Education and Networking Opportunities – Page 53

Southern SAWG Conference – Jan. 15th-18th

In Conferences, Education/Networking Opportunities

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...

New Farmer/Producer Focus Group

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UT will be conducting a focus group, targeting beginner farmers about their experiences accessing technical, capital, and other resources. This information will be used in crafting and expanding effective curriculum, programs and policies for beginning farmers in Tennessee. The focus group will last two hours...

COMING SOON: UT Organic Crop Production Workshops

In Education/Networking Opportunities, Farm Tours, Workshops

David Cook, UT Extension Agent for Davidson County, is planning a series of organic crop production workshops for parties with existing farms or those who are thinking about creating an organic farm. “These workshops will be conducted as on-site programs with participating farms and will be open to...

WEBINAR: Improving Farmer Financial Skills – Nov. 21st

In Education/Networking Opportunities, Webinars

“This webinar focuses on three assessment-centered tools and programs. First, we will learn about a tool for farmer trainers themselves - to assess the strengths of the trainer’s knowledge as well as assess students’ knowledge at the outset and their subsequent progress. Second, how Annie's...

Local Food Summit – Dec. 7 @ Trevecca Nazarene

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The 3rd annual summit will be hosted by Trevecca Nazarene University on Saturday, December 7 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Join us for workshops on backyard gardening, urban homesteading, permaculture, health, school and community gardens, food deserts and political issues. Schedule ...

WEBINAR: Food Hubs and Farm to School -Thursday, October 17, 2013

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National Good Food Network is sponsoring a webinar on Food Hubs and Farm to school programs. “Farm to school programs have been very successful at getting good, healthy, local, whole foods to our nation's students. However, some schools and districts find that their school food...

PRESENTATION: Food Preservation – This Saturday, Sept 14th

In Classes, Education/Networking Opportunities, Presentations

Hey gang! I'm leading a free program on food preservation at the Bells Bend Park Outdoor Center this Saturday the 14th from 10-11am (or longer?). Some of you may already pickle/can/ferment/dehydrate your food, but I figured that it was up most everyone's alley and worth...

MEETING: Nashville Leadership Council – Sept 23rd

In Education/Networking Opportunities, Events, Upcoming Events

The Healthy Nashville Leadership Council and its sub-committees are meeting at Green Door Gourmet to prioritize public health issues and identify resources for addressing them. To voice our opinions of sustainable farming's numerous beneficial roles in future local policy initiatives is an opportunity we should...

Regrarian Workshop – Nov 2nd – Nov 4th, 2013

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Spiral Ridge Permaculture is hosting a REGRARIAN’ Open Consultancy (RAC) with Darren Doherty If you are serious about doing design work for clients or applying design to farmland, you don’t want to miss this course! Darren is one of the world’s most experienced Permaculture Design...

Wallace Center – Newsletter

In Education/Networking Opportunities, Reports

Check out the Wallace Center's excellent newsletter this month. Its contains lots of fresh reports on food hubs, pasture projects, National Good Food Network activities, upcoming events in the south east and much more....