What’s New
Hurricane Helene Relief Efforts
Since the day after Hurricane Helene in September, Southside Community Farm staff has been on the ground distributing food and other supplies in Southside. Now, we are delivering free food boxes and other resources to about 60 families per week. We have seen neighbors caring so deeply for each other, and we are grateful for the opportunity to support where we can.
Preserve the Farm: A Hopeful Future
In April we learned of a resolution brought to the Housing Authority of the City of Asheville (HACA) by Monique Pierre, which could have dismantled Southside Community Farm. On November 7, Monique Pierre was fired from her position as CEO of the Housing Authority of the City of Asheville. In addition to her deeply harmful response to HACA residents during Hurricane Helene, Ms. Pierre wrote and championed the resolution which proposed to remove the farm.
The interim CEO of HACA, Rhodney Norman, has stated that this resolution is “not a priority” in an interview with BPR News.
We are so grateful to the thousands of community members who signed our petition, came to meetings, donated, wrote letters of support, and otherwise worked to preserve Southside Community Farm. With so much public support, we are optimistic that new HACA leadership will see the value of the farm and will be willing to work with Southside Community Farm leadership to preserve this beautiful space and the resources it provides. We will share more updates and developments as they come, but right now the future is looking up. Learn more and find ways to support here.
Southside BIPOC Farmers Market
The 2024 Farmers Market Season is over. Thanks for a great year, and we’ll see you in Spring 2025!
SCF hosts a farmers market in collaboration with other BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) vendors seasonally on the first Sunday of every month, May-October, at our new location at the Grant Center, 285 Livingston St. Our farmers market is EBT accessible, offers Double SNAP for fruits and vegetables, and accepts Farm Fresh Produce Prescriptions. Some vendors are unable to accept credit/debit, so don’t forget to bring cash. Join us to purchase fresh, local foods and crafts, and to support Black and brown owned businesses!
Find more info about our BIPOC Farmers Market here.
