Featured Chef: Remembering summer’s..
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Farmer & Gardener Training
Farmer & Gardener Training Hub
We connect farmers, gardeners, food entrepreneurs – and those who want to be – with resources, training, funding, and networks to be successful.
Farmer Focused
Training the next generation of farmers & gardeners
For over a decade, ARCD has provided accessible, informational and relevant training for beginning gardens, beginning farmers, and experienced farmers and producers throughout Northeast Tennessee.
We offer a number of programs including Build It Up Backyard Gardening, Summer and Winter Field School Farmer Business Intensives, and individual specialty workshops that hone in on more specific agricultural practices.
Build It Up
Build It Up guides families through a year of organic gardening education, support and supplies to grow healthy, fresh food right in their own backyards.
The Field School
The Field School is a beginning farmer training program that provides students with an overview of small-scale farming in East Tennessee.
Specialty Workshops
ARCD hosts several specialty workshops throughout the year to go more in depth on specific agriculture practices, marketing, business, and other specialty topics.
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Women Farmer Learning Circle
Women Farmer Learning Circles is a monthly gathering of women from around the region coming together to learn more skills and tricks of the agricultural trade.
AGVOLS
This program is tailored for transitioning military service members and veterans into the agricultural sector to support the start-up and expansion of veteran-owned farm businesses.
Business Builder Subawards
The Business Builder Subawards is for TN based farms and businesses looking for funding to expand their operations.
Featured Farmers
Featured Chef: Aliceson Bales on why you can..
Why do I support local? There are better, tastier, more nutritious and more sustainable ways to purchase meat and to enjoy meat. Pasture-raised chicken..
Farm Profile: A Different Chick stays different
A Different Chick Farm and Orchard is a small family-run urban farm in the heart of Johnson City, Tennessee. The farm is only 6 acres in size, but you would never know that by looking at the huge variety and quantity of goods the Stanleys offer for sale.
Farm Profile: Flowers for all seasons at Aunt Willie’s Wildflowers
July’s sold out Field School workshop location was held at Aunt Willie’s Wildflowers and taught by owners Linda and Roy Doan. “I married a farm when I married a farmer,” says Linda.
Farm Profile: Rocky Field Farm demonstrates conservation
Wayne and Pamela Hughes of Rocky Field Farms are an example of conservation practices for today and tomorrow. This dedication comes from deep rooted values and love for the land.
Farm Profile: Runion Farm is a test of soil recovery
Wayne and Pamela Hughes of Rocky Field Farms are an example of conservation practices for today and tomorrow. This dedication comes from deep rooted values and love for the land.