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What are your favorite mushroom recipes? Have you tried lion's mane "crab" cakes? It's a convincing substitute for the real deal! Get lion's mane and other mushrooms at farmers markets and check out our recipe in this week's roundup of what's fresh on fromhere.org.

Meet Madi Rose, a Dietetic Intern with our Growing Minds program. You might have met her sampling local sweet potato pie at ASAP Farmers Market this weekend. Madi is a graduate student at Lenoir-Rhyne University and enjoys hiking and enchiladas.

THANK YOU to everyone involved in our Business of Farming Conference on Saturday—participants, presenters, volunteers, exhibitors, sponsors, caterers, and partners. All of you came together for such an incredible exchange of ideas, inspiration, and connection.

Save the date! We’re celebrating ASAP's 20th anniversary, along with founder Charlie Jackson's retirement, on May 25, 4-6:30 pm at Hickory Nut Gap. This is a free event—and all are welcome!

Introducing Sarah Minter, ASAP's new Local Food Campaign program coordinator. Sarah graduated from App State with a degree in sustainable development and worked at Hospitality House of Northwestern Carolina before spending the past 6 months working on small farms out west.

For our Faces of Local this month we talked to James Smith of Woven Roots Farmstead and Kathy Phillips, who is helping an Afghan refugee family resettle in Black Mountain. They connected to get live chickens to process according to halal. Read on fromhere.org.

Think you have what it takes to manage a farmers market? We're hiring a market manager for Asheville City Market! This is a part-time position. More details at asapconnections.org/about-us/join-…. Applications are accepted by email only.

Passed on are sale for the 2022 Farm Tour! Join us Sept. 17-18 for tours, tastings, demonstrations, and so much more. Participating farms, all within an hour's drive of Asheville, will be announced this summer. Learn more and purchase your pass at asapconnections.org/find-local-foo…