Appalachian Farmers Market Association - Spring Retreat - April 12, 2019 ** Register by April 5th! ** Join Farmers Market Managers and Vendors from across the region for a full day of relationship building and brainstorming Farmers Market best practices at the...
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CSA Offerings in Bristol/Abingdon Area
Joining a CSA gives you access to the freshest produce and goods our region offers while supporting a farming family. In the Bristol/Abingdon area we have to well established CSA farms offering a large variety of goods including seasonal produce, breads, eggs,...
PRESS RELEASE: Appalachian RC&D Farmacy Fit Wins “Eat Smarter” Initiative of the Year from Healthier Tennessee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 27, 2019 -- JOHNSON CITY, TN Appalachian Resource Conservation & Development is proud to announce they were recently awarded the "Eat Smarter" Initiative of the Year from The Governor’s Foundation for Health and Wellness for their...
PRESS RELEASE: Kingsport CSA Fair
February 26, 2019 -- KINGSPORT, TN Appalachian Resource Conservation & Development will host the annual CSA Fair in Kingsport on Saturday, March 2, 2019, from 10 AM until 1 PM at the Kingsport Farmers Market Pavillion. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a...
Jonesborough CSA Fair 2019
Come see us in beautiful downtown Jonesborough this year! We’ve moved our popular CSA Fair to historic Jonesborough, TN this year. Come out and meet your farmer, enjoy a stroll through downtown and grab a bite to eat at one of the wonderful local favorites. The CSA...
Kingsport CSA Fair 2019
Come Out & Meet Your Farmer! 2019 Kingsport CSA Fair Where: Kingsport Farmers Market Pavilion When: March 2 | 10:00 am - 1:00 pm We're excited to bring the CSA Fair series back to the Model City in 2019! This is a wonderful way to connect with local farmers and...
Rebuilding a Home Lost in Gatlinburg Wildfire with Fire-Resistant Construction
By: Rick Brown, Tennessee Department of Forestry and Holly Campbell, Southern Regional Extension Forestry. This article previously appeared in the Wildland Fire in the Southeast newsletter. Appalachian RC&D Council administers Firewise USA® grants provided...
Session 4: Planning What To Farm – Becca & Joe
As we’ve now been in the agricultural world for some time, we’ve been to quite a lot of agricultural workshops. I swear, one common thread running across all of them is how difficult it can be to make money from a farming endeavor, and that’s not by accident. The...
Field School Student Blog: Setting Up a Legal Farm Business
There's nothing like mother nature to remind you of the impermanence of things. The same day we woke up to find some of our chickens missing, we came home to a broken pipe and flooded home, and this week a storm that...
Mullins Cove Firewise USA® Recognition Ceremony
On Wednesday, December 13, the community of Mullins Cove in Whitwell, Tennessee, celebrated its official recognition as a Firewise USA® site. Mullins Cove is the 25th community in Tennessee to earn this distinction.
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture-Division of Forestry (TDF) promotes Firewise USA® as part of its Fire Adapted Communities program.