Most ACEnet Marketing Services, including label design, are currently on hold as we go through the process of hiring a new Multimedia Designer. To join our Multimedia/Marketing request wait list, please email info@acenetworks.org with your name, business name & service request.
ACEnet tenant Pork and Pickles could use a hand at The Kitchen by Pork & Pickles tonight, pm them if you can help out!
Did you know that consumers throughout Appalachia consume around 39 pounds of beef per year and and 31 pounds of pork per year?
If consumers were purchasing this meat from regional producers, beef producers would have to slaughter and process 99% of the current beef cattle inventory to meet regional demand, while hog production would need to increase almost 90 fold to reach regional consumption.
Join us for a webinar on July 9th at 1 pm where Jennifer Jones of Swift Level Fine Meats will discuss how they have risen to meet this demand for local meat in West Virginia.
Register here: attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4236193293157690625 or tag a friend who won't want to miss it.
We're excited to include Brownwood Farms in our expanded Central Appalachian Food Product Catalog!
Brownwood Farms is one of three brands that encompasses Milo's Whole World Gourmet, LLC. Brownwood Farms produces specialty foods with ingredients sourced from the Great Lakes Region. They seeks to make all their foods with minimal ingredients and with the quality and crafting that one would find in a true homemade product. Brownwood Farms product line includes premium fruit spreads, fruit salsas, premium pie fillings & toppings, BBQ sauces, and the #1 seller “Famous Kream Mustard®.” Their commitment to quality, creativity, and versatility can be tasted in every product! Brownwood Farms's Jalapeno Cherry Salsa is featured in the "What's New, What's Hot" Summer edition of the Specialty Food Association magazine!
Know someone with a retail store or restaurant interested in sourcing local foods? Tag them below so they can check out the other great producers in the first version of the catalog here: acenetworks.org/central-appalachia-food-corridor/
The Central Appalachian Food Corridor is made possible with generous investment from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Power Initiative.
On June 9th, our partners Rural Action held their Annual Meeting.
In these pictures, Tom Redfern of Rural Action and Josh Waddell, ACEnet, explain Nelsonville's Food Hub and Farm to School Partnership in the Nelsonville Facility. Through their partnership with ACEnet in the Appalachian Accessible Food Network, Rural Action has been able to more efficiently store and distribute frozen local produce to children in schools with some of the highest rates of free and reduced lunch.
Additionally, ACEnet Food Ventures Tenant Casa Nueva Restaurant & Cantina was presented with Rural Action's 2018 Sustainable Business Award, which honors the people, businesses, and organizations that teach us how to live and work in greater harmony with Earth and with each other. Congratulations!
Not pictured: Carrie Carson giving a tour of the Nelsonville Emporium, one of the newest sites in the Country Fresh Stop program, a product of the Appalachia Accessible Food Network, where local produce from Chesterhill Produce Auction is sold at local stores.
“It’s important for people to have access to healthy food that’s grown in their communities that supports their local businesses and farmers,” Carson said.
Our partners at Community Food Initiatives are looking for a new Executive Director. Come work on local, healthy food access in Athens!
The role of the Executive Director is to have overall strategic and operational responsibility for CFI’s staff, programs, expansion, and execution of its mission. The Executive Director is responsible for overseeing the administration, programs and strategic plan of the organization. Other key duties include fundraising, marketing, and community outreach.
