Thank you Mecklenburg County Waste Reduction Program for the recognition!   We’ll be sharing videos from the 2016 Wipe Out Waste Ambassador Awards Banquet this week. One of our new recognition categories is the Innovation Spotlight, where we highlight businesses that have developed and practice innovative waste reduction and recycling practices that are noteworthy. First up is Wish We Had Acres. We 💗 how they turn grass into...

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GOAT MILK SOAP WORKSHOPS are back! Next class date – 2pm Saturday November 5th. Register here. This is a production based workshop focused on the cold process method of hand crafting small batches of soap with raw goat milk. Restock your supply or start “stocking” up for handmade gifts. Hand crafted soaps benefit from longer cure times. Workshops will run through the first week of December. Contact us to set a date for your...

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SALVES – WEEDS TO REMEDIES – A FALL HARVEST. 4pm Saturday October 29th. Fall is a time of harvest, including wild medicinal botanicals. Join Dr. Dave for a plant walk and wildcrafting demo. Harvest root medicine and make a salve of poke, calendula, burdock and other in season botanicals. $25 Register here. Class includes the medicine of the day to take with you to build your home apothecary. Given the ghoulish time of year, you will...

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TINCTURES – WEEDS TO REMEDIES – A FALL HARVEST. 2pm Saturday October 29th. Join Dr. Dave for a plant walk and basics on making wild medicinal tinctures at 2pm Saturday October 29th. Register here. The nature of the walk will be determined by the plants in season. Find a new appreciation for some of your common backyard ‘weeds’ – cultivated, invasive and native plants with medicinal value. Dr. Dave will guide us on...

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LOCAL FARM NEEDS YOUR HELP!! **UPDATE from the Parker family, “We are totally overwhelmed and so very grateful for all of you giving to our farm. We are so touched by the kind words and prayers and encouragement you offered us. We are not out of the woods yet. We have been given a 90 day reprieve to pay off the loan and at this point there is no possible way but there is God’s way. When we put up the GoFundMe page we thought the...

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VISIT WISH WE HAD ACRES ON A FARM TOUR Have you ever wanted to visit Wish We had Acres and see the herd behind the goat milk soaps? Is your child homeschooled, a girl scout, cub scout, or interested in modern urban small scale farming? Wish We Had Acres is now offering small group farm tours. Your group will tour the farm, meet the dairy goat herd, participate in one farm service activity, and one farm activity. Each outdoor tour lasts...

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