Grants Help To Accelerate Jackson High School Farm
Jackson County High School accelerating the development of a new on-campus farm after securing multiple grants to move forward the school’s agricultural plan. Assistant Principal Jay Halfacre said the school began identifying specific infrastructure needs last year to create a hands-on agricultural site for students. Halfacre said the project includes a fruit orchard, a livestock […]
SeedFork Connecting Community Through Local Food
SeedFork of The Highlands will tell the story of local food Sunday as it hosts a Culinary Crawl. SeedFork of the Highlands Chairman Rodney Laulo said events like this help support the group’s mission of connecting the Cookeville community through local food and healthy eating. He said setting up things like community gardens help kids […]
USDA Meat Processing Plant Coming To Van Buren County
The push for more farm to table beef is getting a boost in Tennessee. A 6,000 square foot custom meat and processing plant will be built in Van Buren County by June, 2021. A&H Custom Meat and Processing Co-Owner Barry Austin, said he expects to pour concrete in the next two to three months “Local […]
