Bountiful Cities Series

The Hop is very excited to introduce to our Online Store the "Bountiful Cities Series"! This will consist of regular, small-batch flavors made with ingredients grown and harvested from the local elementary school FEAST gardens! This will also be a way to help promote the food-related needs of our schools/students in Asheville and Buncombe County.

The very first Bountiful Cities Series flavor - Blueberry Purple Basil Ice Cream - consists of a combination of purple basil from Hall Fletcher Elementary garden & local blueberries and is swirled with homemade blueberry jam. For this release we will also be hosting a fundraiser from Monday 9/13 through Sunday 9/19 in The Hop Online Store for Bountiful Cities.

Since 2000 Bountiful Cities has promoted social justice and food sovereignty through hands-on educational programming, policy work, coalition building, urban agriculture installation, and community gardens. Working primarily in Asheville and Buncombe County, we envision abundant urban environments and food sovereign communities.

More information about Bountiful Cities programs!
FEAST - School-based cooking and gardening education.
Asheville Buncombe Community Garden Network - Over 30 community gardens with access to our tool library, seed library, free hands-on educational workshops.
Grass to Greens - Edible Landscaping and School Garden Maintenance
Windfall Collective Plant Nursery - Growing out seedlings to support community gardens and local urban agriculture.
Asheville Buncombe Food Policy Council (ABFPC) - Coordinating across multiple organizations to support local sustainable agriculture policies. Bountiful Cities serves as the fiscal agent for the ABFPC.

For more information about this fundraising effort or getting involved with Bountiful Cities please email Cathy@BountifulCities.Org.