has taken a role in the nightlife community to connect the community with harm reduction education and supplies. While COVID has temporarily halted the nightlife community and the traditional work DanceSafe would perform, the chapter is working with other organizations in the city to provide their resources and support for other demographics and vulnerable populations. 

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Asheville FM Fall Fund Drive!

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Help 103.3 Asheville FM meet their goal of raising $30,000 during the week, so they can continue serving the WNC community and stay on the air.

Over the last few months, Asheville FM has responded to these crises in all the ways we know how. We’ve been sharing easy ways to connect to live musical performances from artists’ feeds around our community. We’ve brought you important community updates every day. We’ve been sharing information about the protests and the community’s and local government’s responses. Perhaps most importantly, we’ve kept broadcasting exceptional, round-the-clock music programming — providing the respite and human connection you need to get through this time of crisis. 

We want to continue serving as a great community resource and stay on the air — for all of us. You can help us meet our goal of raising $30,000 during the week, with a donation of $60, $100 or $365.

During our fund drive week, we’re proud to also give back to the community by providing food to children in our community through Manna Food Bank’s Packs For Kids Program. We’re thankful for our friends at The Van Winkle Law Firm, as a challenge sponsor, who will be donating a backpack for every donation we receive. There are so many kids in our community who are food insecure. Help us help as many kids as we can with your donation today!