Community Farm Alliance

05/29/2026

It was a delight to co-host a field day at Old Homeplace Farm last Friday with CFA member, Maggie Bowling, and our friends at the Kentucky Horticulture Council.

It was an amazing day of learning:
✨ Maggie shared hard earned bits of wisdom from more than a decade of high tunnel production, managing a 75-member CSA, and recovering from major flooding - twice.
✨ Sarah Geurkink from the Organic Association of Kentucky discussed early detection methods for pests and strategies for optimizing soil health.
✨ Kayla Preston with Grow Appalachia talked about high tunnel construction and maintenance as well as strategies for dealing with water - both what is needed for production as well as when there's too much.
✨ Dakota Moore with the Kentucky Horticulture Council reviewed best practices for safe post-harvest handling of produce as we toured Maggie's efficiently arranged and organized pack shed.

Field days are THE best! Stay tuned for information on other field days coming up this summer. 😍

05/27/2026

🌱Planning is underway for the 2027 Eastern Kentucky Farmer Conference and the planning team wants your input on session topics and more.
⏱️Please take 3–5 minutes to provide your feedback: https://tinyurl.com/EKFC2027

🌱 We Want Your Input! 🌱

Planning is underway for the 2027 Eastern Kentucky Farmer Conference, and we want to hear from you.

Whether you’ve attended in the past or would be joining us for the first time, your feedback will help shape conference sessions and topics that are practical, relevant, and valuable for farmers and agricultural professionals across the region.

⏱ The survey takes about 3–5 minutes to complete.

Take the survey here: https://tinyurl.com/EKFC2027

05/27/2026

NFFC is seeking writing and art that celebrates our coalition and family-scale farmers for our first-ever anthology. We hope this collective publication will help tell the story of family farmers’ decades-long fight for a fair food and farm system that ... Read More

05/26/2026

Mark your calendars for our next field day! 📅

Join us June 24th at Happy Hens Homestead, LLC. for a hands-on High Tunnel Field Day with the Kentucky Horticulture Council! 🍅

Free. Practical. Community-driven.
🕘 9–12 PM
📍 Booneville, KY
🔗 Register: bit.ly/high-tunnel-crop-planning

05/20/2026

Today our staff and board met for hours of intense brainstorming and strategy discussions. We're grateful for board members making the time to do this hard thinking work about our mission and programs.

05/20/2026

Attention farmers and food system entrepreneurs 🚜

LAMP grants are now open—and this is a big opportunity to grow your operation or expand your impact.

Whether you're:
✔️ Selling direct (farmers markets, CSA, roadside stands)
✔️ Running a food hub, processing business, or distribution network
There’s funding available through FMPP and LFPP to support your work.

🗓 Deadline: June 5, 2026
💰 25% match required

📩 Need support? KY Center for Ag & Rural Development (KCARD) is ready to help you every step of the way - Check them out!

05/19/2026

💚 THANK YOU, Kentucky! Because of your generosity last week during Kentucky Gives Day, we’re able to continue supporting family farmers, advocating for stronger local food systems, and empowering rural communities across the Commonwealth.

Every donation, share, and message of support means the world to us.

From all of us at Community Farm Alliance — thank you for planting something with us. 🌾

05/18/2026

There’s nothing like learning together in the field 💚

We’re excited to partner with the Kentucky Horticulture Council for a High Tunnel Field Day at Old Homeplace Farm on May 22. From soil health to CSA planning, this is a chance to share knowledge, build community, and grow stronger together.

🗓 May 22 | 9 AM – 12 PM
📍 Manchester, KY
🎟 Free (registration required)

🔗 https://bit.ly/high-tunnel-field-day

Bring your questions, your curiosity, and your love for growing 🌱

05/14/2026

Thinking about raising chickens? Or already got a flock going? 👀🐓

Come spend the day with us at Small-Scale Poultry Day—we’re bringing together experts, resources, and real conversations to help you succeed.

Good food, good people, and practical knowledge you can actually use 🙌

📍 Elizabethtown, KY
📅 May 21 | 10 AM – 3 PM

Register Today!

05/13/2026

Ready to level up your growing game? 🌿

Join us May 22 for a High Tunnel Field Day in partnership with the Kentucky Horticulture Council !

We’ll cover:
✔️ Crop rotation & succession planting
✔️ Season extension strategies
✔️ Cover cropping for soil health
✔️ Post-harvest handling
✔️ CSA planning & pack shed tips

🕘 9 AM – 12 PM
📍 Old Homeplace Farm, Manchester, KY
🎟 Free (registration required)

🔗 https://bit.ly/high-tunnel-field-day
C
ome learn practical skills you can take straight back to your farm!