GUIDES: Solar Leases for Farmers Two guides to help landowners navigate solar leases are available from the National Agricultural Law Center. The Farmland Owner’s Guide to Solar Leasing helps landowners understand solar energy development and the solar leasing process. It covers topics such as property taxes,...
Read MoreLocal Table in 2020 Greetings for the New Year, I hope you and your family are having your perfect holiday season. This is the perfect time to count our blessings and make plans for the upcoming year. I would also like to say thanks to everyone who...
Read MorePSA Grower Training in Cookeville - Dec 5th We will be offering a Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training on December 5th in Cookeville. The PSA Grower Training is currently the only official FDA-recognized produce safety training to help growers implement Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) and understand...
Read MoreFacebook Live @UTProduce : Fruit and Vegetable Field Breaks - Dec 4 Please join us Wednesday on Facebook Live @UTProduce for the sixth webinar in the 6-part Fruit and Vegetable Field Breaks Webinar Series. In the December 4th webinar from 12- 1 PM (EDT), UT’s own...
Read MoreWEBINAR: Crop Insurance and Hemp: The Whole Farm Approach - Dec 12 Hemp can now be sold legally across the country. For the 2020 crop year the only way to insure hemp is through a unique federally subsidized Whole Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) policy. This policy...
Read MoreThe Tennessee Beginning Farmer Program Seeks Mentors & Mentees The Tennessee Beginning Farmer Program is taking applications for their beginning farmer mentorship-mentee program. This program aims to bring together beginning and experienced farmers in an effort to provide hands on education and support. If you’re interested in...
Read MoreThe National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) Asks Is Organic Farming Risky? Is organic farming risky? Well of course, all farming is risky. But, is organic agriculture somehow inherently more risky than other systems of production? Here I will try to use my best rhetoric to answer...
Read MoreSSAWG SCHOLARSHIPS: Military Veterans Veteran Scholarships Available for Sustainable Ag Conference Limited scholarships are available for military veterans who would like to attend Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group’s (SSAWG) annual Practical Tools and Solutions for Sustaining Family Farms Conference. The popular conference, which will take place January 22-25, 2020...
Read MoreMEETING: NRCS Program Funding and Priority Resource Concerns - Nov 20th, 2019 The Warren County Soil Conservation District Local Work Group (LWG) will meet at the Otis-Floyd nursery research center, 472 Cadillac Ln McMinnville November 20, 2019 at 11:00 am to discuss NRCS program funding and...
Read MoreWORKSHOP: Marketing and Finance - Dec 7th, 2019 Marketing and finance workshop in Monteagle TN on Dec. 7th. This event will include presentations and discussion on farm finance and marketing as well as a meeting of our Southeast TN Young Farmer's Coalition. ...
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