NEW Building Apprenticeship + Fermentation Teachers + Fire Cider Recipe

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Wild Food & Fermentation Workshop with Sandor Katz +Top Local Teachers. Save $444 in Jan + 10% off for locals! #FoodAsMedicine

Sandor Katz is the author of “Wild Fermentation,” which Newsweek called “the fermenting bible.” Since 2003, Sandor has taught hundreds of workshops demystifying fermentation and empowering people to reclaim this important transformational process in their kitchens.

Alan Muskat, philosoforager, stand-up mycomedian, and epicure of the obscure, has been taking people “out to eat” for over 20 years. He founded the first and only forage-to-table company in the country and the first wild foods public education program in the world.

Natalie Bogwalker is the founder and director of Wild Abundance LLC, the Living Skills School, and the Firefly Gathering, based in and around Asheville, NC. Natalie teaches and shares tools and skills that are essential for living harmoniously within the natural systems of the earth.

Marc Williams is an ethnobotanist who has studied the people-plant connection intensively while employing botanicals for food, medicine, and beauty. He is the Executive Director of Plants and Healers International.

Asia Suler is a writer, teacher, herbalist, and energy healer who began her journey into healing and plant-based medicine after early years of chronic pain. She is the creator and concoctress of One Willow Apothecaries, an Appalachian-grown business that offers handmade, heartfelt magic, and medicine.

Luke Cannon, more than a Botanist, is a long time pursuer and teacher of the magic and medicine of plants. Luke instructs wilderness awareness programs, leads plant walks, and is an ethnobotany instructor and director of a children’s nature program.

Location: Asheville, NC. Date: May 24-30, 2015. Details: www.ashevillage.org/wild-food-fermentation-workshop. Register: Join us for this savory and rich week!

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[NEW] ECO-URBAN HOMESTEAD & BUILDING APPRENTICESHIP: 6 Months. Skill Up. #NaturalBuilding #WaterSystems #ApplyNow

We invite you to work with Ashevillage, a one-acre eco-urban homestead and permaculture demonstration site that offers educational workshops. INCLUDES: Water Retention Landscape Course with Brock Dolman of Occidental Arts & Ecology Center + Natural Building Workshop + Firefly Gathering. LEARN BY DOING: This 2015 apprenticeship program is designed for individuals who want to learn by doing in a closely mentored environment with Ashevillage's Site & Building Manager. You will learn site management, gain experience in natural and green building, develop a living water system, get certified in Permaculture, and help on other infrastructure projects. If you are interested in being considered for one of the positions, please read the description and send in your application by February 20th. Five spots for the 2015 season are expected to fill quickly. Early Bird Discounts are available.

Location & Dates: Asheville, NC. March 23 - October 23, 2015
Details: www.ashevillage.org/ECO

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PATCHWORK URBAN FARMS COMMUNITY FUNDRAISER: Support Urban Farming

Celebrate the launch of a movement that will include ALL OF US in the creation of urban landscape regeneration and a vibrant village scale food and farming economy. Patchwork is creating a movement that will help shift our relationship with our land, and make for a vibrant food and farming economy in Asheville. Get to know about Patchwork's grand vision and be part of building the Asheville City Foodshed! Join us in supporting Patchwork Urban Farms fundraising campaign, happening now. #UrbanFarms

Details: www.ashevillage.org/patchwork-urban-farms

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FIRE CIDER RECIPE: A Winter Cure For What Ails You #FeedYourFire #MagicMedicine

Photo via Mountain Rose Herbs

We've all been there - as the temperature outside plummets, your body temperature shoots up. Your nose flows, you suddenly have a frog living in your throat, and it feels like you have a clamp on your head. Welcome to cold & flu season. Avoid the agony this year with fire cider, a traditional remedy chock full of potent medicinal foods. Since this is a folk recipe, you can experiment with different combinations of ingredients to suit your unique constitution. Keep reading

Ingredients
1/2 cup fresh grated ginger root
1/2 cup fresh grated horseradish root
1 medium onion, chopped
10 cloves of garlic, crushed and chopped
1 lemon, chopped
1 orange, chopped
2 tbsp rosemary
1 tbsp turmeric powder or 2 tbsp fresh chopped turmeric root
unpasteurized apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup raw local honey
2 cayenne peppers, chopped

#FoodAsMedicine #HealThyself #ImmuneBoost #FireItUp #FireCider Read more

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GLOBAL PRAYER

For this we pray: As much of our socio-political, financial, media, (un)justice, and other power systems often serve to dismantle community vs. build and support it, our global prayer this week is for the incredible power of community. We honor those, each and all of us, who do and be in ways that support the creation and upliftment of 'community'. From the smallest, most intimate acts of kindness, to the larger, broader acts of beauty, we say THANK YOU for the ways that each of our steps really do create the world that we wish to live in. It really does take all of us to make 'community' happen in its many guises. May more and more of us turn our hearts, minds, and actions toward our #CollectiveWellBeing, in the ways that are most authentic to each of us. Share your prayers here.

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POSITION AVAILABLE

LIVE-IN STAFF POSITIONS: Have a look and share with others who might be a good fit.

Ashevillage Sanctuary LLC has several staff positions available: 1) Garden & Site Assistant, 2) Building & Carpenter's Assistant, 3) Hospitality & Program Assistant, and 4) Communications Assistant. Dates: March 15 - October 31. Location: Ashevillage Sanctuary. Details & Application: www.ashevillage.org/staff-positions

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EARLY BIRD DISCOUNTS

PERMACULTURE SCHOOL: DESIGN ECOLOGY & LIVING SKILLS: May 23-August 13. Apply by Jan. 21st with a friend for $1,500 savings

Permaculture School: Design Ecology & Living Skills: May 23 - August 14. A rigorous, 12-week ecological learning journey for those who want to develop a Permaculture project, pathway, or career. You are especially encouraged to apply if your goal is to be a permaculture leader, professional, practitioner, educator, activist, or advocate. Seats are limited. Details at www.ThePermacultureSchool.org/PS.

$1500 Savings EACH! This limited offer is first-come, first-served, and available for the next three people who register with a buddy (six people total). If you and a friend are accepted into the Permaculture School, you will BOTH receive a $1,500 discount. Apply ASAP, as this offer will expire after six people have been accepted, or by January 21st -- whichever comes first. Contact: Sam Ruark at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Permaculture School is an independently-run nonprofit program that operates separately from Ashevillage. While it is not our program, we like to post about it!

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WATER RETENTION LANDSCAPE COURSE: June 1-5. Apply Before February 13th.

Want to learn how to work with water in the landscape with Brock Dolman, one of the country's leading experts? This course offers basic principles and theory; observations of patterns in nature; techniques for rainwater harvesting including dams, swales, terraces, and keyline; a water retention landscape tour; design considerations for differing soil types, vegetation, watersheds, regions, and climates; overview of aquaculture vs. aquaponics; and more. Dates: June 1-5, 2015. Details: www.ThePermacultureSchool.org/
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NATURAL BUILDING WORKSHOP: July 6-10. Apply Before February 13. #MudLove

Interested in Natural Building? This year’s Natural Building Workshop, in conjunction with the Permaculture School. Students will learn the basics of earth and straw wall systems, natural finishes, wood-fired systems, living roofs, site selection, passive solar design, and more. If you would like to be considered, please read the description and fill out the application survey. Dates: July 6-10, 2015. Details: www.ThePermacultureSchool.org/Natural-Building-Workshop

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ON THE HOMEFRONT

ASHEVILLE HAVE YOUR ATTENTION? Come visit our fair city #ThisWinter #Sanctuary

If you, or someone you know, has been thinking about Asheville, loves being real, has a personal writing project, wants to dive into a month of yoga, cares about what they eat, turns on in nature, likes sitting by a wood-fired stove, wants to bring their personal gifts alive in the world, is looking for kindred and connected community, you just may have found the right place to come for a month, (or more)! 2 ROOMS LEFT for winter rentals! Have a look at our beautiful Sanctuary: www.ashevillage.org/sanctuary. Contact: Quinn at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS

ORGANIC GROWERS SCHOOL

Who: For healthy eaters, home growers, & farmers! What: This much-loved annual event provides practical, regionally-appropriate workshops on organic growing, permaculture, homesteading, urban farming, and rural living. When: March 7-8, 2015. Where: UNCA in Asheville. Details: www.ashevillage.org/organic-growers-school