2023 Local Food Guide

TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Features
18
Cooking with
the Seasons
42
52
56
Crow Fly Farms:
‘Obsessive Observation’
Yellow Mountain Garden:
Teach the World to Grow
Black Trumpet Farm:
Spreading the Word
Listings
6
22
24
28
30
38
46
68
72
74
Farmers Markets
Artisan Foods
Grocery Stores
Wholesale & Distributors
Restaurants
Travel Destinations
Family Farms
Farms to Visit (charts)
U-Pick (charts)
CSAs (charts)
photo by Southside Community Farm
This publication is made possible with support from:
Asheville Regional Airport
Funding for the Local Food Guide was made possible in part by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service through
grant number 21FMPPNC1066-00 and National Institute of Food and
Agriculture under award number 2022-49400-38200 (through the Beginning
Farmer Rancher Development Program under project accession number
1029295). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not
necessarily represent the official views of the USDA.
All photos were taken in the Southern Appalachians. ASAP appreciates
photo submissions from farms and farmers markets, as well as
contributions from volunteer photographers, interns, and ASAP staff.
Listing content is user-submitted. Details are correct at the date of
publication; information is subject to change. Visit our online guide at
appalachiangrown.org for updates and an expanded list.
©2023 ASAP. ASAP’s Local Food Guide is an annual publication with a
distribution of 70,000 copies.