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.