YOGA IN THE MOUNTAINS
Diane Levine
talantisl@aol.com
828-526-8579
Renew your body, calm your thoughts, build
endurance and energy. Our lives are changing
all the time; enjoy the connection of alignment
through a proven practice of yoga. Instructing in
Highlands and Cashiers. Call to discuss options.
MOONRISE YOGA CENTER
Ashby Underwood
www.yogahighlands.com
828-526-8880
Sivananda Yoga: Full Spectrum Yogic Learning for
beginner to advanced. Seasonal Workshops. Classes
and private study for one or more students in Asana,
Pranayama, Bhanda, Yoga Nidra, and Healing
Foods Guidance. 464 Carolina Way in Highlands.
CHATTOOGA CONSERVANCY
Nicole Hayler & Buzz Williams
info@chattoogariver.org
706-782-6097
We work to protect, promote and restore the ecological
integrity of the Chattooga watershed; to ensure the
viability of native species in harmony with the need
for a healthy human environment; and, to empower
communities to practice good land stewardship.
NORTH GEORGIA
FOODWAYS ALLIANCE
www.georgiafoodways.org
An alliance of individuals and
An alliance of individuals and businesses that
encourages the appreciation of regional foods and
traditional foodways. Visit our website for a
schedule of workshops and details about our annual
“Grow, Cook , Eat” festival in Clayton, Georgia.
WESTON A. PRICE
FOUNDATION
www.westonaprice.org
info@westonprice.org
Dedicated to restoring nutrient-dense foods to the
American diet, with specific goals of establishment
of universal access to clean, certified raw milk
and a ban on the use of soy-based infant formula.
WISE TRADITIONS CONFERENCE 2009,
Nov 13-16, Schaumberg, IL. WISE
TRADITIONS publishes quarterly its research and
activism in food, farming and the healing arts.
FARM-TO-CONSUMER
LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
www.farmtoconsumer.org
info@farmtoconsumer.org
703-208-FARM
Problems with inspectors? Harassed about raw
milk sales? Opting out of the National Animal
Identification System? Exploring Direct Farm
Sales? Defending the right to buy and protecting the
right to sell nutritious food directly from the farm.
CENTER FOR ACUPUNCTURE
& HEALING ARTS
Kim Bonsteel, L.Ac.
828-526-9938 ext. 263
Classical Chinese medicine for every human ailment,
and for positive well-being. Affordable rates to
fit any budget. Natural methods help to restore
and keep your health and vitality without drugs
or surgery. Inside the Crosby Center, Highlands.
STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION,
THE IDA P. ROLF METHOD
Chad Garner & Ashby Underwood
www.si-method.com
828-526-8880
NC 3790, NC 3413
Progressive and gentle form of hands-on bodywork
that establishes a sustainable alignment of the
human structure. Through specific work with the
connective tissue (fascia) many ailments are alleviated and a more awakened, enlightened state of living is achieved. In Highlands.
SACRED POSES
Robinette Kennedy
www.europeanshamanism.com
info@robinettekennedy.com
706-746-5485
Experience original research into a shamanistic practice
embodied by figurines from prehistoric Crete.
Peforming these poses with rhythm and ceremony
generates powerful visions, integrates brain
functions and aligns participants’ spiritual energies
with the Earth’s calendar of the soul.
HERBALIST,
CHILDBIRTH EDUCATOR
Thea Summer Deer
www.theaskitchen.com
828-586-2892
starpony@earthlink.net
Thea’s involvement in Alternative Medicine spans
thirty years as a midwife, herbalist and childbirth
educator. Instrumental in founding the South
Florida School of Midwifery, she also owned
MindBody and Evolutionary Press, and was the
Executive Director of Resources for World Health.
BOTANOLOGOS SCHOOL
FOR HERBAL STUDIES
Patricia K. Howell
www.wildhealingherbs.com
706-746-5485
Learn to use local and wild Appalachian medicinal herbs. We offer seminars, plant walks, field studies, medicine making workshops, herb harvesting and a ten-month certification program. Program director, Patricia Kyritsi Howell, is author of Medicinal Plants of the Southern Appalachians.
SIMPLY HOMEGROWN MARKET
Joe Gatins
www.simplyhomegrown.org
Award-winning outdoor venue, open 9-Noon,
Saturdays from May-November in Clayton, Georgia,
74 N. Main Street. Offering local, sustainable and
organic produce, herbs, flowers. Also local honey,
baked goods, cheeses, preserves, and corn meal.
NORTHEAST GEORGIA LOCALLY GROWN--
An Internet Farmer’s Market
Chuck Mashburn, Justin Ellis
706-490-4243
www.northeastgeorgia.locallygrown.net
An internet market offering fresh, wholesome
vegetables and other locally produced foods and
products. Shop direct consumer to farm through
a network of local farms committed to chemical
free, sustainable farming. Place orders Sunday
-Monday and pick up order on Wednesday.
3 FORKS FARM
Rick Havron
rickhavron@yahoo.com
706-782-1438
Nourish Your Body. Taste and feel the
difference that fresh, organic grain fed, grassbased
eggs make! Eggs and laying hens for
sale. Eggs $4.00/dozen Hens $30.00 each.
3 FORKS FARM
BUY ORGANIC SHRUBS - WHY?
Rick Havron
rickhavron@yahoo.com
706-782-1438
To support responsible stewardship of our
land. Tell Monsanto, Scott’s Co., Dupont,
and Dow Chemical that we don’t need their
product- let’s grow organic! Organically
grownBlueberry bushes, Japanese Yews, Hybrid
Rhododendron, Arbividas and Norway Spruce.
LADYBUG FARMS
Terri Jagger Blincoe
ladybug@bellsouth.net
706-782-7244
Open Farm Days last Saturdays, 2-5 pm, May - August.
Tour an organic farm, bring a picnic to
enjoy at the pond. $10/carload, FREE to folks
arriving on foot, bike or horseback. Located in
Persimmon, 4 miles north of Lake Burton Marina.
HICKORY NUT GAP FARM
katycalloway@mac.com
828-342-5090
Fairview, NC
Highlands Buying Club. Grass fed beef, pastured
pork, free range chicken. HNG Farm delivers
to Highlands, NC bi-monthly, no tax, no delivery fee.
Contact Katy for details: katycalloway@mac.com.
LOCAL FOOD GUIDE
www.appalachiangrown.org
A collection of sources for farm-direct foods,
you-pick fruits and vegetables, Community Supported
Agriculture shares, and other handmade products,
designed to bring farmers and shoppers together.
Printed annually for NE Georgia and North Carolina.
GREEN MOUNTAIN BUILDERS
Steve Abranyi
steve@greenmountainbulders.com
828-787-2297
www.greenmountainbuilders.com
Locally-owned and committed to providing environmentally-responsible construction. We take special interest in projects that lesson the impact on the environment, create energy-efficient buildings, and produce green homes and businesses that are healthy to live and work in. Highlands
MORESUN CUSTOM WOODWORKING INC.
Stephen Morrison
steve@moresundesigns.com
864-647-1669
www.moresundesigns.com
Solar powered woodworking shop specializing
in Timber Frames, Cabinetry, Furniture,
Outbuilding design and Structural Insulated Panels. Mountain Rest, SC
WINTER SUN
CONSTRUCTION, LLC
James Pader
info@wintersunllc.com
828-342-0873
www.wintersunllc.com
Our mission is to emphasize smaller,
sustainable & affordable green housing, reduce
the carbon footprint of an average residence; Energy
Efficiency, Indoor Air Quality & Solar Solutions.
Winter Sun Construction, LLC is Macon County’s
FIRST winner of a NC HBA STARS Award.