In the News and Beyond

Asheville Citizen-Times

SCF made the front page of the Citizen Times! Read the article, “Asheville’s little corner of agriculture paradise brings communities together” about the farm and our projects here.

Read about the gentrification of Southside here, and the history of the neighborhood here.

(From left) Chloe Moore, farm director, and Roy Harris, co-founder, pose for a photo inside Southside Community Farm in the historically Black Asheville neighborhood of Southside on April 27, 2022.
Headlining photo from article “Asheville’s little corner of agriculture paradise brings communities together”, Asheville Citizen-Times, 2022

GoFundMe

GoFundMe highlighted our work in a podcast episode with farm manager Chloe Moore. Listen to the podcast interview here, and read their short article here.

GoFundMe Heroes
Farm manager Chloe Moore holds a four leaf clover from our cover crop, 2022

Lowes

In 2022, we were selected as one of 100 community projects around the country to receive the Lowe’s Hometowns grant. We utilized this support to convert our apple orchard into a diverse food forest and outdoor community meeting space.

Mountain Xpress

Southside Community Farm and our spring 2022 fundraiser were featured in the Mountain Xpress. Read the article here.

Roy Harris speaks on the value of SCF to himself and his neighborhood in a 2020 Mountain Xpress article. Read it here.

The Laurel of Asheville

Read our 2022 featured article in The Laurel, “Asheville’s Southside Community Farm Seeks to Create Food Sovereignty” here.

Roy Harris, co-founder, smiles inside Southside Community Farm in the historically Black Asheville neighborhood of Southside on April 27, 2022.
SCF co-founder Mr. Roy Harris on the farm, April 2022