Cobblestone Farmer's Market - Farewell to the 2014 Season!

This will be the last Saturday market of the regular 2014 season for the Old Salem Cobblestone Farmers Market.  Bring extra totes for your purchases this week.  You'll want to stock up for the holidays with items from your favorite farmers. 

 

Visit the Cobblestone Farmers Market Facebook page for details on what the other vendors are bringing this week!

We will be sampling a few types of our farmstead goat's milk cheeses--remember that it makes excellent gifts, especially for hostesses.

The coolers will be stocked with your favorite cheeses and we bring a display filled with a variety of our goat's milk soaps too.  Come by to sample some cheese, ask questions about how we raise our goats, milk the goats, and make the cheese all on our 34-acre farm in Forsyth County.  Hope to see you there!

Old Salem Cobblestone Farmers Market
Adjacent to the Single Brothers Garden at theIntersection of West Street and Salt Street
Winston-Salem, NC
May 3 through November 22, 2014
Saturdays | 9am-Noon

We appreciate you supporting our farm and local farmers bringing fresh veggies, fruits, meats, baked goods and other local goodness to you during this market season!

 

Watch our Facebook page for details about Pop-up Markets held during the winter and early spring, where you'll find some of your favorite vendors in the off season.

As a reminder, our farm store is just a few miles North of Winston-Salem Hwy 65 and Hwy 8 (Germanton Road) at the Forsyth / Stokes County line. We're open daily (9-6 Monday-Saturday and 1-6 Sunday) and there we have all varieties of our farmstead goat's raw milk aged and fresh goat's milk cheeses, farmstead meats (grass fed beef, pastured lamb, pastured chicken), pastured free range eggs, local jams and jellies, local foods, goat's milk lotions and soaps, gift items, farm toys, and more!  Our Farm Store is located in a corner of our pastures where our Nubian dairy goats roam.  These are the girls that are milked daily.  They provide the milk we use in the dairy on the lower level of our Farm Store to make the goat's milk cheese that you'll enjoy sampling during your visit with us!

Our cheeses are also available at local farmer's markets and local stores.  Visit our website to find out everywhere that you can purchase or enjoy Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery's farmstead goat's milk cheese.

 

 Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery, LLC

3255 Buffalo Creek Farm Road

Germanton, NC 27019

336.969.5698

 

Shop Small with Buffalo Creek Farm & Creamery AND Local Businesses!

Our farm is located at 3241 Buffalo Creek Farm Road, in Germanton on the Forsyth/Stokes County line, near the intersection of Hwy 65 and Hwy 8 (Germanton Rd)--6 miles from Winston-Salem. Our Farm Store is open daily 9-6 Monday-Saturday and 1-6 on Sundays except Christmas Day. We are handicap accessible.  We are NOT GPS friendly - - - use Google Maps instead or give us a call for directions.
On Small Business Saturday (November 29, 2014), customers will be able to SAMPLE lots of our goat's milk cheese from 9AM until. We will also have representatives from several small businesses who sell some of their products in our Farm Store - - Mother Holtz Farm, Mystic Wench, Tyson Farm, Crooked Run Vineyards, Long Family Farm, Fantasy Photography, Running Pine Herb Farm, Nothin' But Nola and Dinner Time Chimes.  Piemonte Farm, fellow cheesemaker from the NC Cheese Trail, will be here with their artisan aged cow cheese and maybe more surprises.  We might just add a couple more. Look for these vendors outside the Farm Store on Small Business Saturday with their products and demonstrations.
Everyone who stops by on Saturday and visits our Farm Store can enter to win gift sets containing our goat's milk soap and other items too, including children's items. Each customer spending at least $10 in the Farm Store will receive a FREE ornament (available in the store for $5). There will also be sampling and drawings for free products at the vendor booths outside the Farm Store, so be sure to stop in and see them too!
The holidays are just around the corner. Bring your coolers and your CASH to do some shopping with these small businesses! (Cash is preferred as not all vendors accept plastic or checks.)
Check the farm's Facebook page closer to the event for more details. (There may be additions, deletions or revisions to some of the information above as the time draws closer.)  We'll be posting what each of these vendors will be bringing as time nears.
In our Farm Store, we sell our aged raw milk goat cheese, brined and marinated feta, flavored Farmers Cheese, plain and flavored chevres, Queso Fresco, farm-fresh eggs, farmstead meats (beef and lamb) and handmade goat's milk soap.  We also sell local North Carolina handmade gifts and jams, jellies, honey, ketchup, canned foods, dried herbs, peanut butter, candied pecans, etc. Farm and goat gifts are available also - toys, necklaces, ornaments, tote bags, windchimes, candles and more! Like goat's milk in something other than cheese? We also have soap, shampoo bars, facial bars, lotions and laundry detergent all made with goat's milk too.
Hope to see you the 29th if not before! Remember to support other small businesses in your area on this day and all year long too!
Visit our website to learn more about our farm and what is available in the Farm Store!
http://www.buffalocreekfarmandcreamery.com/

Goat Cheese at Coblestone Farmers Market

Market Reminder!  Every Saturday morning until November 22, 2014 you'll find us in historic Old Salem at the Cobblestone Farmers Market.  This truly is one of the prettiest settings for a farmer's market--tucked away in the edge of beautiful Old Salem, yet convenient to Highway 52/Interstate 40 making it easily accessible to everyone in and around Winston-Salem. 

 

Visit the Cobblestone Farmers Market Facebook page for details on what the other vendors are bringing this week!

We sample a few types of our farmstead goat's milk cheeses each week to help you find more flavors and types of our goat cheese that you'll love!

The coolers are stocked with your favorite cheeses and we bring a display filled with a variety of our goat's milk soaps too.  Come by to sample some cheese, ask questions about how we raise our goats, milk the goats, and make the cheese all on our 34-acre farm in Forsyth County.  Hope to see you there!

Old Salem Cobblestone Farmers Market
Adjacent to the Single Brothers Garden at theIntersection of West Street and Salt Street
Winston-Salem, NC
May 3 through November 22, 2014
Saturdays | 9am-Noon

We appreciate you supporting our farm and local farmers bringing fresh veggies, fruits, meats, baked goods and other local goodness to you!

As a reminder, our farm store is just a few miles North of Winston-Salem Hwy 65 and Hwy 8 (Germanton Road) at the Forsyth / Stokes County line. We're open daily (9-6 Monday-Saturday and 1-6 Sunday) and there we have all varieties of our farmstead goat's raw milk aged and fresh goat's milk cheeses, farmstead meats (grass fed beef, pastured lamb, pastured chicken), pastured free range eggs, local jams and jellies, local foods, goat's milk lotions and soaps, gift items, farm toys, and more!  Our Farm Store is located in a corner of our pastures where our Nubian dairy goats roam.  These are the girls that are milked daily.  They provide the milk we use in the dairy on the lower level of our Farm Store to make the goat's milk cheese that you'll enjoy sampling during your visit with us!

Our cheeses are also available at local farmer's markets and local stores.  Visit our website to find out everywhere that you can purchase or enjoy Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery's farmstead goat's milk cheese.

 

 Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery, LLC

3255 Buffalo Creek Farm Road

Germanton, NC 27019

336.969.5698

 

Goat Cheese at Farmer's Market in Winston-Salem, NC on Saturday!

Market Reminder!  Every Saturday morning until November 22, 2014 you'll find us in historic Old Salem at the Cobblestone Farmers Market.  This truly is one of the prettiest settings for a farmer's market--tucked away in the edge of beautiful Old Salem, yet convenient to Highway 52/Interstate 40 making it easily accessible to everyone in and around Winston-Salem. 

 

Visit the Cobblestone Farmers Market Facebook page for details on what the other vendors are bringing this week!

We sample a few types of our farmstead goat's milk cheeses each week to help you find more flavors and types of our goat cheese that you'll love!

The coolers are stocked with your favorite cheeses and we bring a display filled with a variety of our goat's milk soaps too.  Come by to sample some cheese, ask questions about how we raise our goats, milk the goats, and make the cheese all on our 34-acre farm in Forsyth County.  Hope to see you there!

Old Salem Cobblestone Farmers Market
Adjacent to the Single Brothers Garden at theIntersection of West Street and Salt Street
Winston-Salem, NC
May 3 through November 22, 2014
Saturdays | 9am-Noon

We appreciate you supporting our farm and local farmers bringing fresh veggies, fruits, meats, baked goods and other local goodness to you!

As a reminder, our farm store is just a few miles North of Winston-Salem Hwy 65 and Hwy 8 (Germanton Road) at the Forsyth / Stokes County line. We're open daily (9-6 Monday-Saturday and 1-6 Sunday) and there we have all varieties of our farmstead goat's raw milk aged and fresh goat's milk cheeses, farmstead meats (grass fed beef, pastured lamb, pastured chicken), pastured free range eggs, local jams and jellies, local foods, goat's milk lotions and soaps, gift items, farm toys, and more!  Our Farm Store is located in a corner of our pastures where our Nubian dairy goats roam.  These are the girls that are milked daily.  They provide the milk we use in the dairy on the lower level of our Farm Store to make the goat's milk cheese that you'll enjoy sampling during your visit with us!

Our cheeses are also available at local farmer's markets and local stores.  Visit our website to find out everywhere that you can purchase or enjoy Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery's farmstead goat's milk cheese.

 

 Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery, LLC

3255 Buffalo Creek Farm Road

Germanton, NC 27019

336.969.5698

 

Save the Date! Harvest Moon Festival

Mark your calendars now to catch us at Reynolda House Museum of American Art in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on September 11. Watch the sun set and the full moon rise from the Reynolda House lawn at this annual festival celebrating art, food, and music!


Harvest Moon Festival

Date: Thu, September 11, 2014
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Cost:

Members/students $10, non-members $15 

Celebrating the Harvest Moon and the Reynolda Estate, this annual event connects art, food, and music on the Reynolda lawn. Hear rising star Caleb Caudle, a New Orleans singer-songwriter, and enjoy outdoor games, the exhibition The Art of Seating: Two Hundred Years of American Design , a keepsake art activity, microbrew beer, free tastings, and meals available from food trucks. 

 

Best Farmers Market in Winston-Salem

 

Come to the Old Salem Cobblestone Farmer's Market this Saturday to see why it was voted as the Best Farmers Market in Winston-Salem by Smitty's Notes readers!

Every Saturday morning until November 22, 2014 you'll find us in historic Old Salem at the Cobblestone Farmers Market.  This truly is one of the prettiest settings for a farmer's market--tucked away in the edge of beautiful Old Salem, yet convenient to Highway 52/Interstate 40 making it easily accessible to everyone in and around Winston-Salem. 

 

Visit the Cobblestone Farmers Market Facebook page for details on what the other vendors are bringing this week!

We sample a few types of our farmstead goat's milk cheeses each week to help you find more flavors and types of our goat cheese that you'll love!

The coolers are stocked with your favorite cheeses and we bring a display filled with a variety of our goat's milk soaps too.  Come by to sample some cheese, ask questions about how we raise our goats, milk the goats, and make the cheese all on our 34-acre farm in Forsyth County.  Hope to see you there!

Old Salem Cobblestone Farmers Market
Adjacent to the Single Brothers Garden at theIntersection of West Street and Salt Street
Winston-Salem, NC
May 3 through November 22, 2014
Saturdays | 9am-Noon

We appreciate you supporting our farm and local farmers bringing fresh veggies, fruits, meats, baked goods and other local goodness to you!

As a reminder, our farm store is just a few miles North of Winston-Salem Hwy 65 and Hwy 8 (Germanton Road) at the Forsyth / Stokes County line. We're open daily (9-6 Monday-Saturday and 1-6 Sunday) and there we have all varieties of our farmstead goat's raw milk aged and fresh goat's milk cheeses, farmstead meats (grass fed beef, pastured lamb, pastured chicken), pastured free range eggs, local jams and jellies, local foods, goat's milk lotions and soaps, gift items, farm toys, and more!  Our Farm Store is located in a corner of our pastures where our Nubian dairy goats roam.  These are the girls that are milked daily.  They provide the milk we use in the dairy on the lower level of our Farm Store to make the goat's milk cheese that you'll enjoy sampling during your visit with us!

Our cheeses are also available at local farmer's markets and local stores.  Visit our website to find out everywhere that you can purchase or enjoy Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery's farmstead goat's milk cheese.

 

 Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery, LLC

3255 Buffalo Creek Farm Road

Germanton, NC 27019

336.969.5698

 

Cobblestone Farmer's Market in Winston-Salem

 

Market Reminder!  Every Saturday morning until November 22, 2014 you'll find us in historic Old Salem at the Cobblestone Farmers Market.  This truly is one of the prettiest settings for a farmer's market--tucked away in the edge of beautiful Old Salem, yet convenient to Highway 52/Interstate 40 making it easily accessible to everyone in and around Winston-Salem. 

 

Visit the Cobblestone Farmers Market Facebook page for details on what the other vendors are bringing this week!

We sample a few types of our farmstead goat's milk cheeses each week to help you find more flavors and types of our goat cheese that you'll love!

The coolers are stocked with your favorite cheeses and we bring a display filled with a variety of our goat's milk soaps too.  Come by to sample some cheese, ask questions about how we raise our goats, milk the goats, and make the cheese all on our 34-acre farm in Forsyth County.  Hope to see you there!

Old Salem Cobblestone Farmers Market
Adjacent to the Single Brothers Garden at theIntersection of West Street and Salt Street
Winston-Salem, NC
May 3 through November 22, 2014
Saturdays | 9am-Noon

We appreciate you supporting our farm and local farmers bringing fresh veggies, fruits, meats, baked goods and other local goodness to you!

As a reminder, our farm store is just a few miles North of Winston-Salem Hwy 65 and Hwy 8 (Germanton Road) at the Forsyth / Stokes County line. We're open daily (9-6 Monday-Saturday and 1-6 Sunday) and there we have all varieties of our farmstead goat's raw milk aged and fresh goat's milk cheeses, farmstead meats (grass fed beef, pastured lamb, pastured chicken), pastured free range eggs, local jams and jellies, local foods, goat's milk lotions and soaps, gift items, farm toys, and more!  Our Farm Store is located in a corner of our pastures where our Nubian dairy goats roam.  These are the girls that are milked daily.  They provide the milk we use in the dairy on the lower level of our Farm Store to make the goat's milk cheese that you'll enjoy sampling during your visit with us!

Our cheeses are also available at local farmer's markets and local stores.  Visit our website to find out everywhere that you can purchase or enjoy Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery's farmstead goat's milk cheese.

 

 

 Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery, LLC

3255 Buffalo Creek Farm Road

Germanton, NC 27019

336.969.5698

 

Organics in the Vegetable Garden

	Title:	Organics in the Vegetable Garden
	Date:	May 21, 2014
	Time:	11:00 AM - Noon
	Calendar:	Horticultural, Cooperative Extension Service
	Contact:	Kathy Hepler
	Description:	Mary Jac Brennan, Forsyth County's Commercial Horticulture Extension Agent, will discuss using organics in the vegetable garden. Organic gardeners prefer to use natural and organic materials and methods to grow vegetables. Gardening practices which support soil and plant ecosystems will be discussed. Registration required. Space is limited. Please contact Kitrinka Gordon with the Forsyth County Cooperative Extension office to register for this lecture. Phone: 336-703-2850 or email gordonkl@forsyth.cc
	Location:	Arboretum Office at Tanglewood Park, behind the Manor House
	Location:	4201 Manor House Circle, Clemmons, NC 27012

Growing Your Farm or Food Business: The Power of Branding

Sign up now for Growing Your Farm or Food Business: The Power of Branding at the 3rd Annual Piedmont Grown Conference in Winston-Salem. Good discussions and good food too!

All details & purchase tickets:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/growing-your-farm-or-food-business-the-power-of-branding-registration-10101139781

 The 3rd Annual Piedmont Grown Conference!

 

Growing Your Farm or Food Business

The Power of Branding 

February 24, 2014

8:30a -  2:00p

Forsyth County Agriculture Building, Winston-Salem

Agenda: 

8:30     Registration & Coffee           

9:00     Welcome

            Jay Pierce, President, Piedmont Grown & Executive Chef, Lucky 32 Southern Kitchen

9:15     Keynote: What Are You Really Selling?  Finding Your Place in the Market

                     Ellen Polishuk, Potomac Vegetable Farm, Virginia

10:00   Break & Networking

10:15   Breakout Session #1 :  (choose 1)

A) Increasing Your Sales at Farmers' Markets - Ellen Polishuk (PVF)

B) FSMA Update & GAPs Certification - Roland McReynolds (CFSA)

11:30   Breakout Session #2 : (choose 1)

A) Selling to Retailers & Other Commercial Accounts - Local Retailer and Farmer Panel

B) Tech Tools in Farming & Marketing- using Ag-Squared, COG Pro, Twitter, Facebook, Veggie Compass etc. - Jonathan Baros (NCSU)

12:30   Lunch and networking - Luncheon featuring local and organic products provided by Spring House Restaurant and Chef Tim Grandinetti.  Lunch is included with purchase of conference ticket.

1:15     Closing Session- Wrap Up and Evaluation

*Agenda and speakers subject to change.

Two Optional Field Trips: 2- 3:30 pm.

A. Tour of the Lowes Foods Flagship store in Clemmons-- Kate Allred (store director),  Trisha Walton (Community Table Manager) and Rebecca Dunning (NCSU)

B. Chef and Farmer Summit -- Chris Jeffcoat (Forsyth County Livestock Agent) & Mary Jac Brennan (NCSU)

 

Membership and Conference Special! 

Renew your annual memberhsip or sign up for a new membership and register for the conference in ONE easy step!  

Check out our website online (www.piedmontgrown.org) to learn more about the certification process.

** Tickets may also be purchased at the door.**

SOUTHERN FOODS

Box Turtle Bakery * Lucky 32 * Homeland Creamery * Plum Granny Farm 

Counter Culture Coffee

To become an Event Sponsor please email info@piedmontgrown.org

Seize the Day: Eight awesome day trips to kick-start your summer.

Seize the Day: Eight awesome day trips to kick-start your summer.

 

On your way to Levering Orchard or Moore's Springs Trails, check us out Sunday too! We are open from 1 until 6 and we'll have another local farm, Mother Holtz Farm, selling produce at our farm store also!

 

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery, LLC

3255 Buffalo Creek Farm Road

Germanton, NC 27019

336.969.5698

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery is located on Buffalo Creek Farm Road in Germanton, NC near the intersection of Hwy 65 and Hwy 8 (Germanton Road) at the Forsyth / Stokes County line. We are a few miles north of Winston-Salem and a short drive from Rural Hall, King, Walkertown, Kernersville, Walnut Cove, Danbury, High Point, Greensboro, Pilot Mountain, Mt. Airy and other communities in the Piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia. In our on site Farm Store, we have both raw milk aged goat cheese and fresh chevres, grass fed beef, pastured lamb and pastured free range eggs along with our handmade goat's milk soap and other local goodness

Home & Garden Library Series (Spring 2013)

Forsyth County Cooperative Extension
Home & Garden Library Series
Spring 2013
ALL PROGRAMS ARE FREE!
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

 TO REGISTER: Call Kitrinka Gordon at 336-703-2850 or email gordonkl@forsyth.cc.

These programs are presented by Forsyth County Cooperative Extension Agents and by Master Gardener Volunteers. Lectures are 1 to 1 1/2 hours with time for your questions.

 Decorative & Producing Vines - Going Vertical
April 15 at 11am - Carver Library
April 24 at 6pm - Rural Hall Library
Are you limited on space and looking for a way to add more plants to your garden? Why not consider vines and go vertical? There are many vines available that are not too aggressive or invasive. Annual and perennial vine varieties will be discussed along with the cultural and pruning requirements.

Organic Gardening
April 10 at 6:30pm - Central
The organic gardener prefers to use natural and organic materials and methods to grow vegetables, flowers and even the lawn. Learn how to use the least amount of synthetic chemicals and practices that may be detrimental to your health or environment. We will also look at fertilization and pest control practices.

Intermediate Vegetable Gardening
Mar 26 at 6:30pm - Clemmons
April 18 at 2pm - Malloy Jordan
May 4 at 10:30pm - Southside
Learn how to take your garden to the next level and expand your summer garden to a 3 or 4 season garden. Discussion will include soil amendments, fertilization, weed control, what vegetables to grow and how to grow them. You will also learn how to grow your own vegetable transplants and how to save heirloom seeds.

Easy Care Annuals
April 16 at 7pm - Southside
Find out about some wonderful
annuals that are easy to care for in the
landscape. You will get tips on adding
different plants to the landscape that have low maintenance. Learn the basics of site preparation of the flower bed, plant selection, planting techniques, maintenance and more.

Improving Indoor Air Quality with Plants
April 18 at 4pm - Reynolda Manor
Many plants do an excellent job of scrubbing the air clean of contaminants, especially inside our homes. Learn about the types of plants to use throughout your home, how to care for them and where to place plants to help improve indoor air quality.

Advanced Vegetable Gardening
April 22 at 10:30am - Kernersville
May 15 at 6:30pm - Malloy Jordan
Learn the basics of organic gardening, irrigations methods, harvesting as well as cultural practices such as companion planting to increase your production.

Container Gardening with Herbs & Flowers
April 23 at 6:30pm - Clemmons
Container gardens are options for people with limited garden space. Find out which plants grow good in containers and what kind of containers work best. Planting and caring for containers once planted will be discussed.

Container Gardening with Vegetables
May 6 at 10:30am - Kernersville
Container gardens are options for people with limited garden space. Containers are mobile and can be moved to different locations. Find out which vegetable plants thrive in containers and what kind of containers work best.

Butterfly and Hummingbird Gardening
May 11 at 11am - Central
Learn how to develop a butterfly/hummingbird garden in your yard. Invite some fascinating and colorful winged friends to visit the plants you are growing. Find out what plants these winged friends prefer and how to culturally take care of them.

Edible Landscaping
May 14 at 6pm - Clemmons
Learn how to develop an edible landscape or transition your existing landscape into one with edible plants. Growing edibles is an option for gardeners who have limited space or who want to incorporate fruits and vegetables into their garden beds without having to establish garden space for edibles alone. Find out which edible plants will do well in the existing or transitional landscape.

Low Maintenance Gardening
May 16 at 4pm - Reynolda Manor
May 23 at 10:30am - Lewisville
Learn all the steps to help reduce the maintenance in your home landscape. We will take a look at various low maintenance plants and give lots of tips on reducing the time you need to spend on maintaining your landscape.

Growing Small Fruits
May 18 at 10:30am - Walkertown
Home grown fruit tastes so much better than store-bought! Learn how to grow fruit-bearing plants including preparing the soil, using amendments and fertilizer, how many plants for the area, pruning, and harvesting.

Growing Daylilies
May 20 at 11am - Carver
Learn all the steps to successfully growing and adding various types of daylilies to your landscape. This easy perennial is one that has low maintenance and wonderful blooms.

Low Cost Home Maintenance
May 28 at 7pm - Rural Hall
Short on time and money? This program will help you increase your knowledge and develop skills in maintaining your home (inside & out) with cleaning tips for every room as well as maintaining the area with affordable and safe products.

WORKSHOP: Successfully Producing Meat for Local Markets

This workshop is for producers wanting to market meat thru sales to local consumers. Topics to be addressed include labeling: what do grass-fed, pastured, free range, organic mean? Meat handling regulations, production systems for local meat, animal marketing and grading, and marketing locally will also be discussed. Information will be pertinent to most livestock operations (beef, pork, poultry, rabbit, goat, sheep, etc.).

• Date: April 12, 2013
• Time: 8:30am—3pm
• Location: Forsyth County Ag Building. 1450 Fairchild Road, Winston-Salem
• Registration: $25

See the brochure below for a registration form and more information or call Rachel Herring at 336-703-2867 to request a form. Space is limited and is first-come.
Meat Producers Brochure

Forsyth Creek Week

Participate in Forsyth Creek Week March 16-23

The first-ever Forsyth Creek Week, coming March 16 – 23, will offer a full week of fun, educational and hands-on activities for all ages and interests, including events that will appeal to bird watchers, anglers, film buffs, book readers, shutterbugs, and do-it-yourselfers.
All these activities and more, says Creek Week organizer Roseann L’Esperance, are designed to give Forsyth County residents the opportunity to connect with – and appreciate – our local waterways. “It’s a good opportunity to focus on the water in our community, what we like about it and what we can do to help it,” said L’Esperance, who is the senior community educator for Winston-Salem’s Stormwater/Erosion Control Department.
Forsyth Creek Week is presented by North State Environmental and is being organized by a coalition of 15 local government and non-profit agencies. Activities during Creek Week include:

• “Creek crawls” – guided tours to learn the signs of a healthy creek by looking at creek banks and aquatic life.
• Fishing derbies, one for kids at Kernersville’s Century Park Lake and one for adults at Salem Lake.
• Demonstrations of the fast-growing sport of kayak fishing, and a fly-fishing workshop on casting and fly-tying.
• Workshops on how to make a garden rain barrel or repair an eroding backyard stream.
• Films and a book discussion to give the big picture of the importance of water in our lives.
• Children’s activities, including water-themed story times at libraries and a “Creek Week Craft Hour.”
• The Creek Week Photo Contest for photos taken at Creek Week events, with gift cards for daily and grand prize winners.

Forsyth Creek Week also includes extended hours at the 3RC Envirostation for accepting household hazardous waste, Operation Medicine Drop to prevent prescription drugs from getting into our water supplies, and the Great American Clean-up, a service opportunity to prevent litter from washing into local creeks and streams.
Complete information about all Creek Week events is available at www.ForsythCreekWeek.org.

The Forsyth County Community Food System: A Foundation to Grow

Forsyth Futures will present the results of the study "The Forsyth County Community Food System: A Foundation to Grow" at the Forsyth County Commissioners briefing on Thursday, January 31 at 2:00 p.m. in the commissioners' meeting room at the Forsyth County Government Center, 201 N. Chestnut St., Winston-Salem.

 

The study was supported by Forsyth Futures, The Winston-Salem Foundation and Forsyth County.

 

The goals of the study are to provide an objective assessment of the current local food system in Forsyth County, and to serve as a catalyst to maximize the impact of local foods.

 

 

Picture is of granddaughter, Ellie, and Show Time, one of our Nubian Does, at the farm.

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery, LLC

3255 Buffalo Creek Farm Road

Germanton, NC 27019

336.969.5698

Bee School 2013

Bee School 2013 (Forsyth County Beekeepers Association of North Carolina)

Dates: Feb. 23; March 2, 9, 16, 30; April 13; May 4
Time: 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon
Location: Forsyth County Agricultural Building

Free Hive Giveaway

Three beekeepers will once again have the opportunity to win their own bee hive, complete with bees, at this year's bee school. To be considered for one of the free hives you must meet the following guidelines:  pass the written and practical exam.

Six-Week Sustainable Stewards Program

Six-Week Sustainable Stewards Program

Where: Forsyth Agriculture Building, 1450 Fairchild Rd, Winston Salem, NC 27105

Six-Week Sustainable Stewards Program to be held by Forsyth Cooperative Extension & City of Winston-Salem

Media Contact: Wendi Hartup, Natural Resources Extension Agent
Phone: 336-703-2850
Email: wendi_hartup@ncsu.edu
Event Dates: Every Thursday, January 24 – February 28, 2013
Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: 1450 Fairchild Rd, Winston Salem NC
Registration Required: Contact Kitrinka Gordon with the Forsyth Cooperative Extension office to register for this lecture by email gordonkl@forsyth.cc or phone: 336-703-2850.
Cost: $35, due by January 18th, 2013 Join us while we explore topics such as: conservation design, rainscaping, ecosystem enhancement, environmental policy issues, community gardening, waste recycling, transportation and improving indoor air quality. Each night will feature hands-on learning activities with the best in the business. At the conclusion of the course, participants will participate in a small service project that puts to work ideas.

Upcoming Garden Workshops & Seed Swap

Upcoming Garden Workshops at Old Salem Gardens:

November 8, 2012: Wildlife-Friendly Landscapes presented by Craig Mauney, Forsyth County Cooperative Extension Agent for Consumer Horticulture - Lawn and Garden, Master Gardener Volunteer Program, Director of Aboretum at Tanglewood

November 10, 2012: Cooking with Lavender prsented by Sandra Sarlinga, Manager of Sunshine Lavender Farm in Orange County, NC

 

Bring lavender into your kitchen as a seasoning, for vinegars and marinades, to flavor conserves, liqueurs and jellies, for cookies and ice creams, to decorate cakes, and much more!

 

November 17, 2012: Gifts from Herb Harvest presented by Elizabeth Morgan, Herbalist and Owner,
Dandelion Soap and Herb Shop in Walkertown, NC

Learn a multitude of creative uses for herbs -- from baskets and arrangements to candles and aroma fragrance.

Seed Swap in January!

TBA soon

 

Free workshops presented by Old Salem Museums & Gardens Department of Horticulture. Non-perishable food items appreciated for Second Harvest Food Bank.

For more information, or to pre-register for a workshop, please call (336)721-7357.

Upcoming Garden Workshops

Upcoming Garden Workshops at Old Salem Gardens:

October 2, 2012: Native Plants for Triad Gardens presented by Vickie Hodges, Master Gardener of Forsyth County, NC

Use native plants to the best advantage in your Piedmont yard and garden. Learn about natives and the threats from exotics.

October 6, 2012:  

 "Today's Special: Chestnuts" presented by Richard Teague, owner of High Rock Farm of Rockingham County, NC

 

Learn about the American chestnut tree, the blight-resistant Dunstan Hybrid, and High Rock Farm Chestnut Orchard. Sample chestnut flour cake. Roast fresh chestnuts!

 October 11, 2012: Cooking with Herbs presented by Elizabeth Morgan, Herbalist and Owner,

Dandelion Soap and Herb Shop in Walkertown, NC.

Add herbs for flavor and nutrition -- learn how much to use, when to add, which to use, fresh or dried.

Free workshops presented by Old Salem Museums & Gardens Department of Horticulture. Non-perishable food items appreciated for Second Harvest Food Bank.

For more information, or to pre-register for a workshop, please call (336)721-7357.

NC Pawpaw Festival

Come on down (August 25, 2012) to the Pawpaw patch for the NC Pawpaw Festival held annually at the Jack Warren Park in Lewisville. Learn what a pawpaw is, the nutritional benefits and taste sample of several culinary delights using pawpaw fruit.

For more information, contact: Kathy Hepler

Social Media for Farmers

Social Media for Farmers Workshops

Want to harness the power of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to reach new customers and grow your farm business?

You won’t want to miss this all-day hands-on workshop designed especially for farmers and taught by social media experts, Johanna Kramer (@durhamfoodie) and Cary and Grace Kanoy (GeoCore Films).

You will leave this workshop with a fully-functioning Facebook and Twitter page (or upgrade your existing pages), the skills to shoot your own short farm video using your cell phone, camera, or camcorder, and the training to take better farm photos. Limited to 25 participants!

Includes lunch.

Cost: ONLY $10!

Workshop Dates

The same information will be covered at each workshop. Please sign up for only one!

DATE	LOCATION
August 14	Winston-Salem at the Forsyth Ag Building
August 16	Pittsboro at the Chatham County Ag Building

There are three easy ways to register:

1) Online – CFSA’s online store

2) Call – 919-542-2402

3) Email – Cheryl Ripperton Rettie

Questions?

Please call the CFSA office at 919-542-2402 or email Amy Armbruster, CFSA’s Communications Coordinator, for more information!

This workshop is hosted by the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association in partnership with Know Your Farms, BRWIA, BioBusiness Center and Laboratory, Mountain BizWorks, Blue Ridge Food Ventures, Center for Environmental Farming Systems, NC Cooperative Extension, the 10% Campaign, and Food Corps with funding from the Golden LEAF Foundation.