The beauty of our hills and
valleys, the clean rivers, the peace and
serenity of a morning sunrise, the down home recipes are
all reminders of a
simpler, less hurried life. We invite you to enjoy with us!
Located
in the beautiful southern Appalachian highlands of East Tennessee,
Appalachian Spring Cooperative is a
member-owned association of farmers and entrepreneurs creating quality,
locally
produced food and herbal self care products.
Our cooperative is affiliated
with Jubilee Project, a United Methodist
Mission. Jubilee Project is dedicated to
improve the lives of local farmers – many of them former
tobacco growers –
and small businesses by providing a community kitchen for production as
well as
a marketing opportunity for their value added products through
Appalachian
Spring Cooperative.
Sneedville, in Hancock County, is
the base of our
cooperative. Your purchase of Appalachian Spring
Cooperative products promotes fair trade
within the United States, supporting family farms, local food systems,
community access to fresh, local
foods as well as creating much needed opportunity for economic viability in the
small towns
and villages of this beautiful part of our country.
Our local soil conditions
– especially in neighboring Grainger county
– are the best in the country for the finest
tomatoes – and you can taste the difference in our salsa. The
early spring in our valleys brings forth
the most wonderful fruits for jams, jellies, and fruit butters, and
recipes generations
old preserve the harvest of the fall – relishes, pickles,
barbeque sauces. And ensuring that there is a harvest, our
local bee keepers provide hives for all those busy bees who later in
the summer
share the fruits of their labor. Wise women who gather herbs and remember the
old ways are offering grandma’s remedies.
Our
Member Producers Include:
Davidson's
Store, White's Little Mountain, MoonMaid Botanicals, Pure Mountain
Herbs, Clinch Mountain Grille & Tennessee River Barbecue Sauce.
Appalachian
Spring Cooperative is a special business incubator program of
Jubilee Project, Inc.