by MountainWise | Jan 8, 2014 | Active Living, Healthy Eating, WNC Local Info
Gardening is a great way to get physical activity outdoors, connect with nature, while growing your own higher quality produce. Whether you are a gardening newbie or a green thumb, gardening can be a great past-time and a fun, new learning experience. Ready to get...
by MountainWise | Dec 12, 2013 | Haywood County, Healthy Eating, WNC Local Info
We’re coming to the end of our Buy Haywood week! To close it out, here are some of the latest outreach initiatives, as well as a final message from Project Coordinator, Tina Masciarelli. Farm Stewards Youth Project This project is designed to complement existing...
by MountainWise | Dec 12, 2013 | Haywood County, Healthy Eating, WNC Local Info
Buy Haywood week continues! Tina Masciarelli has provided us information on some of Buy Haywood’s farming & agriculture project in Haywood county: Cooking Local Project A two-year grant funded initiative that will conclude in December 2013. The project...
by MountainWise | Dec 11, 2013 | Haywood County, Healthy Eating, WNC Local Info
It’s Buy Haywood week here at MountainWise! While we have already given you a brief overview, the Buy Hayood Project Coordinator, Tina Masiarelli, has even more information to share about this great program. We hope you enjoy this post, and stay tuned for Parts...
by MountainWise | Dec 5, 2013 | Haywood County, Healthy Eating, WNC Local Info
Have you heard about Buy Haywood yet? Buy Haywood supports local farmers through various outreach projects in Western North Carolina. One example of this is their “Cooking Local Project,” which connects community members with local farmers and chefs in an...
by MountainWise | Sep 30, 2013 | Healthy Eating, WNC Local Info
We asked April Tallant, a WCU Professer and also the Principle Investigator for the Rural Eating Assessment Project (REAP), to give us some information on Barriers to Healthy Eating; what are they, how do they affect WNC and what we can do to change them. Take a...