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TOGA’s Annual Conference Kicks Off Spring Season

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

Are you a farmer? Backyard gardener? Interesting in having chickens or bees?
Want to know how to grow your own food? Wondering what’s happening
on Tennessee’s local food scene?

Nashville, TN – Tennessee’s Organic Growers Association (TOGA) hosts their 8th Annual Conference on Friday, March 23rd and Saturday, March 24th. Returning to The Lakeshore Christian Church, 5434 Bell Forge Lane East, Antioch, this yearly event features two days of educational workshops, speakers and farm tours.

The conference begins on Friday with an afternoon touring local farms all practicing organic and sustainable methods. The tours offer fellow farmers and growing enthusiasts a personal look inside farm operations and an opportunity to talk directly to farmers about their successes, hurdles and opportunities. Bus transportation and lunch provided by The Turnip Truck Natural Market for tour attendees.

New this year is the addition of a film screening. “What’s Organic about Organic?” will be shown Friday evening at 6:30 PM at the Nashville Farmers Market, 900 Rosa Park Blvd. N. and will be open to both conference attendees and the general public for an additional fee. Wine and horsd’oeuvres of local food will be available.

A full day of workshops starts on Saturday at 9AM. Professional farmers, hobby farmers, backyard gardeners and local food enthusiasts alike will find sessions that fit their skill level and areas of interest. Topics range from urban farming, herbs, organic fruit and vegetable production, beekeeping, backyard chickens, goats, composting, local food systems and more. A light breakfast will be provided by Nashville Farmers’ Market Grow Local Kitchen along with coffee from Roast Inc. Lunch will be provided by Whole Foods Cool Springs and prepared by Chef Michael Martin.

This year’s Keynote Speaker is renowned urban farmer, author and photographer Michael Ableman (On Good Land, Fields of Plenty, and From the Good Earth). Sign up for our e-letter at www.tnorganics.org to get the latest news and information on speakers, session topics, & more.

For more information on the conference or to register for the event online, visit the TOGA web site at www.tnorganics.org.

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Moveable High Tunnel Workshop for Growers

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

The UT Organic Crop Production Series is finishing the year up with, “Keep Your Production Season Moving – Moveable High Tunnels”, on Monday, November 14, 2011 (beginning at 1:00 pm CST). If you aren’t one of the many folks who have already done so, register now to join us for this workshop at Bountiful Blessings Farm near Nashville TN!

****NEW**** Did you miss the Pruning, Asparagus, Mushroom, Insect-Control, Disease-Control, Seed Saving and Water Catchment workshops? Well now you can view archived videos of them online at http://organics.tennessee.edu/workshops.htm !

The workshop series targets commercial producers and agriculture professionals interested in learning organic crop production practices.

session consists of farm tours, presentations by growers and extension specialists accompanied by discussions and hands-on activities. ALL workshops will take place at active working farms this year, and, therefore, will not be broadcast via ITV to remote locations. We are attempting, however, to film workshops so that they can be later posted for viewing on the website by those who cannot make it in person. All workshops will take place from 1:00 to 4:00 PM, regardless of timezone (ie., a workshop in Nashville will take place at 1:00 PM CST, while a workshop located in Knoxville will take place at 1:00 PM EST).

For more information on the November workshop, please visit: http://organics.tennessee.edu/workshops.htm . Please contact Heather Toler (htoler@utk.edu, 974-7429) to register for the workshop(s) to ensure that we have enough materials to distribute to participants.

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The Turnip Truck Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

The Turnip Truck Natural Market, Nashville’s locally owned, full service natural foods store, will celebrate 10 years of business with a community party on Saturday, October 29, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the East Nashville location, 970 Woodland Street, announced John Dyke, owner. This month also marks the one-year anniversary of the Turnip Truck Urban Fare store in the Gulch, 321 12th Avenue South.
The celebration, which is free and open to the public, will feature samples from some of the local vendors whose products are available at both Turnip Truck locations daily. Live music from local artists, activities for children and a grilling station with food for sample and purchase will be available. Customers also will have the opportunity to enter to win store gift certificates and other prizes.
The original store opened in May 2001 as East Nashville’s first locally owned, full service natural food store. Since day one of operation, the store has maintained that 100% of products sold are all natural and at least 95% of the produce is organic. The store offers locally grown or produced seasonal products by 48 local vendors. The Turnip Truck expanded to the Gulch in October 2010 and features a daily, freshly prepared hot and cold bar in addition to a variety of local, natural and organic groceries.
For more information, visit www.TheTurnipTruck.com.

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Local and Organic – Theme of Upcoming TN Organic Growers Conference

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

Tennessee’s only organic growers association prepares for their 7th annual conference, hosting attendees for a two day event on Friday and Saturday, March 25th and 26th, 2011. This year’s event will be held at the Lakeshore Christian Church, 5434 Bell Forge Lane East, Antioch, and will feature two days of educational workshops, speakers and farm tours.

The conference begins at noon on Friday with an afternoon touring local farms that specialize in producing products for local direct sales, ranging from animal to mushroom production, and all practicing organic and sustainable methods. The tours offer fellow farmers and growing enthusiasts a personal look inside farm operations and an opportunity to talk directly to farmers about their successes, hurdles and opportunities. Bus transportation is provided for the tours, which conclude at 5 p.m..

A full day of workshops starts on Saturday. Workshop sessions begin at 9:00 am. Professional farmers, hobby farmers, backyard gardeners and local food enthusiasts alike will find sessions that fit their skill level and areas of interest, and range from urban farming, mushroom production, organic fruit production, and beekeeping to local food systems and more.

Taking a mid-day break from workshops, attendees will enjoy lunch provided by Whole Foods Market in Cool Springs with Chef Michael Martin and feature meats from Peaceful Pastures Farm, coffee by Roast Inc., and locally grown produce.

Complimenting lunch, keynote speaker Barbara Pleasant, will inspire the crowd with her knowledge of sustainable and organic growing methods.

For more information on the conference or to register for the event online, visit the TOGA web site at www.tnorganics.org.

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