Home is where the heart is, as the old adage goes. Usually one thinks of a farm as always being tied to one place. For farm operators Dylan Disque and Rachel Slaughter, their heart and home, and their farm, have moved with them in their travels. That's because...
Ashlan Holland caught up with me to talk about Holly Knoll Farms in between fixing frozen pipes on the farm and her “day” job as the Soil Conservationist for NRCS in Newport. No matter the weather, farming is a 24/7 and 365 days a year labor of love. “My parents used...
Grand Oak Farm - Dana Ensor and Family Grand Oak Farm was established on over 1,000 acres by the Hale Family on a Revolutionary War grant. Owner, Dana Ensor (married to Bob Ensor), is the 8th generation to farm the remaining 100 acres. "My grandson will be the 10th...
[Photo above: A family gets ready to take home their Creag Creek Farm Christmas Tree.]Andy and Joyce Brown of Creag Creek Farms Andy Brown was appointed Executive Director of the Appalachian RC&D Council in July, 2024. In addition to bringing decades of...
“We didn’t even talk about it, we knew this was how we wanted to live.” Tied together by the love for mountains and working the land, Donica and Caleb Krebs operate Old Forge Homestead, a farm in Siam/Hampton area of Carter County focused on dairy goats and...
Christy Junge and family sell as A Bushel and A Peck Farm at the Johnson County Farmers Market and the Elizabethton Farmers Market. A Bushel and A Peck is a generational family farm located in Butler, farmed by Christy, her husband, her parents, and her daughter....
Why Hope? Hope is Becky's family name. But also, getting started in farming was a vision of hope. “Hope for simpler life,” says Steve, as well as more self-determination. "Farming has also come with many a tear thinking how did I get into this mess?” Hope prevails for...