AppalCorps Service Member Opening: Membership and Outreach Coordinator with Tennessee Association of Farmers Markets

by | Oct 26, 2021 | AmeriCorps, Newsroom, Press Release

The purpose of the Outreach and Membership Coordinator position is to support the organization in meeting its goals and objectives. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a strong interest and commitment to locally grown food and agriculture products. This position is an AmeriCorps member service position for a one-year term with the Tennessee Association of Farmers Markets, supported by the AppalCorps AmeriCorps program of the Appalachian RC&D Council. This position will run from September 2021 until September 2022.

Gardener Story: Kirstin Blackburn

by | Sep 7, 2021 | Build It Up, Newsroom

Gardening always brings certain thoughts to my mind. Mostly, thoughts about my ability to survive in pioneering days. I always wonder if my vegetable patch would be enough to feed my family of six, or if we would succumb to starvation and dysentery, like in the old...

Gardener Story: MeMe Ansbro

by | Sep 7, 2021 | Build It Up, Newsroom

Thyme to Turnip the Beet! My name is MeMe and I’m 34. I am from Northern California but I’ve lived in East Tennessee for 13 years on one and a half acres of farmland on the Greene County line. I am a stay at home mom and caregiver to a niece and nephew. I’m pretty...

Gardener Story: Kelly Foster

by | Sep 7, 2021 | Build It Up, Newsroom

This was not our first year “doing a garden” but it was really our first time trying to systematically learn how to garden properly. I think, for our family, a lot of this was brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and fueled by a lot of time in our home space and a...