WILD TIMES: Wild Abundance instructor Natalie Bogwalker, right, is pictured with partner Frank Salzano and daughter Hazel. The family was inundated with emails, social media messages and phone calls from vegan activists this fall leading up to Bogwalker's annual Cycles of Life home butchering class.

Front lines: Animal Liberation Front vs. Wild Abundance permaculture school

Posted on November 29, 2017November 27, 2017 by Jonathan Ammons

This fall, an international animal rights organization spearheaded a campaign to stop a small Western North Carolina permaculture school from hosting its annual home-butchering workshop.

FORAGING FINDS: Riches from the forest gathered during a No Taste Like Home tour in Candler this spring illustrate the abundance of wild foods in the area. Photo by Nicki Glasser

Asheville’s wild-food experts expound on medicine for body, soul and planet

Posted on August 3, 2017August 4, 2017 by Nicki Glasser

Wild foods, foraged from Western North Carolina’s biodiverse environment, give a boost to health as superfoods high in nutrients, say leaders of local “weed walks.”

SACRED THINGS: Sustainability educator Natalie Bogwalker, pictured with her newborn baby, teaches a class on humane slaughter techniques, honoring the animal's life and wasting none of its body.

Let Live Coalition vs. Wild Abundance: Vegan activists rally against a local permaculture school

Posted on November 23, 2016November 29, 2016 by Jonathan Ammons

Despite a contentious week of social media campaigns, phone calls and emails from vegan and animal rights activists, local sustainability educators Meredith Leigh and Natalie Bogwalker went ahead with their workshop, Cycles of Life: Humane Slaughter and Butchering.

USING EVERYTHING: "If you're going to eat meat, I think it's really important to take responsibility for the suffering that goes into it [while] embracing the fact that we're omnivores and understanding the depth of that," says Natalie Bogwalker.

Sacred sacrifice: Upcoming workshop embraces conscious butchering practices

Posted on October 7, 2015October 7, 2015 by Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt

“If we are disconnected from our food and where our sustenance comes from, it’s a very dangerous thing for humanity,” says Natalie Bogwalker, founder of Wild Abundance. In November, Bogwalker teaches a two-day workshop that focuses on humane, reverent and conscious slaughtering and butchery practices.

GROWING GREEN: Crowds of people converged on the 2015 Mother Earth News Fair Saturday and Sunday, April 11-12, at the WNC Agricultural Center. Although official numbers were unavailable at press time, fair director Andrew Perkins estimates that 18,000 people attended this year's event, up from 16,000 in 2014.

In photos: Mother Earth News Fair 2015

Posted on April 13, 2015April 14, 2015 by Xpress Contributor

Crowds of locals and visitors converged on the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center Saturday and Sunday, April 11-12, to take in the sights, sounds and tastes of the 2015 Mother Earth News Fair. Click through for a slideshow of photos by Tori Pace.

Image courtesy of the Organic Growers School

Organic Growers School debuts fall Harvest Conference

Posted on September 1, 2014September 1, 2014 by Josh O'Conner

Organic Growers School will hold its first annual Harvest Conference at A-B Tech on Saturday, Sept. 6. The event strives to give urban farmers, homesteaders and backyard growers successful tips for fall and winter growing through workshops.

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