Tennessee mandates PFAS testing for sewage sludge used on farms, local use continues

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation is now requiring water utilities to test sewage sludge known as ...

Farmland Preservation Act only ‘first step’ in addressing Tennessee’s dwindling farmland

Tennessee's new Farmland Preservation Act, which passed earlier this year, is an effort to save what farmland the state has ...

Tennessee farmers warn of ‘crisis not seen in decades’ as lawmaker asks Trump for relief

This week, State Rep. Rusty Grills (R-Newbern) sent a letter to President Donald Trump and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke ...
WTVF

'A good first step' Farmland Preservation Act aims to protect Tennessee farmland. But will it be enough?

FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WTVF) — After a two-year legislative effort, Tennessee's Farmland Preservation Act officially went into effect Tuesday. With Tennessee losing farmland at an alarming rate of 10 acres ...

As farmland disappears, Hatcher Family Dairy adapts to the future

For more than 100 years, the Hatcher family has poured their lives into dairy farming. Now, the sixth-generation farm has ...

More than 9,400 acres of agriculture and farmland in Robertson County were lost within the last decade

Data from the University of Tennessee’s Center of Farm Management revealed that from 2014 until 2023, Robertson County lost more than 9,400 acres of agriculture and farmland — much of that ...
NewsChannel 5 Nashville

Commissioners weigh zoning change that could allow large luxury resort in rural farmland area

Cheatham County considers a zoning change that could allow a $250 million rural resort near the Harpeth River. Supporters ...

It’s solar energy and agriculture for Tennessee, not solar energy or agriculture

My company, Silicon Ranch, commissioned the first utility-scale solar farm in Tennessee in 2012. Since that initial milestone ...
Tennessean

Brothers made sure their family farm can't go away. A new law will help others do the same

Development is rampant across Tennessee, and farmland is being paved over at an alarming rate. Todd Jennings is one Middle Tennessee farmer who decided to preserve his family land with a conservation ...
NBC Bay Area

Pineapples from Tennessee? Farm says its the first in state to grow the fruit

How do you like them pineapples?! The tropical fruit, more commonly grown in areas like Hawaii, is now sprouting in a new area: Oak Grove Farms in Gallatin, Tennessee. “To our knowledge, these are the ...