APPLY: Strategic Sprint to the Southeast
The Strategic Sprint is a week-long executive-level education experience to bring the best in entrepreneurship training to farmers. Farmers are already business and community leaders: our Strategic Sprint invites them to spend a week off-farm in a luxury setting to focus deeply on the business side of their goals and to gain toolsets and mindsets to help catapult their growth and refine their strategies for achieving their Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals (BHAGs) for their operations.
RFI: TN Department of Children Services
DEADLINE February 4th - The State of Tennessee, Department of Children's Services (DCS) is seeking information from qualified vendors, particularly Department of Agriculture Pick TN providers, who can supply locally grown fresh food products, including beef, produce, and shelf-stable items to various DCS facilities across the state.
RESOURCE: 2026 Southeastern U.S. Vegetable Crop Handbook
This handbook comprises up-to-date information developed from research and Extension projects conducted across the Southeast. It contains the information that you need to manage your vegetable crops, including which varieties to plant, planting dates, fertilizer recommendations, cover crop selection and conservation tillage options, pesticide selection, grafting, fertigation, plasticulture, postharvest handling, and alternative pest management tools, as well as many other topics.
FUNDING: Farmer Veteran Fellowship Fund
The Farmer Veteran Fellowship Fund is a competitive small grant program administered by the Farmer Veteran Coalition that provides direct assistance to veterans who are in their beginning years of farming or ranching. Awards range from $1,000 to $5,000 to purchase equipment or supplies that will support your farm business.
RESOURCE: The Periodic Table of Cover Crops
ATTRA's latest publication, The Periodic Table of Cover Crops, by Cody Brown, is a visual tool for producers interested in utilizing cover crops on their farms or ranches. The overall layout of the cover crop selection tool is meant to mimic the organized structure of the periodic table of elements.
Regenerative Agriculture Apprentice at Caney Fork Farms
Caney Fork Farms is hiring for a Regenerative Farm Apprenticeship This is a ten-month, hands-on training program that immerses you in livestock care, vegetable production, and chestnut agroforestry while building real skills in regenerative farming. You’ll work across the entire farm and gain direct-to-consumer marketing experience alongside our research, livestock, and vegetable teams.
HIRING: Chief Operating Officer & Community Agriculture Operations Coordinator at NFP
The Nashville Food Project (TNFP) seeks a collaborative, systems-oriented, and values-driven Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Community Agriculture Operations Coordinator (CAOC), to ensure that infrastructure and operations at the Community Farm at Mill Ridge, McGruder Community Garden, and the Growing Together Farm are well-maintained and function smoothly and consistently.
HIRING: Animal Systems Manager - Ocean Hour Farm (RI)
Asher Wright of Caney Fork Farms, sends a long this job posting. Ocean Hour Farm is a cool educational farm that does research and production demonstrations all surrounding the nexus of agriculture, land management, and ocean/aquatic health. They are hiring an Animal Systems Manager.
RESOURCE: Information Hub for Military Veteran Farmers in TN
TNDA has launched new online resources to help military veterans and service members transition into agriculture and grow successful farm businesses. The new Military Veteran Farmers webpage serves as a central hub for information, offering step-by-step guidance on how to start or expand an agricultural operation, access grants and funding, and connect with support networks across Tennessee.
Join the Tennessee White Oak Initiative
This initiative is asking Tennessee’s civic organizations, forestry groups, landowners and anyone interested to collect white oak acorns. The acorns will be planted and evaluated at the East TN
‘Food & the Common Good’ Anthology Released
The 32-page guidebook examines critical food justice issues while highlighting creative solutions that communities are building.
Host an Intern
The Organic Career Network (OCN), a project of the Organic Farmers Association, is excited to announce that Spring 2026 host applications are now open!
Celebrating National Farm to School Month
October is National Farm to School Month, and our colleagues at the National Farm to School Network are offering numerous resources for planning or finding an event to celebrate the occasion.
We’re Hiring!
TN Local Food is seeking a Part-Time Communications Coordinator to support outreach for the upcoming 2025 TN Local Food Summit and ongoing programs. This role focuses on content creation, social media management, newsletters, and event communications. The position is remote but requires residence in Davidson County, TN, with occasional in-person event coverage in Nashville. Experience with social media platforms, Mailchimp, and Canva is required. Experience or interest in the agricultural/food systems space is a bonus. Interested? We’d love to hear from you!
PODCAST: Forging Community on an Organic Farm
NCAT agriculture specialist Eric Fuchs-Stengel talks with Jack Kittredge and Julie Rawson, the couple behind Many Hands Organic Farm and co-authors of the book Many Hands Make a Farm. In this conversation, Jack and Julie share how they started their farm by cultivating a community of volunteers, many of whom have become shareholders and paid staff over the years.
Efforts to Define Regenerative Agriculture Continue
A literature review led by University of Reading scientist Dr. Nicholas Bardsley proposes a working definition of regenerative agriculture centered on ecological cycles and farm system outcomes.
SCHOLARSHIPS: Kiss the Ground Online Education
Kiss the Ground scholarships aim to promote equal opportunity to quality education for communities who have been both traditionally and currently underserved. We strongly encourage women, BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, students, teachers, and veterans to apply.
Regenerative Agriculture: A Transformative Approach to Ecological Farming and Soil Recovery
A new critical review, published in the journal CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, highlights the emergence and scientific basis of regenerative agriculture
HIRING: Food and Culinary Services Chef at Franklin Special District
Franklin School Nutrition Department was awarded a grant through the FDA to refine their cafeteria's cooking program and introduce more scratch cooking techniques.
PAID INTERNSHIPS: Organic Career Network
The Organic Career Network (OCN), a project of the Organic Farmers Association, is excited to announce that applications are now open for our Fall 2025 paid internship program.