Summer Field School 2025
May 8, 2025 @ 6:00PM — August 28, 2025 @ 8:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Add to Calendar
Register to attend Summer Field School
Join us to tour small and sustainable farm operations within East Tennessee!
This is our official schedule for Summer Field School 2025. We’ve got an awesome lineup you won’t want to miss! Attendees can pick workshops a la carte for $30 per session or purchase all 8 sessions for a discounted rate of $200. One ticket represents one person. Sessions will take place the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month from 6-8pm in the evening. All sessions will include a tour of the farm, an additional speaker, and time for questions and socializing. The session schedule with descriptions are below.
- May 8th, 6pm: Foothill Frolic Farm (Blountville, TN): Rotationally grazed cattle
- May 22nd, 6pm: Green Pasture Farm (Chuckey, TN): hydroponic vegetable production, chick hatchery, on-farm sales and multifaceted farm operations management
- June 12th, 6pm: Two Roots Alpaca Farm (Greeneville, TN): Large animal care and body condition scoring, running an agritourism operation.
- June 26th, 6pm: Forest Farming - Farm TBD
- July 10th, 6pm: Aunt Willie's Wildflowers (Blountville, TN) Specialty cut flower production.
- July 24th, 6pm: Two Stones Farm and Mill (South Greene County,TN): Organic grain production and milling, fruit production
- August 14th, 6pm: Mountain Harvest Kitchen (Unicoi, TN): Food processing and value-added production.
- August 22th, 6pm: Rain Crow Farm (Jonesborough, TN): Year-round vegetable production and soil health + End of Season Potluck!
This work is supported by the Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Grant #2021-49400-35615 from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
Appalachian Resource Conservation & Development Council's workshops require advanced time, effort, and expense to plan and host. As such, it is policy of ARCD to issue refunds for registration fees only in the event that the workshop is cancelled or in extreme circumstances. In order to receive a refund for extreme circumstances, registrants must communicate with the workshop coordinator at least 48 hours prior to the event so that their spot may be offered to someone on the waitlist. Refunds will not be issued after a workshop begins.