The Farmer Veteran Coalition, Tennessee Chapter

Today, we are setting the table with an organization called the Farmer Veteran Coalition. This is a National Organization with a TN chapter and the work of this organization is pretty straight forward. They help veterans become farmers with support, education, networking, and resources. We visit with Jim Artman, who is a Veteran having served 8 years in the Army, a former sniper, and founder of Appalachian Grit, a yard to table agricultural company located in Knoxville. He battled his own serious case of PTSD with nutrition, exercise and gratitude and he feels it is a mission to help other people in the community to gain greater access to nutritious foods by helping to build and advocate for healthy foods, community food gardens, urban agriculture and food systems. Jim is also Vice President of the TN Chapter of the FVC and he’s going to let us know of the important work of this organization. Jim will also let us know about a FVC conference that takes place in Knoxville in just a couple of weeks November 17, 18,and 19th.