One Acre Cafe is expanding their hours to include breakfasts on the last Saturday of the month. The first breakfast on Jan 30th was a huge success and featured waffles, biscuits, sausage, bacon and...
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Announcing Tri-Cities First CSA Fair!
Great news for vegetable lovers! The Appalachian RC&D Council is hosting the Tri-Cities' first ever CSA Fair featuring farms from Northeast TN and Southwest VA! "CSA" stands for "Community Supported Agriculture" and is a healthy, affordable, and convenient...
Fun Cooking Classes at Boone St. Market!
Local Food Promoter Lexy Close is partnering with Boone Street Market in Jonesborough to bring you a monthly series of cooking classes. Even though it is cold outside and our gardens have gone to sleep, there are still plenty of delicious, healthy, and local options...
Field School 2nd Session: Post from Shae Keane
Shae Keane is early in her farming journey and signed up for the Field School to learn and meet others. She has volunteered to blog about each Field School session that she attends. Here is her post on the second session, held Dec. 19th. Saturday, December 19— Field...
End of 2015
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...
Field School First Session: Post from Shae Keane
Shae Keane is early in her farming journey and signed up for the Field School to learn and meet others. She has volunteered to blog about each Field School session that she attends. Here is her post on the first session, held Nov. 19th in Jonesborough, "Farming...
Field School Program announced!
The Appalachian RC&D, thanks to the following partners, is pleased to announce the opening of a new training program for beginning farmers. The Field School offers a year-long Beginning Farmer Training Program for people who are ready to take their passion for...
Local Food Happenings in Jonesborough
Boone Street Market: The CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) is up to 28 members and is still accepting a few more for the remainder of the season. The 18 week season is more than half over with 8 more weeks of box deliveries left. So far, it is responsible for...
Farmers Market Fresh Comes to Washington Co
At the beginning of August, UT Extension kicked off its Farmers’ Market Fresh program at the Johnson City Farmers Market on Wednesday mornings and on Saturday mornings at the Jonesborough Farmers’ Market. Farmers’ Market Fresh is a pilot program that is funded by the...
ASD Sustainable Agriculture Programs
Appalachian Harvest: In the fall of2014 we learned that farmers in the Deep South were having challenges obtaining USDA GAP (Good Agricultural Practices) food safety certification. Because we had been through this before, we knew we could help. This spring we...