Education and Networking Opportunities – Page 53

WORKSHOP: Swale and Berm Construction- March 15th

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Good morning fellow farmers! Mary and I are hosting a hands-on berm & swale workshop at our home in Crieve Hall. Please email marycself@gmail.com to register or with any questions and feel free to forward this to anyone else who might be interested. -...

FARM MANAGER

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Tripp Eldridge is moving to Nashville area and looking for a farm to buy or manage. If you are interested, check out his resume here. ...

Documentary and Dinner – Wednesday Feb 19th

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View "To Make a Farm" tomorrow night and enjoy a buffet dinner. Place at the Table is hosted at West End UMC, located at 2200 West End Ave., across from Vanderbilt. Dinner is $10.00 for adults, and 5.00 for children.Childcare is available. Please reserve you place...

MEETING: Farmer Mid-Winter Get-Together – FEB 24, 2014

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Sylvia Ganier of Green Door Gourmet Farm has offered to host a Mid-Winter get-together of small, sustainable farmers in Middle Tennessee. The date is Monday, February 24, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., at her farm, 7011 River Road Pike, Nashville, TN 37209 (one...

Greenhouse Tomato Short Course – March 4th& 5th

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The Greenhouse Tomato Short Course will be March 4 & 5 at Eagle Ridge Conference Center in Raymond, MS (10 miles west of Jackson). This is a national conference, now in its 24th year.  Complete information, including the Agenda, can be found on the website ...

Carpooling to SSAWG

In Conferences, Education/Networking Opportunities, Uncategorized

The Southern Sustainable Agricultural Working Group (SSAWG) annual conference is this coming week in Mobile AL. If anyone is interested in carpooling, please inform John Patrick and he'll try to organize.Some may wish to drive on Tuesday afternoon to go to the mini courses starting...

ATTRA Discussion Boards

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ATTRA has a great resource for farmers.Explore their discussion forum, Farmers Knows Best. Share what you know and learn from other growers about getting started, local food systems, composting, energy alternatives and much more....

WEBINAR: Food Banks as “Good Food” Partners – Dec 12th

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“Food banks across the country have trucks and warehouse space, including cold storage, and have been solving the logistics problem for decades, however traditionally with commodity food, often processed. This is beginning to change. Several food banks across the country are acutely aware of the benefits...

SPIRAL RIDGE SEEKS COMMERCIAL FARM

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"Spiral Ridge Permaculture will be shifting its focus next year to a world class Permaculture and RegenAg education business. We are looking to team up with a commercial farm to offer courses in Regenerative Grazing, Holistic Management, Keyline Design/plowing, Biofertility, Regrarian Design courses and agroforestry with...

Southern SAWG Conference – Jan. 15th-18th

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Join Sustainable Farmers and Food Advocates at the Practical Tools and Solutions For Sustaining Family Farms Conference in Mobile Alabama, January 15-18, 2014 Over 1200 organic and sustainable farmers and advocates of local food systems are expected to participate in one of the largest and oldest sustainable...