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Feeling Thankful in November with ACEnet!
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ACEnet Tenant News
ACEnet Food Ventures tenant Funny Girl Vegan Bacon has two new products Vegan Bean Bacon Snack Strips & Dark Chocolate Dipped Vegan Bean Bacon Pieces!
Funny Girl Vegan Maple Buckwheat Bean Bacon is an artisanal product hand-crafted in small batches using organic and chemical-free ingredients producing a crisp, tasty, nutritious, and sustainable meat alternative
to bacon that is free from common allergens like dairy, soy, eggs, gluten, and nuts.
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Visit from Japan
On Tuesday, October 24th, ACEnet received visitors from the Japan NPO Center and the Japan Society.
The visitors,
many of whom traveled a great distance to Southeast Ohio, got a glimpse of ACEnet and our
community during their short stay in the area. One visitor, an alumnus of Ohio University, was
especially excited to be back in Athens.
Before getting an overview of what ACEnet is, the members of both organizations explained what other organizations or areas of work they were a part of and what they wanted to learn from ACEnet.
One visitor voiced his concern over young individuals moving out of rural areas and into urban areas in search of building upon their careers. He wishes to explore what motivates young people to stay in a community and especially what inspires younger people to become interested in agriculture.
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Athens News Discusses ACEnet Meat Processing Facility
Fred Kight of
The Athens News recently spoke with ACEnet Kitchen Manager, Adam Kody, and ACEnet Food Ventures tenant Elise Allison from
Farm on the Ridge located in Jackson County about ACEnet's plans for building a meat processing facility in our Nelsonville location and how this will affect area farmers & producers.
All of the meat processing being done in Athens currently is done under a local ordinance through the Athens City-County Health Department. Producers can only sell their products directly to consumers at the
Athens Farmers Market.
In order to expand into retail sales, the products must be submitted to government scrutiny.
"The meat-processing facility project in Nelsonville... will allow these producers to make a fully inspected product to be sold statewide and, eventually, through the USDA Cooperative Interstate Shipment Program nationwide," Kody said.
The Nelsonville Food Hub project is expected to begin this month with completion by March of 2018. It's being funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission and Ohio Rural Business Development.
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ACEnet is Hiring
Job Description:
ACEnet is accepting applications for a Special Projects Coordinator position. The Coordinator will be a member of a multi-state team focusing on food-system job and business creation, providing technical assistance to small business owners, maintaining relationships with area partners and clients, identifying new partners and areas for program growth, serving as a representative for the program and organization at various events, collecting data for progress reports, and related duties as assigned.
This is a full-time opportunity. The schedule will give 40 hours/week on a typical Monday-Friday schedule, with occasional need to travel and work evening and weekend hours. The pay range is commensurate with qualifications, but in the range of $16-20/hour. Upon hire, this organization offers comprehensive benefits.
Required Qualifications:
Must have at least four years of related professional experience to be qualified.
Experience in food system related work, including but not limited to food hubs, value-chain coordination, shared-use food production space, food and farming production, and transportation logistics wanted. Those familiar with not for profit organizations, with food systems work, with a good understanding of the needs of the residents of Southeast Ohio, will be given preference. Candidates with exceptional communication and interpersonal skills will be prioritized as job requires constant interaction with program participants.
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Giving Tuesday!
Are you thinking about who you'd like to support this Giving Tuesday? Would you like to support many local small businesses with one donation? To give our small food businesses the best chance to succeed, we need to be able to give them the best equipment to use, and right now we need to raise money for two new Proofing Cabinets for our shared-use kitchen.
Please check out our GoFundMe campaign; any donation will help, and we also need your help to spread the word! Please share our campaign with your friends, family, professional network, anyone you think may want to help our local small businesses this giving season.
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Free ACEnet Social Media Workshop
On Monday, November 20th, ACEnet will be presenting a free workshop: Learn Social Media Basics for Marketing Your Business at SPICE in New Straitsville.
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Upcoming Events
The Athens Farmers Market takes place every Saturday & Wednesday from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM at the Market on East State. For more information & information on becoming a vendor, see the Athens Farmers Market website.
Wednesday, November 1st - December 15th
Thursday, November 16th; 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Free November Lunch & Learn,
Working Smart & Creating an Ergonomic Office Space, hosted by the Entrepreneurship Development Group of Athens County, Ohio at the Ohio University Innovation Center. Topics to be addressed include: Ball sitting; Lighting; Alternative Pointing Devices; Ergonomic keyboards and Efficient office body mechanics. Free lunch from
Avalanche Pizza provided by Ergonomic Solutions. RSVP to Trenia Twyman at
twyman@ohio.edu by 12PM November 14th.
Friday, November 17th; 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Know the 10 Signs presented by the Alzheimers Association of West Virginia with
The Athens Village. Location: ACEnet Building B Conference Room, 94 Columbus Road, Athens.
Know the 10 Signs is a family education program that aims to increase awareness of the warning signs of Alzheimer's and the benefits of early detection and diagnosis. RSVP - only 10 spaces. Visit
http://www.alz.org/wv/in_my_community_education.asp
for details.
Friday November 17th; 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Monday, November 20th; 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
ACEnet will present a free social media workshop
at SPICE in New Straitsville. See above story for more details.
Monday, November 20th; 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
ACEnet webinar on the Central Appalachian Food Distribution Corridor project.
Thursday, November 23rd
Tuesday, November 28th
Giving Tuesday
Thursday, November 30th; 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Free
Business Planning for Leadership Transition Workshop presented by representatives from ACEnet, Kent State University and Sowash Law Office. Location:
Foundation for Appalachian Ohio;
35 Public Square, Nelsonville, Ohio 45764.
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