Title: The Full Spectrum Farms – Growers\’ Fair
Location: Monteith Park, Dillsboro, NC
Description: Get ready for spring at The Full Spectrum Farms – Growers\’ Fair. Buy or share plants and seeds with your neighbors while supporting Full Spectrum Farms. A service organization dedicated to providing a full spectrum of life’s opportunities for persons with autism.
The Appalachian Grower\’s Fair is held annually at Monteith Park located on Business 23 halfway between Dillsboro and Sylva.

This event promotes sustainable agriculture by providing local growers an opportunity to present their products to the public. These products may include but are not limited to plants, produce, and other agricultural-related products. This annual event helps to raise awareness of locally grown products within our area and to provide plants, seeds and assistance to the home gardener. This all-day event is a fund-raiser for the Full Spectrum Farms, Inc, that supports the local autism community.

Booth space is still available for this event. For an application please phone 828-293-2521 or email info@fullspectrumfarms.org. 3101 Old Cullowhee Road, Cullowhee, NC 28723-7401

Start Time: 9:00am
Date: 2011-04-16

In honor of Spring and our seasonal opening of our Bed & Breakfast we are offering 50% off the second night of a two night stay this weekend: Read the rest of this entry »

The outdoor Farmers Market will be outside at our regular location in the Bridge Park parking lot starting April 2nd from 9- noon. The outdoor market runs every Saturday through October. Read the rest of this entry »

FUMC -Sylva to host Brunch With The Bunny.
Saturday, April 16th, 2011 beginning at 10AM.

This FREE Family Event will include a pancake breakfast, interactive stations to follow Jesus’ footsteps, and pictures with the Easter Bunny. The Event will conclude with an Easter Egg hunt at 12 noon.

What is Writers for the Red Cross? This online event celebrates Red Cross Month (March 1-31). It is intended to raise funds and awareness for the Red Cross and its work in communities across the country. The project is auctioning off publishing-related items and services donated by authors, publicists, agents, and editors. They’ll also have daily guest posts from authors about “What the Red Cross Means to Me.” All donors who give over $25 will also be able to select one free book from a range of books donated and shipped by publishers for the event.
How can you help?

To learn more, visit the website:  www.writersfortheredcross.org

What better way to spend an April afternoon than helping out the community and environment all while having fun on the river? For the past 25 years thousands of volunteers have join forces to clean up the Tuckasegee River. Read the rest of this entry »

Run/Walk/Crawl your way to the summit and back and help raise money for the Community Table in Sylva, NC.The race will be held on Saturday, March 19th 2011 at 9am. All participants will meet at Fisher Creek parking lot in Sylva, NC. Read the rest of this entry »

The Jackson County Farmers Market will hold its next market Saturday March 5th at St. John’s Episcopal Church – 18 Jackson Street in downtown Sylva from 9 to noon. Here you can find all sorts of locally made gift and goodies. Locally raised pork is available, as are jams and jellies, dessert breads, pies, honey, baklava, spanakopita, herbal remedies, locally produced soap, yarn from locally raised llamas, handmade journals and jewelry. You will also find eggs, garlic and greens and last time we had greenhouse grown tomatoes!! I took $20 to the market and bought a jar of honey, a loaf of apple bread, adozen eggs, a tomato, a bag of greens, locally raised bratwurst and apound of breakfast sausage. I also got to sample the most delicious lemon curd, some chocolate raspberry jam and a variety of breads. So come to the market, see your friends, make new friends and support your local bakers, farmers and crafters! Markets are held every other weekend throughout the winter months. We have two left, March 5th and March 19th. The first Saturday in April we will move to our summer location in the Bridge Park parking lot. Thanks for your support. For further information contact Jenny McPherson at 631-3033.

John Bubacz announces the opening of a second location to compliment his Main St. Signature Brew Coffee Company across from Vance Hardware. The new location is across the street and is between Vance Hardware and the Jewelry Outlet. That little spot with the deck that used to be ice cream, glass-blowing and most recently a photographer studio will transform in March for you to get breakfast togo. In fact, that’s the name: Breakfast Cafetogo.

If you remember the breakfast menu from Underground Cafe, then you will know you will get the most nutritious, locally grown/raised/ harvested organic wraps, salads, sandwiches, juices and smoothies. Juice? Yes! Carrot, Apple, Orange, much more. Made to order with the 1.25hp juicer. Wheatgrass juice too!

Open 6am for coffee, 7am for breakfast weekdays and weekend hours to be determined. Watch for it the first day of Spring!

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