If you’re a local farmer or food producer in Tennessee, Market Wagon offers a powerful way to grow your business and connect with more customers across your region. Our mission is to help you thrive by making it easy to sell your products online—without the burden of managing your own e-commerce or handling customer deliveries. You simply list your products, bring them to our hub, and we deliver them to customers’ homes.

TN Local Food is excited to announce the renewal of its JumpStart Grant from the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT), which has awarded the organization $4,000 to continue its mission of supporting small and mid-sized farmers and food advocates across Tennessee. The grant will allow TN Local Food to continue offering workshops, networking activities, and enhanced access to vital information and resources.

DEADLINE: Friday, February 28th - The Tennessee New Farmer Academy is a seven-month certificate program designed for those with an interest in becoming agricultural entrepreneurs. 

The 1000 Farms Initiative generates full site inventories in various stages of regenerative adoption. They are analyzing key factors to show producers the health of their land, how their land compares with others, and how to incorporate regenerative methods into their agricultural production.

The program prioritizes equity by engaging traditionally underserved producers and meeting the growing demand for climate-smart textiles. It's still possible for cotton producers in Tennessee to apply.

Do you have a farm in TN/KY?  Do you fall into the USDA’s definition of a Historically Underserved Farmer, a “Beginning Farmer, or a Veteran Farmer? Randall Tomlinson is offering free grazing and pasture management mentorships to farmers in Tennessee and Kentucky.

Provides up to $1,500 per acre for silvopasture implementation and up to $1,000 per quarter acre for forest farming projects, depending on scale and scope. Open to individuals and organizations nationwide engaged in agroforestry practices.

Please help the National Park Service spread the word about a Gardener Position within the Stones River National Cemetery in Stones River National Battlefield in Tennessee.  The National Cemetery is historic landscape with mature trees, turf and ornamental plantings that need the care of a talented Gardener.  Please consider sharing the link or posting this email on a job board.