SURVEY: Surplus product, produce donation, and gleaning This survey below by the NRDC, Second Harvest, and the Nashville Food Project was forwarded to me for distribution for this listserv. Please take the time to complete. It took me less than 10 minutes. - John...
Read MoreThe Fifth Annual Mid TN Growers Gathering - February 6 at Green Door Gourmet Farm Hello all, I hope you are having a good winter, either enjoying the fruits of your labor, growing, relaxing, addressing infrastructure, or curling up with a seed catalog. Before we get...
Read MoreWARNING: Cold weather on strawberries Posted January 23, 2017 From Karla Kean and Dave Lockwood at UT Extension: With the recent extended stretch of above normal temperatures, strawberry plants have received all the cold they need and have started to become active. This means that they...
Read MoreSHORT COURSE - Landscaping : JAN 10th - 11th in Franklin Please don’t miss out on the 11th annual Middle TN Landscape Short Course! The Landscape Short Course is a 2-day program geared towards individuals within the professional green industry. The 2017 focus is on ENVIRONMENTAL...
Read MoreCONFERENCE: 2017 Pick TN - February 16th-18th Get ready for an unforgettable Pick TN Conference with Keynote speaker, Jolene Brown. Jolene Brown will have you laughing while you learn! She’s an award winning communicator, and an honored recipient of the Certified Speaking Professionals, the highest earned...
Read MoreMarket Gardener Tool Summit - DEC 5th & 6th From Ray Tyler with Small Farms for Big Change: This year we are having Curtis Stone "the urban farmer" and Adam Lemieux of Johnnys Seeds along with BCS dealer and Jonathan Dysinger of Farmers Friend LLC. The event...
Read MoreTennessee Local Food Summit: DEC 2- 4 The summit will take place at Tennessee State University’s Downtown Avon Williams Campus. Tickets are $125, including meals & all workshops. This year is featuring Joel Salatin. Middle Tennessee farmland once fed Nashville, and it will again. As a peak...
Read MoreSOUTHERN SAWG: Student Farms: Maximizing Learning Opportunities on College Farms In conjunction with our popular Practical Tools and Solutions for Sustaining Family Farms Conference, Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group will offer an intensive 1.5 day pre-conference short course titled Student Farms: Maximizing Learning Opportunities on College...
Read MoreSURVEY: Commercial Fruit and Vegetable Producers Karla Kean, an extension agent from UT asks that growers take a moment and fill out this brief online survey Take Survey...
Read MoreCONFERENCE: Mississippi Food Summit and Agricultural Revival - NOV 17-19 The Summit will be the third Mississippi Food Summit and Agricultural Revival in Mississippi since 2013. The three day event aims to stimulate discussions around organic, sustainable, and whole foods between farmers, health practitioners, legislators, chefs,...
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