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Farm Profile: A Bushel & A Peck Farms – The Junge Family

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....

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Farm Profile: Hope Farms & Studio of Greeneville

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...

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Cultivating Creativity: Ag and Art take center stage

The Appalachian Resource Conservation & Development Council (ARCD) announces the opening reception and announcement of winners for “Ag in Art,” a regional juried exhibition at Fischman Gallery in Johnson City, Tennessee. The exhibition will run from Friday, May 3...

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