We receive great feedback from our Field School students each year and we wanted to share some of them with any prospective students out there interested in pursuing their dream of farming! Thanks to funding from a USDA Beginning Farmer & Rancher Development...
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Celebrating One Year of Farmers Market Promotion
Celebrating One Year of Farmers Market Promotion! Photo Credit: Laura Beth Davidson, Grand Oak Farm/Washington Co. TN Thank you to everyone involved in building community and making this first year so grand! The ever patient and positive Appalachian RC&D team and...
All New Field School for 2018-19!
We’ve got some exciting changes to announce as our Field School program enters its fourth year! The Field School is our beginning farmer training program that has taken about 100 students thus far through an overview of farming practices in East TN. This year, we’ve...
National Farmers Market Week
If you have ever wondered what it would be like to live in a world where the people truly cared about each other and each others' well being, find a local farmers market. — Casey Campbell, Lindley Farms Creamery (Snow Camp, NC) Y’all, it’s National Farmers...
2018 Field School Graduation Celebration
It’s hard to believe that our third year of the Field School is coming to a close already, but our graduation celebration will be on Thursday August 9 at 6pm at Grand Oak Farm in Jonesborough. This year, we had our largest enrollment yet, with 40 beginning farmers...
VA Farm Tour Recap and Thank You
We had a wonderful day of meeting farmers and communing over local food and farm produce during the first Farm Fresh VA Farm Tour. Graced with clear blue skies and beautiful landscape, we all got a chance to see what is to LOVE about the farms of Southwest Virginia....
TN Farm Tour – Recap and Thank You!
This past Saturday’s farm tour was a blast, and we’d like to thank everyone who helped make it a success! Five farms participated; see them all here! An awesome corps of volunteers kept things moving smoothly, and over 30 car loads purchased tickets to see what goes...
Turnip for the Farm Tour: VA Event Details
We’ve told you all about the TN Farm Tour, now let’s talk about the VA side of things! Our VA Farm Tour will take place throughout Washington, Tazewell, and Russell counties in Virginia on Saturday, June 30th, and here’s everything you need to know: Farms will provide...
Turnip for the Farm Tour: TN Tour Details
Do you love the idea of a farm tour, but don’t quite know what to expect? Let us tell you all about it! Our TN Farm Tour will take place throughout Washington County, TN on Saturday, June 23rd. Here’s everything you need to know: Farms will provide a variety of...
First Annual Farm Fresh Farm Tour: Tickets on Sale Now
We are pleased to announce that tickets are on sale now for our First Annual Farm Fresh Farm Tour. The Farm Tour will take place in Washington County, Tennessee on June 23rd and in Washington, Tazewell, and Russell counties in Virginia on June 30th. Farms will provide...