community garden

Here you’ll find links to a community of people and organizations creating great music, working on sustainable food issues, gardening, health and nutrition education, etc…

MUSIC

Americana Music Association
Americana is music that honors and is derived from the traditions of American roots music. The Americana Music Association provides a forum for the advocacy of Americana music.
www.americanamusic.org

Folk Alliance
Folk Alliance International promotes traditional, contemporary, and multicultural folk music and dance and related performing arts.
www.folkalliance.org

Tomato Art Fest
Founded by Art and Invention Gallery, the Tomato Art Fest was founded by Meg and Bret MacFadyen, owners of East Nashville’s Art and Invention Gallery. …
tomatoartfest.com

Famer Jason.com
When internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Jason Ringenberg created his family music character FARMER JASON in 2003, he had no idea he was launching …
www.farmerjason.com

Zac Brown Band
… Zac Brown Band is an American country music band based in Atlanta, Georgia.
www.zacbrownband.com

FOOD AND FARMS

Slow Food International | good, clean and fair food
Slow Food is a non-profit, eco-gastronomic member-supported organization that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, …
www.slowfood.com

Food Security Partners of Middle Tennessee :: Nashville, TN
The Food Security Partners of Middle Tennessee bring people together to … the Manna-Food Security Partners promoting healthy food, physical activity, …

www.foodsecuritypartners.org

Nashville Originals
Nashville Originals are local restaurateurs dedicated to sustaining the independent restaurant as a fixture of Nashville’s culture and community
www.nashvilleoriginals.com

Eat Seasonally: growing & cooking local food
EAT SEASONALLY: cooking and growing local seasonal foods. “Growing food organically and eating conscientiously …
www.eatseasonally.com

Nashville Farmer’s Market
Nashville’s Public Market since 1828
www.nashvillefarmersmarket.org

Blue Shoe Nashville Travel Guide
Guide to Nashville gardens, community-supported agriculture in Tennessee, and sustainable gardening practices
www.blueshoenashville.com

TN Farm Fresh
TN Farm Fresh is a directory of Tennessee Farms and local farmers’ markets.
www.tnfarmfresh.org

Pick Tennessee Products
This website offers resources for locally produced products from ham to honey and everything in between.
www.picktnproducts.org

Earth Matters Tennessee
EarthMatters NetWORKS is a group of environmental educators, youth and organizations that have come together to make a difference in the community and the lives of its people.
www.Earthmattersnetworks.org

Garden Girl T.V.
Patty Moreno’s web t.v. shows, blogs and articles are informative and entertaining guides to “Bein’ Green” in the urban environment.
www.gardengirltv.com

HEALTH AND NUTRITION EDUCATION

Pediactric Nutrition of Green Hills

Pediactric Nutritionist Jill Castle is the author of “Just the Right Byte” blog.  Her workshop “The Art of Feeding: Nurturing the Whole Child from the High Chair to High School” presents information on how parents can help their children to establish healthy relationships with feeding and food.
www.pediatricnutritionofgreenhills.com

Zonya Foco
Zonya gave an engaging and age-appropriate seminar about  healthy food choices to Davidson County Middle school students at the “First Lady’s Lunchtime Lecture Series” on Monday, April 26, 2010 in Nashville TN.  “The Power of One Good Habit.”
www.zonya.com