Tennessee Grown: How Urban Farms are Feeding the Future
(Photo courtesy of Crabtree Farms)
From Memphis to Nashville and Chattanooga, urban farms throughout the state are reclaiming land, reviving food traditions and redefining what it means to grow community in the heart of a city.
By Jill Dutton
The Packer
June 20, 2025
Excerpt:
While attending the master gardener program at the University of Tennessee Extension, Bobby Rich decided to apply what he was learning right at home in Memphis. What began as rows of collards and tomatoes given away to neighbors quickly grew into something deeper: a calling.
As the harvests grew, so did the couple’s desire to share the bounty by giving away fresh produce to neighbors who had little access to healthy food. The couple eventually formalized their mission by founding Black Seeds Urban Farms, a nonprofit dedicated to creating gardens, educating the next generation of farmers and providing free produce in the heart of the Upper Memphis food desert.
Theirs is just one story of a growing urban farming movement across Tennessee. From Nashville to Chattanooga, a new crop of farmers is transforming vacant lots into thriving green spaces that feed, teach and heal. These farms are not only growing vegetables, they’re cultivating community, resilience and a more equitable food future.
While Memphis’ Black Seeds Urban Farm is cultivating Black food sovereignty and youth empowerment, near Nashville, Ruby’s Happy Farm continues a three-generation legacy by hosting cultural events and farm-based workshops, and Chattanooga’s Crabtree Farms brings sustainable agriculture and environmental education to the forefront.
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Source: https://cityfarmer.info/tennessee-grown-how-urban-farms-are-feeding-the-future/
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