WilCo Events/Nolensville Farmers Markets - Local Food Access Coordinator AmeriCorps Service Member Position BACKGROUND WilCo Events and the Nolensville Farmers Market are not-for-profit organizations whose mission is to connect farmers, food and the community to grow...
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ARCD Awarded $407,995 NIFA Grant for Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program
The Appalachian Resource Conservation & Development Council is proud to announce that its Field School program was one of 140 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development grant proposals funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. NIFA has awarded a...
AppalCorps Service Member Position Opening: ARCD Beginning Farmer Program Assistant – Position Filled
This position will support the ARCD Field School and Build It Up educational programs. These programs support nutrition access through gardening education, and economic development in the agricultural sector by supporting market gardeners and beginning farmers.
AppalCorps Service Member Opening: AmeriCorps Healthy Futures Program Specialist
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Tri-Cities has an open service member position through the ARCD AmeriCorps program.
AppalCorps Service Member Opening: Local Food Access Coordinator With Nourish Knoxville
Local Food Access Coordinator AmeriCorps Service Member Position BACKGROUND Nourish Knoxville, Inc. is a Knoxville-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization cultivating healthy communities by supporting relationships between local farmers, producers, and the public. ...
AppalCorps Service Member Opening: Membership and Outreach Coordinator with Tennessee Association of Farmers Markets
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
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
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
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...
AppalCorps Service Member Opening: Rocky Mount
Habitat Restoration AssistantPOSITION FILLED AmeriCorps Service Member Position BACKGROUND The mission of Rocky Mount State Historic Site is to enrich the lives of the public through educational programs focused upon customs, values, and practices of the early...