Posted 3.25.21 - The Nashville Food Project has two new positions open: A resume and cover letter should be sent to for both positions. Deadline for the Distribution Assistant is April 9th, and the Food Access Coordinator is April 16th....
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From farm to table, global food supply systems have seen unprecedented disruptions due to COVID-19 and has left us with important questions. How did COVID-19 impact labor, processing, logistics, and consumer behavior during COVID-19? What lessons did we learn? What are the pressing areas of...
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All farmers and ranchers who file a Schedule F (even those with no employees) can apply for a PPP loan. The current application deadline is March 31, 2021....
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Are you a social media whiz? An event planning guru? A marketing master? If so, then we're looking for you to become our new Marketing Coordinator. Maybe you're more of a list-making, task-centric, organizational pro who's ready to whip our office into shape. Sounds like a...
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It has been said that “the future shall be green or not at all.” TennGreen Land Conservancy’s stated purpose is to protect, care for, and connect people with Tennessee’s natural world through sound science and partnerships. A natural partner for TennGreen is Tennessee’s farmers and...
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If you are a farm or small food business chopping, canning, preserving, aggregating or dehydrating and packaging food product you must comply with the Preventive Controls Rule. However, if you are small enough to be considered a qualified facility, then there are many parts of...
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I'm helping administer a Tennessee Department of Ag grant for Davidson Co. If you're looking to add infrastructure for livestock: water lines, paddocks, water troughs, we can cost share up to 80%. If you’re looking to cover crop fields, we pay $35/acre for three species...
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This 75-page comprehensive manual covers the biological concepts of aquaponics, types of systems, suitable fish and plant species, systems management, water quality, diseases of plants and fish, controlled environments (greenhouse and indoors), marketing and economics, as well as information on certification and regulations....
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A new study, directed by the University of Maryland in collaboration with The Organic Center, analyzed more than 4,000 scientific articles to identify best management practices that organic growers can use to achieve significant boosts in the amounts of carbon captured in their soil. Specifically,...
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An educational information on estate planning shared by Kevin Ferguson, Extension Area Specialist, Farm Management, MANAGE Coordinator....
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