West Virginia Forest Farming Field Day

at Yew Mountain Center 

This event is full!

 If you would like to be added to the waiting list, please send an email to info@wvforestfarming.org 

The West Virginia Forest Farming Field Day is an in-person event at the Yew Mountain Center in Hillsboro, West Virginia. Six Groups of 10 will spend the day rotating through seven field stations, each with a different forest farming topic. COVID safety protocols will be in place and participants will be required to follow them; facemasks will be worn. 

This event will happen rain or shine!

Cost per participant: $25 (covers the cost of all instruction and lunch)

**Scholarships available for students, veterans, and people who need financial assistance to attend this workshop.  If you are intrested in a scholarship, please send a scholarship request to info@wvforestfarming.org before registering.**

Forest Farming Topics will include:

Overview of the Yew Mountain Center (YMC) and the Appalachian Beginning Forest Farmer Coalition (ABFFC) with Will Lewis*, YMC and John Munsell, ABFFC
*Will Lewis is the Forest farming coordinator at the Yew Mountain center where he has been practicing forest farming since 2017. He organizes and plans all the forest farming activities that are done on the Yew’s 500 acre property. He has also been conducting site visits to help farmers throughout West Virginia and networking to help create a linked web of forest farmers throughout the state. He is also a beekeeper and has practiced holistic farming for 15 years.

Site Analysis and Assessment with Robin Suggs, Appalachian Sustainable Development (to see Robin's bio, click his name and scroll down the ASD staff page)

Propagation with Ed Daniels, Shady Grove Botanicals

Planting with Tanner Filyaw, Rural Action

Value-added Demonstration with Ruby Daniels, Creasy Jane's

Syrup and Tapping with Kate Fotos, Future Generations University

Mushroom Cultivation with Lacy Davidson Ferguson and Park Ferguson, Elmcrest Farm

Groups will have 35 minutes at each Field Station

Workshop Schedule

8:30-9:15am  Registration with Coffee and Tea service

9:15-9:30am  Group Orientation with Group Leader

9:30am-12:20pm  Field Stations, Rotations 1-4

12:30-1:15pm Lunch

1:15-3:20pm Field Stations, Rotations 5-7

3:20-3:30pm Closing with Group Leaders

COVID Safety Protocol Information
In an effort to try and make this in-person event as safe as possible for everyone, we have planned the workshop with safety measures and physical distancing in mind. The following safety protocols will be in place:

All participants, instructors and event staff will be required to wear a facemask at all times unless they are eating or drinking.

Participants will be put into 6 groups of 10 people each
Each group will have a Group Leader to help guide them throughout the day
Each group will have its own pop-up tent with: tables, chairs, water cooler, coffee and tea service, snack service, and boxed lunch service
Each group will have its own port-a-potty to use
Each group will be asked to keep to itself and not interact with the other groups

Camping Information
For information about camping on site and nearby lodging options, please contact the Yew Mountain Center at 304-653-4070 or info.yewmountain@gmail.com