Adding Fruit to Your CSA This is our fourth workshop in the series and will be led by Dave Lockwood and Shannon Meadows at Mountain Meadows Farm in Heiskell, TN. Shannon will speak about the farm's peaches, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries, and how they've contemplated doing an...
Read MoreFood for Profit takes you step by step through the information necessary to start and run a small food product business by adding value to fruits and vegetables. The workshop provides information that you will be able to use immediately to ensure that your business...
Read MoreNashville— Tennessee tomato growers have the opportunity to help build a foundation for their industry’s future at a number of scheduled meetings across the state beginning April 27. The Tennessee Department of Agriculture has been granted federal Specialty Crop Block Grant (SCBG) funds to launch...
Read MoreWhether you’re just considering getting into sustainable agriculture or are looking for help with specific issues affecting your operation, ATTRA’s expert staff, publications, databases, and other resources have been a go-to source of information for more than 25 years. And ATTRA is now offering two new...
Read MoreHello friends from the Food Hub learning group, As our funding from Southern SARE for the learning group is winding down, I want to thank all of you for your participation and willingness to share with others. Several webinars and presentations from the past...
Read MoreTSU Third Tuesday Workshop Workshop for April 21, 2015 will cover Vegetable Gardening. This will be held at the auditorium (RM 108), Ferrell-Westbrook building (the Barn) 3500 John A. Merritt Blvd., Nashville TN: Three speakers of TSU-CAHNS Professors for the workshop are as follows: Dr. Zena...
Read MoreLearn about the amazing farmers behind Potomac Vegetable Farms (PVF) and how they produce and market their locally grown vegetables in the DC/Maryland/Virginia region. From John Patrick - This farm, these people are my inspiration. And, I was fortunate enough to live next to them...
Read MoreFrom Tasha Kennard and John Patrick: Last night was a step forward and I appreciate everyone who attended and shared with Council Member Dowell, Council Member Gilmore and NFM. It is important that Metro Council members hear from those that support the transformation plan and that...
Read MoreHow much volume does it take for a food hub to be a viable business? Food hub managers, planning commissions, funders, support organizations, economic development commissions and investors are all asking this same question! Of course this is difficult to answer with a single number since...
Read MoreA reminder that the new CSA workshop series continues MONDAY, March 16th, with our third workshop Managing Growth of Your CSA, Labor Management, Apprenticeship Programs and Quality of Life, led by Jeff Martin, Plant Sciences, and Tana Comer, Eaton’s Creek Organics, Joelton, TN (2-4 PM...
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