Webinars December 11: Connecting Beginning Farmers to Farmers Markets – A Virginia Beginning Farmer & Rancher Coalition Program webinar | To participate in this webinar, please go to: http://connect.ag.vt.edu/access2farmersmarket/ at 3:00 pm EST December 12: Food Banks as Regional “Good Food”…
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Upcoming Regional Events and Resources: November
Job Opportunities The West Virginia Food & Farm Coalition seeks a dynamic and committed individual to help build and support West Virginia’s rapidly growing local food system in the position of Program Coordinator. View the full job description. The NIFA…
Crowdfunding to Build Financial Capital
This post was contributed by Sarah Misyak, a graduate student at Virginia Tech and a member of the AFP management team. This week’s post is exploring another creative way to grow a food systems-related business, following last week’s post on…
Building Small Businesses Through Online Marketplaces and Creative Funding Sources
This post was contributed by Sarah Misyak, a graduate student at Virginia Tech and a member of the AFP management team. The AFP is working with partners from across the food system in West Virginia and the Appalachian region of…
Value Chain Cluster Initiative: Targeted technical assistance to build food and farm business from field to fork
This post is contributed by Mary Oldham of West Virginia University. A key part of community food security that is near and dear to many of our Appalachian hearts is local food production. One aspect of local food production that…