| Need a hand? Contact SCALE: |
(276) 628-4727 or flaccavento(at)ruralscale.com |
| Need a hand? Contact SCALE: |
(276) 628-4727 or flaccavento(at)ruralscale.com |
SCALE, Inc provides education and analysis, workshops and technical assistance and public speaking to help build healthy food systems and sustainable economies around the nation. You can view some of SCALE’s most recent projects below.
Anthony’s presentation, “Economies, Communities and Love: Renewing the American Dream from the Ground Up” launched Virginia Tech’s new Community Voices series. Renowned author, David Korten, said of this presentation, “This may be the best piece I’ve seen on local living economies. This is great for community education. Watch it, share it, use it.”
Learn MoreProvided design and planning assistance to emerging healthy foods value chain initiative, helping them build an integrated, field to table production, aggregation and marketing system. Currently providing training and TA to growers and to their demonstration farm near Charlottesville.
Learn MoreServices included keynote presentation at the Center’s Annual Meeting, followed by intensive, on-site training and consultation with three regionally-based food system initiatives in Iowa.
Learn MoreProvided a keynote presentation and workshops on building healthy foods initiatives, followed by training in building value chains and developing manageable food safety systems.
Learn MoreProvided Training and TA to multiple local and regional groups in the Central Appalachian region, and completed research and analysis of College/university food procurement efforts, role of Cooperative Extension in local food systems, and work on regional wealth indicators.
Learn MoreOne of Anthony’s presentation, “Economies, Communities and Love: Renewing the American Dream from the Ground Up” launched Virginia Tech’s new Community Voices series.
Learn More >Provided design and planning assistance to emerging healthy foods value chain initiative, helping them build an integrated, field to table production, aggregation and marketing system.
Learn More >Services included keynote presentation at the Center’s Annual Meeting, followed by intensive, on-site training and consultation with three regionally-based food system initiatives in Iowa.
Learn More >Provided a keynote presentation and workshops on building healthy foods initiatives, followed by training in building value chains and developing manageable food safety systems.
Learn More >Provided Training and TA to multiple local and regional groups in the Central Appalachian region, and completed research and analysis.
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Anthony Flaccavento has 25 years of hands-on experience in sustainable community development, along with a BS degree in Agriculture and Environmental Science and a Masters degree in Economic and Social Development.
Anthony has been a certified organic produce farmer for the past 15 years during which time he also founded and directed Appalachian Sustainable Development. He is the author of “Healthy Food Systems: A Tool Kit for building Value Chains” and over 100 published articles.
