Youth Group with a Fire Prevention Mission
After the devastating wildfires of 2016, Gatlinburg and Sevier County Tennessee are receiving unexpected help from the East Tennessee Homeschoolers (ETH) group. The ETH recently obtained induction into the National Beta Club, a non-profit educational organization that...
Field School Student Blog: Meet Becca and Joe
Hi! We’re Becca and Joe, a farming couple living in Duffield, VA, growing open-pollinated, Certified Naturally Grown produce. Tending the land has always been our number one priority as people, so it only makes sense that it should be the main focus of our life. We’ve...
Farmer Focus: William White
William White has been farming organically for about two years, but his passion for agriculture began well before that. Though he grew up in the suburbs, he says he was always drawn to the mountains, and decided to move...
Appalachian RC&D Council Welcomes New Marketing and Communications Director
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kayla Tucker - ARC&D Phone: 423-571-2949 Email: kayla@arcd.com Appalachian Resource Conservation & Development Council Welcomes Kayla Tucker as Marketing and Communications Director Tucker Brings a Wide Range of Marketing...
One Year of FMPP Success – Qualitative and Quantitative Data Overview 2017-18
One Year of FMPP Success – 2017-18 Qualitative and Quantitative Data Overview As part of our agreement with the USDA and because we enjoy sharing successes, this brief overview of the first year of the Farmers Market Promotion Program is here for your viewing. New...
What Field School Students Are Saying
We receive great feedback from our Field School students each year and we wanted to share some of them with any prospective students out there interested in pursuing their dream of farming! Thanks to funding from a USDA Beginning Farmer & Rancher Development...