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Sustainable Food Week

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Saturday, October 22nd

Seed Drive and Seed Saving Demonstrations all morning at the Watauga County Farmers' Market. 
Time: 8 am - 12 pm
Bring your own open-pollinated, heirloom seeds to help populate a Seed Library or learn how to save seeds!
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Monday, October 24th

Plant Walk with Marc Williams
​Time: 3 pm - 4:30 pm
​Price: $10
Location: Meet at the Sustainable Development Civic Garden, formerly known as the Edible Schoolyard (301 Bodenheimer Drive)
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Monday, October 24th 

Sustainable Food Week Keynote
“Conservation You Can Taste: Ethnobiologists in the Recovery of American Edibles and Livelihoods” an evening with Gary Paul Nabhan
Time: 5:30 pm - 7 pm
Location: ASU Belk Library (Room 114) 
 
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Tuesday, October 25th

Film Screening: Food Chain$
​Time: 7 pm
Location: I.G Greer
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Wednesday, October 26th

Campus Farmers' Market
Seed Saving Drive & Workshops

​Time: 10 am - 2 pm
Location: ASU Sanford Mall 
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Wednesday, October 26th

Seed Saving as an Enterprise with Holly Whitesides Workshop 
​Time: 4:30 - 6:30
Location: Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture's office

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Thursday, October 27th

 AppalFRESH Sustainable Food Forum
Time: 6 - 7:30 pm
Location: ASU Reich College of Education Room 124 B & C
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Saturday, October 29th

Watauga County Farmers' Market
​Time: 8 am - 12 pm
Location: Horn in the West
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Saturday, October 29th

Apple Tasting
​Time: 2 pm - 4 pm
Price: $10 student, $15 for one, $25 for two

Location: Watauga Agricultural Center
​(252 Poplar Grove Rd, Boone, NC 28607)
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2016's Sustainable Food Week (October 24th - October 29th) is presented through a collaboration with Appalachian State University, Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture, and community partners, like Watauga County Cooperative Extension, the Watauga County Farmers' Market, and the Watauga County Public Library. Sponsors and supporters from Appalachian State University include: AppalFRESH (Appalachian Food Research for Equity, Sustainability and Health) Collaborative, Research Institute for Environment, Energy and Economics (RIEEE), Office of Sustainability, the Department of Sustainable Development, the Department of Anthropology, and the Sustainable Development Student Alliance. 
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  • Home
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  • High Country Food Summit
    • High Country Food Summit (Fall 2017) >
      • Dinner with Ronni Lundy & Friends
      • Schedule >
        • Parking Directions
    • Sustainable Food Week (2016 Fall) >
      • Sustainable Food Forum
    • High Country Food Summit (2016 Spring) >
      • Schedule
      • Speaker Bios