Incubator Farm Archives - Patterson School Foundation

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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Now Accepting Applications for Incubator Farmers!

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We are currently accepting applications for Incubator Farmers for our 2019 growing season! Please direct all inquiries to info@pattersonschoolfoundation.org

Our First Incubator Farmers

Incubator Farm, News

This is the beginning of the first full year of the Patterson School Incubator Farm, and we’re off to a whirlwind start! We’ve been joined by our first two Incubator Farmers, using the land and resources to start their farm journey. Josh and Katie are each off to the races with their farm business plans, …

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Food Forest Updates + Our first workshop of the season!

Incubator Farm, Volunteer Opportunities, Workshops

Here are some pictures from our Food Forest Planting on March 3rd! We got some spectacular weather and the help of 15 amazing volunteers. We got our 28 trees planted start to finish in just four hours, working the old-fashioned way. Check out the pictures, and if you haven’t already, RSVP for our first workshop …

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Food Forest Planting Day, March 3rd

Events, Incubator Farm, Volunteer Opportunities

On the first Saturday of March, we’ll be adding the first section of the Living Classroom Food Forest at the Patterson School Incubator Farm. We’re inviting the community to come and help plant the trees and dedicate the space. Anyone who wants to join us should bring a shovel, some work gloves, and something to …

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Incubator Farm Annual Report

Historic Documents, Incubator Farm

At the beginning of the 2018, we took the time to look back on all we have accomplished in our first year. Since February, we’ve been working non-stop getting this program ready to make a huge impact for farmers in the local economy. We’ve helped six great local businesses expand or get their start this …

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The New Incubator Farm Program

Incubator Farm, News, Workshops

Dear Patterson School Foundation friends, My name is Kitty Gurkin Rosati, heir board member of Patterson School Foundation and former board chair. As great, great niece of our founder, Samuel Legerwood Patterson, it gives me immense pleasure to summarize for you the substantial progress we’ve made to regenerate his vision and legacy for this beautiful …

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Lenoir Voice Article on Ian Driscoll and Patterson Incubator Farm Program

Incubator Farm, News

Michael M. Barrick has written a lovely article about Ian Driscoll, our new farm manager, and the Incubator Farm Program. See the excerpt below and click through to read the full article with pictures on the Lenoir Voice website. HAPPY VALLEY, N.C. – With the grays and browns of winter having surrendered to the rainbow of …

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New Farm Manager: Ian Driscoll

Incubator Farm, News

The Patterson School Foundation has chosen a new fulltime Farm Manager to manage the 1400 acre property and to assist with a new Incubator Farmer Program which will begin this spring. Ian Driscoll is a 2014 graduate of Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, NC with a major in History and Political Science. He lives and …

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