When Lori Birkhead and her husband bought their 96-acre farm in Joelton, TN, they had to start the restoration of their property from the ground up, literally. They were drawn to the land’s immense beauty, including the quiet tributary to Long Creek that meanders through the farm’s woods. The farm’s land, fallow and overrun by […]
Sylvia and Al Ganier have histories of farming in their blood; the tradition has been passed down through both their families. It would make sense, then, that when they reimagined agriculture on the Ganier family farm in Nashville twelve years ago as Green Door Gourmet, they set out with the goal of ensuring that this […]
For Reggie Marshall, the connection between healthy food and healthy life has always been clear. While the Jackson, TN native grew up tending to his grandparents’ farm before earning a degree in animal science and agriculture, his career largely took place in the medical field. After retiring from his nursing career, Reggie has found his […]
Cynthia may seem like an unlikely farmer, but from a young age she loved farm birds! As a city girl from Chicago, she would visit the chickens at the Lincoln Park Zoo and watch them until her mother pulled her away. But it took Cynthia many years and a career later to get to the farm. A […]
