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The Patterson School Incubator Farm is Taking Part in Giving Tuesday

https://www.facebook.com/donate/485430810234928/ The Patterson School Incubator Farm is raising money for sustainability-focused improvements to our greenhouses. These refurbishments will allow PSIF to host more incubator farmers, grow more organic produce, and promote sustainability through the community. Donations to our fundraiser of $5 or more, made for 2 consecutive months, will be eligible to be matched by …

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Laying the Foundation for your Business with Carol Coulter

Workshops

The Patterson School Foundation will welcome ASU professor and experienced homesteader Carol Coulter on Saturday, December 3rd, Noon – 3pm . Join us as one of the high country’s best farm business managers teaches “Laying the Foundation for Your Business: Knowing Your Numbers”! This one-time workshop will give insight into networking, marketing, and product selection. …

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Upcoming Workshops at the Patterson School

Workshops

November 12th @ 3pm – Smoke & Cacao: Herbal Smudge Sticks & Chocolate Sipping December 4th @ 10am – A Writer’s Retreat in the Valley: Collaborate with other local writers

Fungi Foraging with Ken Crouse

Workshops

Only 4 tickets remain for our October 22nd Mushroom foray with Ken Crouse, mycologist extraordinaire! Learn about the great diversity of medicinal and edible fungi in Southern Appalachia! Tickets $50 ~ Available on Eventbrite

WIESE HALL IS GETTING A NEW ROOF!

News

Thanks to many of you, we now have the funds to replace the 45 year old roof on Wiese Hall Dorm! As part of a June fundraiser organized by Board Member Janet Spoon we have raised over $21,500 toward the roof. This amount, in addition to the Milholland Family Grant of $3,250 brings us very …

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Appalachian Herbal Medicine Workshop

Workshops

Please join the Patterson School Incubator Farm Program on Saturday, June 25th as we welcome Thomas Cooper for his first class in a two part series on Appalachian Herbal Medicine. In this class you will have the opportunity to learn about plant identification, wildcrafting, and how to create your own teas and tinctures. Click here …

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Biochar for the Small Farm or Garden

Workshops

Be a part of the solution! Enhance crop productivity, build soil health, and fight climate change with biochar. Biochar provides a means of turning waste biomass into an organic soil amendment that can stimulate the soil food web, increase water and nutrient retention, increase crop production, and build soil-based carbon to fight climate change. In …

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Anytime Fitness Games at Patterson April 30th

Events

Join us tomorrow, April 30th, for the Anytime Fitness Games at the Patterson School Foundation. Watch teams compete and enjoy a day of music, food, and drinks! All proceeds will go directly toward providing service animals for those who served!

Patterson School Foundation Summer Workshop Series Returns

Workshops

We are kicking off our 2022 Summer Workshop Series with returning favorite, Ken Crouse! Join us for Backyard Mushroom Cultivation on April 23rd. You will inoculate and take home a white oak log to enjoy gourmet mushrooms at home. Space is limited, click here to purchase tickets via Eventbrite.

Founder/CEO of PSF Passes

News

Our Co-Founder, CEO, President and Friend Walter James “Jim” Hogan Our beloved Jim Hogan passed from Earth to Heaven on October 30, 2021, a month and six days before his 90th birthday. Jim was a native of Caldwell County, the owner/operator of Joyceton Water Works, and the former owner/operator of Appalachian Outdoor Advertising. When he …

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