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Healthy Families~Family Farms: Healthy Families~Family Farms continues to raise money to purchase ‘seconds’ or ‘ugly’ fruits and veggies from local farmers and then donates that food to food banks. Local farmers benefit from the additional income (because farming is...
Lexy Close: Where did you study and how long have you been a chef? Alex Bomba: I learned most of what I know cooking under Michael Paley at Proof on Main in Louisville KY. I have been a chef for 10 years (I am 34). LC: When did you develop an interest in sourcing...
Greeneville, TN-For over 20 years, Rural Resources has found innovative ways to meet critical community needs for economic opportunity, access to nutritious foods, and the preservation of our heritage and ecosystem through the use of local food. Our work is rewarding...
The Appalachian RC&D Council and several community partners are starting a "Field School" this fall, a new farmer training program tailored to regional environment, regulations, resources, and markets. With the average age of our farmers around 60-years, there’s...
The Blountville Farmers Market is offering a Farm to Fork Dinner august 29th at 6:30pm. The Mayor of the county is allowing us to close the street in front of the courthouse so we can put a long white table in the street for an open air 6 course dinner. We...
I had the honor of being selected as the AmeriCorps Summer Associate for the Appalachian Resource Conservation and Development Council (RC&D). The goal of my ten-week internship was two-fold: I was to help with a survey about local foods as well as create and...
It’s been a busy summer so far! I’m currently working on three ongoing projects, a consumer survey, wholesale guide for restaurants and a weekly pop-up farmers market at Eastman Chemical. The Consumer Survey has received over 300 responses from northeast TN and...
There is always something good cooking in the kitchen at One Acre Café, Johnson City’s community restaurant where everyone enjoys a meal and no one leaves hungry. One Acre Café is a non-profit community café of shared responsibility to help ensure that everyone who...
EXTENDING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SEASONAL EXTENSION Northeast Tennessee Hosts Successful Traveling Workshop Series on Producing Year-Round Harvests July 26,...