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Farm to Tap Program Links Farmers to Brewers to Make Truly Tennessee Products
Kings Bluff Brewery in Clarksville crafts hyper-local products with the help of a knowledgeable team including (from left to right) head brewer Jessica Atkinson, Zach Daneker, Ashley Hunt and...
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Tennessee Farmers and Foresters Benefit From New Legislation
Photo credit: Jeff Adkins With more than 77,000 farms covering 41% of the land in Tennessee, agriculture is the state’s No. 1 industry. Including forestry, Tennessee agriculture has an impact of more...
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Find Delicious Made-in-Tennessee Food and More Through Pick Tennessee Products
Tennesseans don’t have to look far to find fresh, local foods and products. For more than 30 years, the Pick Tennessee Products program has been connecting consumers to the great things that come from...
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Eight Associations Join Forces for Annual Pick TN Conference
Photo credit: Pick TN Conference The Pick TN Conference holds the title of the largest agriculture conference in Tennessee with eight member associations joining together to learn from and share ideas...
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Ukrainian Native Mike Katrutsa Farms in Camden, Tennessee
Mike Katrutsa of Camden grows more than 20 acres of produce including tomatoes, broccoli, cabbage, cantaloupe, okra, watermelon and more. Photo credit: Karen Pulfer Focht This article first appeared in...
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How to Buy Custom-Processed Meat
When it comes to buying meat, there are plenty of reasons to purchase directly from a farmer or local processor. As a shopper, you can get delicious products and support local farms. For customers...
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Finders Keepers: Tennessee Experts Talk Foraging for Food and Health
Chanterelle mushrooms; iStock/Boris Ipatov Growing up as an only child whose parents lived through two world wars and the Great Depression, Ila Hatter learned survival skills at an early age. “My...
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Innovative Tennessee Farmers Are Experimenting and Expanding
Innovative farmers are doing experimental agriculture and thinking outside the box. Zach and Kyndle Erhard primarily grow strawberries at Oak Grove Farms in Gallatin but have been experimenting with...
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We All Scream For Tennessee Ice Cream
The average American eats roughly 4 gallons of ice cream each year. Recently, consumers have gravitated more toward private labels versus larger brands – a sales trend celebrated by local dairy farmers...
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Pick Tennessee Products is Making a Big Impact
Buying local in Tennessee has never been easier. The Tennessee Department of Agriculture’s Pick Tennessee Products initiative has been connecting consumers with local producers for more than 30 years,...
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