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2024 TN LOCAL FOOD SUMMIT

call for proposals

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WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR IDEAS

The Tennessee Local Food Summit steering committee is seeking session proposals for the 2024 summit. The event will take place December 6-8, 2024 at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN.

Proposals will be accepted through May 7, 2024.

Submit proposal

We welcome proposals of various formats including hands on workshops, collaborative presentations, conversational sessions, and other interactive activities. Proposals on any relevant topic will be considered, but areas of interest include:

  • Crop planning & production techniques

  • Farm system planning

  • Land tenure and access

  • Market opportunities and marketing for small-scale farmers 

  • Animal husbandry

  • Fiber farming

  • Indigenous knowledge

  • Seed keeping

  • Climate smart agriculture, resiliency, mitigation, adaptation 

  • Soil and ecosystem health

  • Science and research 

  • Resilient local and regional food systems 

  • Strategies for advancing equity and social justice in food systems 

  • Collective impact and collaboration in agriculture and food systems

  • Farm to school, farm to institution 

  • Educational opportunities for youth in agriculture and food systems

  • Food and farm policy and advocacy 

  • Chef & culinary partnerships 

  • Cooking, preservation and fermentation skills

  • Farmer and community health and wellbeing 

  • Storytelling in agriculture 

Reach out to tennesseelocalfood@gmail.com with questions.