What’s New
Volunteer Day & Community Potluck
Join us on the farm on Sunday, May 25 for a celebration of spring! We will have a volunteer day from 12-2 PM, and then a tea party-themed potluck from 2-4 PM. Feel free to come for part or all of the time. All are welcome. Hope to see you there!
What to bring: For the volunteer day, please bring a water bottle and close-toed shoes. For the potluck, bring a mug/tea cup plus snacks or treats to go with tea! Feel free to bring a tea that you’d like to share and/or a sweetener. We will also be able to pick fresh herbs from the farm for herbal tea. Extra points if you bring an electric kettle so that we can have multiple going at once.
2025 BIPOC Farmers Market
Join us at New Belgium for a variety of local BIPOC vendors including farmers, artists, bakers, herbalists, and more! Southside Community Farm will be selling merchandise and our own fresh produce. Are you a maker of color who is interested in vending? Email Andi Gonzales at ashevillemarket@newbelgium.com
2025 BIPOC Workshops
BIPOC Workshops are an affinity space for people of color to connect, learn, and heal together! Join us for a series of free workshops on herbal medicine making and other land-based skills. These classes are by BIPOC, for BIPOC.
Hurricane Helene Relief Efforts
Six months after the storm, our emergency response work was featured on Good Morning America! Since the day after Hurricane Helene in September, Southside Community Farm staff has been on the ground distributing food and other supplies in the Southside neighborhood. We have seen neighbors caring so deeply for each other, and we are grateful for the opportunity to support where we can.
Now, we are continuing to support our neighbors during this period of economic recovery by expanding our veggie box program. We’ve start delivering boxes of free, fresh produce to families at the beginning of March this year–2 moths earlier than usual–and we need your help. Sponsor a veggie box today!
Watch us on Good Morning America!
Preserve the Farm: A Hopeful Future
After many months of effort to preserve Southside Community Farm, the interim CEO of HACA, Rhodney Norman, has stated that he will not move forward with the resolution to dismantle the farm, including making a statement 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.
