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 Rural Resources is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the community in the preservation and improvement of agricultural land, preserving our rural heritage, and developing a locally sustainable system of producing and marketing agricultural products. |
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Rural Resources 2870 Holley Creek Rd. Greeneville, Tennessee 37745 (423) 636-8171 fax: (423) 636-8171 info@ruralresources.net  |
 THE MOBILE FARMERS' MARKET provides neighborhoods and communities around Greeneville and Greene County with fresh locally produced food via the foodstamp ready Mobile Farmers' Market. Once again, the Mobile Market is offering a weekly LOCAL FOODS BASKET. The market is funded by the Berea Appalachian Fund, Harry Chapin Foundation, Doole Family Foundation and Holsten Presbytery along with other local partners. Click here to find out more! THE SOIL TO TABLE COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECT has been awarded a three-year grant from the USDA. The project has three components including gardenting and cooking with after school programs, extending chef, farm, and business-leadership training to teens, and continuing outreach to our community by beginning a Mobile Kitchen to complement the Mobile Farmers' Market. THE FARM & FOOD TEEN TRAINING PROJECT expands our work with local teenagers. Groups of teens will participate in a three year program involving growing vegetables and raising small livestock at Rural Resources Farm, training with local chefs, and learning business and leadership skills by starting a food or farm related business. After appropriate training, teens and family members who participate will have the opportunity to own livestock and/or participate in a micro-loan program. Three groups of teens: The Soul Food Cafe, The Wesley Heights Group, and The Mission Kitchen are already participating. Two additional groups will be added over the life of the project. In addItion to being a part of the Soil to Table Community Food Project, this project is also a local project of Heifer International. Additional funding is provided by the East Tennessee Foundation.  FARM
DAY CAMP is a summertime
experience for young people ages 4 to 12. Each summer multiple
week-long sessions are held for different age groups that include
milking a cow, making butter, gardening, arts and crafts, exploring
creek life, cooking, caring for chickens and goats and having a blast
on the farm. Discovery Camps for 4th to 6th graders also include
excursions to other local farms and a camping trip. Click here to find
out more details! GREENEVILLE
FARMERS' MARKET is the place to be every
Saturday morning from May
through October.
The market, held on College Street in Greeneville next to Walters State
Community College, offers the seasons best vegetables, fruits, and hand
crafted baked goods. Come early for the best selection!In July,come to the annual Farmers' Market Jamboree! You will find contests, toe tappin' music, and games for children in addition to all the produce available weekly. The market is managed by a committee of farmers with support from Rural Resources, Main Street:Greeneville, and the Town of Greeneville. Click here to find out the many different items offered and more!  FOUR
SEASONS GRAZING CLUB provides an
opportunity for livestock producers to visit local and regional farms
to learn about innovative practices involving rotational grazing,
fencing systems, and watering systems. Frequent topics of discussion
also include marketing and animal health.Whether you raise cattle, sheep, goats, horses, hogs, chickens, llamas, alpacas, buffalo, or some other livestock, you'll find lots to lean and talk about at these fun events. Click here to read about our mission. Click here to find out when the next event will be held. WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Rural Resources holds a variety of workshops and classes each year. The topics range from Organic Gardening to fruit production to starting shiitake mushrooms. Click here to find out what's coming up!  SAVE
THE DATE!!! FARM ARTS FESTIVAL 2008 WILL BE HELD OCTOBER 18Click here for a vendor application for farm arts and crafts. The 2007 Farm Arts Festival took place on October 20 from Noon to 6pm at Rural Resources' Holley Creek Farm, 2870 Holley Creek Road. Guests delighted in lots of live music and story telling with Joyce Carroll and Friends, Highway 11, JB and the Honeybeans, Tate's Chapel United Methodist Church Choir, and Farmer Spain & Friends' country music favorites while Rural Resources folks roasted a hog and goat the old fashioned way over a pit of hickory coals. Tabernacle Presbyterian Church held one of their famous Fish Frys too! Other food included Vegetarian Bean Soup, Slaw salad, Cornbread, Potato Salad, and Baked Beans as well! Favorite fall deserts included caramel apples and homemade ice cream in a bag. Other Farm Arts treats included: broom making, basket weaving, spinning, a quilt display, fall plants for sale, information on organic gardening, and more! For kids, fun activities to celebrate the harvest season included face painting, bobbing for apples, pumpkin decorating, hay bale jumping,and other farm arts/crafts. Kids activities were led by artist, Wanda Rham. The Farm Arts Festival was the start of our Soil to Table Community Food Project and provided transportation to residents from neighborhoods served by the Mobile Market to Rural Resources and back. Click here to see the 2007 schedule! Click here for a description and pictures of the 2006 Farm Arts Festival! |
