Sponsored by: THANK YOU to all the fine and beautiful guests who came to the cauldron Friday November 3rd for our fundraiser dinner event in downtown Johnson City. This was our second year hosting a shared community fundraiser . This post is simply to...
Come to the cauldron Friday November 3rd! Tickets still available -- but we think these will sell fast! Buy your tickets today and help with our planning for our annual fundraiser with Build It Up and Foodtopia Teens. With a $25 ticket price, it’s a farm to city...
Wow! Did the Field School fill up fast! Over the last two years, we struggled a bit to meet our recruitment goals, only reaching 35 students a day or two before the first session in November. This year, word seem to spread like wildfire, and we’re closing our...
written by Shae Keane & Emily Bidgood -- Food Forest Friday is this week, October 20th! On the corner of an urban residential Johnson City block, a surprising park emerges perched on the edge of the road. Not only is there green space and a little pavilion to...
This year, the Field School has over 20 experienced farmers and Ag professionals bringing their expertise to lead our sessions! This program offers beginning farmers the opportunity to meet with and learn from professional farmers and see many of their operations...
Farming is not for everyone, but everyone needs farmers. In order to build the next generation of motivated and prepared farmers in East Tennessee, area agricultural partners have worked together to create an educational series, called The Field School, which is...
This past month, the volunteer-driven Greeneville downtown quilt trail added some new vibrant blocks on two venerable city locations: two on the City Garage Car Museum, and one on Broyles General Store. The count is now approaching 20 quilt blocks in the downtown...
This past May I found myself enjoying a cup of fresh mint tea and talking shop (or field in this case), with a retiring farmer just over the TN/NC stateline in the Bee Log community of Yancy County, NC. His 32 acre mountain farm, along Bald Mountain Creek, is a...
Come to the cauldron! Tickets now on sale for our annual fundraiser in downtown Johnson City with proceeds going towards local food and farms for all. This is our second year hosting a shared community fundraiser for the Appalachian RC&D Council and two programs...
Congrats to the graduates of the ‘16/’17 Field School! They are truly Out-standing in Their Fields! We will be celebrating their success with a graduation ceremony and covered dish dinner on Thursday August 10th at 6pm at Grand Oak Farm (2575 Hwy 81-North,...