Founded in 2005, West Asheville’s Green Hill Urban Farm seeks to provide convenient access to neo-agrarian culture and sustainably produced food to the surrounding Asheville area. Saved from development, Green Hill is a shining example of green space preservation achieved through the collaboration of private citizens. The four varied acres of gardens now include new and old orchards, raspberry patches, aquaponics, ducks, chickens, quails, and more. In its fourth year as a community-supported agriculture farm, Green Hill founder Michael Fortune works with 40 families. Families buy shares in advance of the harvest to support the farm’s operational costs and in exchange receive regular selections of food, herbs, and flowers during the growing season. (See www.greenhillurbanfarm.com for details.)