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Happy Roots Inc.

Happy Roots Inc. cultivates community wellness through garden-based education, therapeutic horticulture, and sustainable agriculture, ensuring access to fresh food while honoring Indigenous foodways and agricultural traditions.

🍁🍂 Our annual fall Harvest Dinner and Benefit Concert returns Saturday, November 14, at Vista at Walnut Hill on the Williams Farm in Cleveland, NC. This year&rsquo;s gathering celebrates the roots that feed us and the many influences that have shaped what we eat today, while honoring Indigenous foodways and ancestral traditions in agriculture.<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1790185608/wysiwyg/lthvbrnbwn7kplzjudiu.jpg" style="width: 380px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 380px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> 🍽️ Guests can enjoy a variety of chef-prepared dishes featuring ingredients and food traditions rooted in the land, adult beverages, and a silent auction&mdash;along with live music from Mo-Grass (more below!) and dancing, all in the beautiful countryside setting of Vista at Walnut Hill.🎟️ Concert-only tickets will be sold separately. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1790186150/wysiwyg/jo7m7p1zfmorrp9sykkl.jpg" style="width: 331px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 331px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1790186256/wysiwyg/kjdjaqqbwgsxrecaaoid.jpg" style="width: 329px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 329px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> 🌱All proceeds benefit Happy Roots and our work providing garden-based education, therapeutic horticulture, sustainable agriculture, and fresh-food access throughout our community. <a fr-original-style="" href="//www.happyrootsnc.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">www.happyrootsnc.org</a> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1790186697/wysiwyg/m5zfmetiktnenbk1vslr.jpg" style="width: 296px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 296px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------📣 Follow the event page for menu announcements, featured artists, ticket information, and more event updates! &nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.facebook.com/share/19JaD51uBf/" id="isPasted" rel="noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/share/19JaD51uBf/</a><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1790186852/wysiwyg/po7j4h6dhojwfeskpxvi.jpg" style="width: 417px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 417px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> 🎨 We are deeply grateful to NC artist Karina McMillan for allowing us to license and feature her beautiful original artwork for this year&rsquo;s event.&nbsp;More about Karina here. <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.artsy.net/artist/karina-mcmillan" id="isPasted" rel="noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://www.artsy.net/artist/karina-mcmillan</a> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More about Mo-Grass!&nbsp;<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1790187261/wysiwyg/aeufh9qhajgicxsf3kew.jpg" style="width: 370px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 370px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> Born in the foothills of North Carolina, Mo-Grass&nbsp;is a brand-new collaboration of two beloved NC-based bands&mdash;Big Daddy Love&nbsp;and The Deluge. They have joined forces with some of the state&rsquo;s finest soul musicians to create a project that reimagines the Motown songbook and history through a bluegrass lens.&nbsp;At its core, Mo-Grass is about joy, feel, and connection. The band takes timeless soul hits and dresses them in banjo rolls, tight vocal harmonies, and funky, danceable grooves.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s Motown with a twang, bluegrass with a deep heartbeat, and your favorite soul music that never forgets where it came from.&nbsp;Mo-Grass draws from a legendary catalog that includes both Motown and Stax artists, such as: Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, Otis Redding, The Isley Brothers, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Dusty Springfield, Bill Withers, and&nbsp;Jackie Wilson, among many others. &nbsp; Each song is treated with reverence and creativity&mdash;honoring the originals while carving out something entirely new.&nbsp;Mo-Grass has been officially confirmed for major 2026 festival appearances, including MerleFest, Bristol Rhythm &amp; Roots Reunion, and&nbsp;FloydFest&mdash;a strong signal that this project has struck a chord across genres and generations. The band consists of Brandon Knox and Molly McGinn on vocals, Matteo &ldquo;Joey&rdquo; Recchio on guitar and vocals, Kelly Linville on drums, Ashley Sutton on bass, and Brian Swenk on banjo. Don&rsquo;t miss Mo-Grass as it makes waves across the southeastern music scene&mdash;bridging soul and string music with heart, groove, and undeniable spirit.

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