Download the 2015 Newsletter: 2015 Highlights from the ARC&D
As another eventful year in the mountains and river valleys of northeast Tennessee comes to a close, please take a few minutes to learn why Appalachian RC&D matters—and why we need you to give financially to support us this year. Highlights from 2015 include:
- Launching a 10-part training program for beginning farmers.
- Hosting 8 workshops on farming smarter –including “speed-dating” events for growers to meet with buyers & workshops to stabilize farm income year-round.
- Exposing 450 children to scientific exploration of fresh healthy foods at area camps, schools, and farmers market demos.
- Establishing 5 new youth-oriented community gardens.
- Bringing (or participating) in $300,000 in grant funds .
- Reaching new audiences for our Quilt Trail arts & agriculture network.
- Securing Greeneville as the host for the 2016 National Quilt Trail Gathering
- Spreading the message of smart growth and wildfire safety via Firewise.
- Being awarded Outstanding RC&D for Tennessee.
If you believe in the movement for a strong regional local farm and food economy in northeast Tennessee, we need your support, whether you can give $25 or $250, you can donate online here. Like Jamie’s gracious quote at right shows, the ARC&D is invaluable for the movement. Rally around our network of good people and be inspired!
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- Field School
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- Field School
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- Awarded Oustanding RC&D Council of 2015 by the TN RC&D Association.
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- Self-built system; At the Whites, Afton (Greene)
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- Harvey Burniston’s, Butler
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- Joe Couch’s Rogersville Workshop on Season Extension
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- Shop Hop East Tennessee quilt fabric
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- New Quilt Trail mobile app
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- Ron Dawson of Watauga and St. John’s Mill, the oldest business in Tennessee
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- Mary Faulkner of Fall Branch with her Western Spy
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- Quilt Turning: In the Garden quilt from downtown Greeneville’s Quilt Trail
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- ARC&D Staff member, Lexy, convincing kids to eat lettuce
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- ARCD staff, AmeriCorps, and partners at the new Boone Street Market, a year-round market opportunity for farmers.
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- February mixer in Jboro
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- 2014 Mixer in Bristol – our first one bringing folks together.
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- A little Friend of Ag
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- Chefs, like Main St Pizza here, are supporting local – delicious refreshments at the mixers.
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- Friends of Ag
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- Friends of Ag
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- Mixer
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- Grace Meadows wins the prize at Feb’s Mixer
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- Mixer
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- Quilts
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- NRCS DC presents at Workshop
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- Suzie Kelly’s logo for Field School