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2025 EVENTS

PREVIOUS CRAFT WORKSHOPS

A Savory Shindig
September 7, 2025

​What a magical night celebrating local food, farmers, and community! On behalf of the staff and board of Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture, THANK YOU for lifting up our work and vision. Check out the photos below and read more about the event, our sponsors, and the way the community came together to support BRWIA!
Savory Shindig 2025 Recap

Farm to Plate at Reid's Cafe
August 9, 2025

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Reid's Cafe
served up a delicious local summer menu featuring dishes like heirloom tomatoes with stone fruit, crispy okra with burrata, wild mushroom primavera, diver scallops with blueberry and foie gras, and Kentucky butter cake with blackberry ice cream. Thanks to all those who came out to support BRWIA on this special night! Thanks to Reid's Cafe for hosting us!  More photos here


Benefit Night at The Table at Crestwood Inn
July 27, 2025



​Thanks to The Table at Crestwood who hosted BRWIA on Sunday, July 27th! A portion of the evening’s sales directly supported Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture Thanks to all who came out to dine! 
Explore their delicious menu and learn more at their website!
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Farm to Plate at The Gamekeeper
​June 14, 2025

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We had an amazing evening at The Gamekeeper! They created a beautiful menu featuring local produce, and hosted us for a wonderful evening getting to connect with all of you who came in! We are so grateful to Ken and The Gamekeeper team for their generosity and hospitality- thank you!  Thank you to everyone who came and dined to support BRWIA, we are so grateful to our community that shows up again and again!

Porch Party at Storie Street Grille
​June 5, 2025

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Check out BRWIA's Kick off Porch Party to celebrate the start of summer and the goodness of local food! We are grateful to Storie Street Grille for supporting local farms and our mission at BRWIA to build an equitable and sustainable local food system!

As always, THANK YOU to our community for showing up time and time again to support our work!
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More photos here!

Pizza Making Party & Sustainer Supper
​May 31, 2025

We had a wonderful time getting to know some of our supporters while throwing pizzas and watching “Farm, Food, & Community: A Documentary about Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture." Thanks to Carol Coulter for hosting us at her farm and to the documentary directors, Anne Ward and Chip Williams for coming out!

BRWIA Documentary Screenings Series
​Spring 2025

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The inaugural screenings of BRWIA's 20th anniversary documentary were held at ASU and at BRAHM in March and April. 

March 18 Event: Screening and Panel Discussion on Resiliency: ”Rebuilding with Community” as part of the ASU Sustainability Film Series hosted by the ASU Office of Sustainability and Energy Management, and APPS (ASU Popular Programming Society)

April 10 Event: BRWIA Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion hosted by Blowing Rock Art History Museum

Thanks to our panelists at these events, including:
  • Carol Coulter, retired goat dairy farmer (Heritage Homestead), Founding Mother of BRWIA and first full time ED of BRWIA, current adjunct professor at ASU 
  • Liz Whiteman, BRWIA Executive Director 
  • Brittany Bolick, Co-owner at Bolick Farms ​
  • Kendra Phipps, Watauga County Livestock and Field Crops Extension Agent   
  • Kara Dodson, Lead Farmer & Executive Director at Full Moon Farm Collective
  • Anne Ward, filmmaker and professor in Communication at ASU
  • Chip Williams, filmmaker and professor of commercial photography in Art at ASU​
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Special thanks to Coneflower Creative Documentary Co-Directors: Anne Ward and Chip Williams

Watch the trailer here: "Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture: Farm, Food & Community"

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Farm, Food, & Community," a documentary about Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture looks at the impact this non profit organization has had on its community. BRWIA was founded in 2003 to help support women farmers in the High Country of Western North Carolina and has grown to support all farmers and food producers, providing market channels, food equity programs, and resources for growers and entrepreneurs.

The documentary shares insights from current employees of BRWIA, local farmers who benefit from BRWIA's programs and also includes stories about the organization's history from its Founding Mothers.
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2023 Events: 20th anniversary!
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