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Veterans Resource Fair, Open House and Farm Tours

The Veterans Healing Farm is hosting our 2nd Annual Veterans Resource Fair on Saturday, May 27, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. There is no fee to attend and is open to the public!

This is the largest Veteran event in WNC showcasing the services provided to our Veterans from over 30 nonprofit organizations including: Man With A Horse Project, AARP, Aura Home, Blue Ridge Honor Flight, Brothers and Sisters Like These, Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association 15-7, Care Solutions, Sheep Dog Impact Assistance, Council on Aging, Eagle Rock Camp, Equinox Ranch, Healing the Hole Collective, Heart of Horse Sense, Hendersonville Elks Lodge #1616, Hook Line and Heroes, PGA Hope, Mission 22, Mothers of Veteran Suicide, NC Serves, Project Healing Waters, Soldiers Angels, Sugar Bear Foundation, The Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas, United Health Care, Veterans Healing Farm, Veterans Services of the Carolinas, VFW Hendersonville, Warrior Canine Connection…and more!

Food trucks, live music, and the Self-Regulation Station! Free ice cream and hot dogs for the kids! Come out and support our Veteran community!

Bring Your Garden to the Sun - How to grow just about anything in Containers or Straw Bales with Craig LeHoullier

Rarely does perfect sun exposure, soil and convenient location all come together in one's yard. Craig will describe how use of containers or straw bales will allow you to have a garden in your less-than-perfect-for-a-garden yard. Going well beyond his favorite crop, tomatoes, Craig will describe how to succeed with pretty much any type of vegetable or fruit you wish to grow yourself. If all goes well, Craig will have some seedlings to take home, and answer all of your questions - as well as have his books available to purchase as signed copies.(Question - do we want to supply a straw bale each for those who attend? This may get complicated - your call, but between the bale and the materials to treat them with, it could be more complicated than we wish it to be)

When: Saturday, May 6

Where: Veterans Healing Farm

Time: 1pm - 3pm

Fee: $20 (FULLY REFUNDABLE at the workshop)

PLANT MEDICINE SERIES

with Rebecca Vann

Nutritive Herbs + Making Herbal Vinegar

In this class we will discuss nutritive herbs and how to incorporate them into your diet in delicious ways. Nutritive herbs are nature’s multivitamins and provide a spectrum of bioavailable vitamins and minerals and are generally easily accessible. We have many of these plants on the farm and will make refreshing herbal beverages and vinegar extractions for you to sample and take home.

When: Friday, May 19

Where: Veterans Healing Farm

Time: 1pm - 5pm

Fee: $20 (FULLY REFUNDABLE at the workshop)

Transcendental Meditation for Veterans

“When I came back from Afghanistan, I was angry, depressed, and suicidal. Transcendental Meditation® has lifted my depression, eased my pain and given

me my life back.” – Luke Jensen, Operation Enduring Freedom Veteran

The Veterans Healing Farm, in partnership with The Asheville TM Center invites military veterans and their families to receive training in a simple, natural, self-regulation practice, proven through clinical research to bring relief from post-traumatic stress (PTS), depression, and anxiety. Full scholarships are available.

When: Ongoing

Where: TM Center of Asheville, 165 East Chestnut Street, Asheville, NC

Time: Scheduled

Music Therapy for PTSD & Trauma

Music has been shown extensively to be a force for bringing peace, balance, and integration. In this program, the group of participants will engage with interactive musical activities which specifically target consequences of trauma and PTSD in order to establish emotional equilibrium and a sense of peace. Throughout the various sessions, participants will be equipped with tools which can be transitioned into life in order to help deal with difficult emotions, feelings of estrangement, depression, and anger. No prior musical experience is necessary. This program is ongoing yet will cycle in 6-week increments.



When: Wednesdays

Where: Veterans Healing Farm

Time: 4pm - 530pm

Fee: $20 (FULLY REFUNDABLE at the workshop)

Dream Tending for Trauma

Based on the explorations of Depth Psychology, Dream Tending is a practice which acknowledges the underlying dreaming nature of being and the healing qualities inherent within imagination. Within this program, dreams and dream images will be safely explored from a living animated perspective in order to release and reintegrate fragmented parts of the self for healing, harmony, and reconnection. Individual participants are invited to bring forth dreams and dream images that will be safely shared in group. Through the 6 weeks of this program, dream images and practices will be developed in order to equip participants with strategies to carry the work forward. The program will conclude with an ancient mask making experience that helps to assimilate darker and powerful parts of the warrior self within an accepted and expressive container.

When: Wednesdays

Where: Veterans Healing Farm

Times: 10am - 1130am

Fee: $20 (FULLY REFUNDABLE at the workshop)

PLANT MEDICINE SERIES

with Rebecca Vann

Herbs for Digestion + Cleansing

Digestive function is a key factor in our overall health and wellness. When your digestive system is functioning at its best, you can experience supported energy levels, increased immunity, toxin elimination, mental clarity, and more. In this class, we will cover 3 main categories of herbs that support healthy digestion and discuss ways to maintain balance. Participants will take home remedies for digestive support. 

When: Friday, June 2

Where: Veterans Healing Farm

Time: 1pm - 5pm

Fee: $20 (FULLY REFUNDABLE at the workshop)

Equine Therapy with Heart of Horse Sense

(First Responders are eligible to participate)

Most people may not realize the tremendous value that therapy/companion/comfort animals have for the purposes of easing the suffering of those with PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), particularly within the military. - Ken Wahl 

Equine Therapy / Animal-assisted Therapy is effective in treating people, including combat veterans and first responders, with PTSD, depression, anxiety, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and other issues.

Horses are highly reactive and respond to human emotions - inviting calm and non-reactive communications which promotes emotional awareness, emotion regulation, self-control, and impulse modulation. Working with horses in a therapeutic setting offers instant and constant feedback to participants and is highly motivational – combining to make an exceptionally effective rehabilitation environment.

The Veterans Healing Farm will be closed to all other activities during these sessions.

When: Saturday June 17

Where: Veterans Healing Farm

Time: 10am – 4pm

Fee: $20 (FULLY REFUNDABLE at the workshop)

Guided Kayaking Trips

The WNC Duckie Brigade is inviting Veterans for guided kayaking adventures at no charge. Everything will be provided from wet suits (cold water kayaking) to the inflatable kayaks (called duckies). Co-founders of the Brigade, Craig and Jake, "are grateful for the sacrifices our veterans have made for our freedoms and want to help Veterans and fellow humans with their healing."

Veterans wishing to sign-up will need to be in good general physical health with the ability to swim and also hike out carrying 30lbs of gear. The exact schedule will be worked out with participants.

FREE NOTARY SERVICES

We are happy to announce 'free' Notary Services to our Veteran community. Forms we will have on-hand include: Health Care Power Of Attorney, Advanced Directive/Living Will, and

Advance Instruction for Mental Health Treatment. These forms are important to have in place for all of us, regardless of age. “It always seems too soon, until it’s too late.” Also, the notary services are not limited to advanced health care directives (i.e. transfer of titles, wills, etc.). This is by appointment only. 

• WELCOME COLONEL WARREN SEYMOUR

Warren has joined the Veterans Healing Farm under the Army's transition support service called Career Skills Program (CSP). The CSP allows for Soldiers to coordinate with businesses for the opportunity to work on new skills and knowledge that will assist their transition back to the civilian life.

Colonel Seymour enlisted in the Army in Jan 1992 after receiving his Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from the University of Southern Mississippi. He was commissioned in May of 1994 through the Army Officer Candidate School at Ft Benning, GA.

Colonel Seymour is currently assigned as the Chief of Staff of the Army Reserve Sustainment Command. His last assignment was as the Director of Contract Administration Support Office at USARC. 

His previous assignments include Engineer Platoon Leader and Company Executive Officer in the 5^th Engineer Battalion at Fort Leonard Wood, MO; Battalion Assistant S3 and Maintenance Officer in the 46th Engineer Battalion, Fort Polk, LA; Company Commander, 814th Multi-Role Bridge Company, Fort Polk, LA; Recruiting Company Commander, New Orleans, LA; several key positions at the 412th Theater Engineer Command (TEC), Vicksburg, MS; Contracting Officer in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Balad, Iraq; Chief of Contracting, Camp Parks, CA; and Regional Chief, Contracting Administration Support Office, United States Army Reserve Command (USARC), Fort McPherson, GA and Fort Bragg, NC; Director of Contracting at the Mission Installation Contracting Command Moffett Field office in Mountain View, CA; Commander of 8th Battalion, Army Reserve Careers Division at Fort Snelling, MN; Chief of the Strategic Plans and Concepts at Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, AL and Director, Procurement Center, Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), Fort Lee, VA.

He is a graduate of the Engineer Officer Basic and Advance Courses, the Combined Arms and Service Staff School, Intermediate Level Education, Functional Area 51 Intermediate Qualification Course, the Reserve Component National Security Course and the Army War College. He holds a Master’s Degree in Management from Webster University.

Colonel Seymour is married to former Karen Rojas from New Orleans, LA. They have four children; Laura, Sarah, Warren III and Louis.

Welcome Warren and Karen! We're so glad you're here! (NOTE: He does smile)

• Wedding Bells



The Veterans Healing Farm will be closed to the public on Saturday, May 20 for the wedding of one of our Veterans, Dale Billings, Grounds Manager and his bride-to-be Marie Messer.

15% off everything from May 6th to May 11th

Veterans Healing Farm Cool Stuff Shop

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