Education and Networking Opportunities – Page 19

WORKSHOP: Food for Profit – Jan 31 in Lebanon, TN

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WORKSHOP: Food for Profit - Jan 21 in Lebanon, TN Food for Profit takes you step by step through the information necessary to start and run a small food product business. UT Extension’s Megan Bruch Leffew and Nathan Miller will lead sessions on planning your business,...

WORKSHOP: Best Practices for River Friendly Farms – Nov 28

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WORKSHOP: Best Practices for River Friendly Farms - Nov 28 Please join us Wednesday, November 28th, from 9:00am-1:00pm for a workshop brought to you by the Cumberland River Compact, the Davidson County Soil & Water Conservation District, and NRCS staff. Topics will include: livestock management, exclusionary fencing,...

Farm to School Grantees’ Growing Achievements

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CULTIVATING OPPORTUNITY:an Overview of USDA’s Fiscal Year 2015 and 2016 Farm to School Grantees’ Growing Achievements The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is committed to incorporating local and regional foods throughout its nutrition assistance programs, providing high-quality, nutritious foods to program participants and increasing economic opportunities...

WORKSHOP: Soil Health w/ Steve Groff – Jan 23

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WORKSHOP: Soil Health w/ Steve Groff - Springfield, TN JANUARY 23, 2019 9AM TO 1PM ROBERTSON COUNTY FAIR GROUNDS 4635 HIGHWAY 41N SPRINGFIELD, TN 37172 IDEAL FOR VEGETABLE, TOBACCO, INDIGO & WATERMELON PRODUCERS! Read more about Cover Crop Coaching by Steve Groff, a farmer who is widely known and highly respected as...

UT COURSES: Produce Safety

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UT COURSES: Produce Safety PSA Grower Trainings This is a great place to start to get your Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) questions answered! As a reminder, all non-exempt farms are required to have at least one person on the the farm who has attended an approved FSMA Produce...

Farm School For Women

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Farm School For Women 6:00 pm on Monday Nights @ UT Extension – Montgomery County Office 1030 Cumberland Heights Road, Clarksville, TN 37040 November 5 • “Estate Planning and Real Estate Law” o Christy Bartee, Attorney November 12 • “Need Help on Your Farm?” o Rick Alexander, Ag Workforce Management Association • “Growing Hemp” o Katy...

Industrial Hemp Licensing & Production Meetings

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Industrial Hemp Licensing & Production Meetings You are cordially invited to a end & participate in the Industrial Hemp Licensing & Production Meetings jointly organized by Tennessee State University, Cooperative Extension & UT Extension, Institute of Agriculture, The University of Tennessee to be held in various...

Southern SAWG – Jan 23-26, 2019

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Southern SAWG - Jan 23-26, 2019 Registration is now open for the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group Conference hosted in Little Rock, AR this year (Pre-conference: January 23–24, 2019 and General Conference: January 25–26, 2019. If you have never attended this conference, you will love broadening your...

Grassland’s Farmers Market

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Grassland's Farmers Market We have a new mid week market in Grassland that is every Wednesday from 2:00 - 6:00. It's located at 2177 Hillsboro Road, Franklin ,Tn. 37069. It's been open since July of this year and will go until December, starting again...

WORKSHOPS: Marketing on Facebook – various dates and locations

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Workshops Introduce Farmers to Marketing on Facebook Facebook can serve as a valuable marketing tool, but some farmers directly marketing products to consumers have not yet tapped its potential. These hands-on workshops will introduce value-added agriculture entrepreneurs, agritourism operators and direct farm marketers to marketing using...