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Welcome to summer!
Help us kick off the season by sharing a photo of your favorite ice cream on social media for your chance to win some local Dairy Dollars (aka gift certificate to a nearby ice cream shop)! June is Dairy Month (as well as Beef Steak, Turkey Lovers, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable, and Rose).
We want your help cooling off these hot summer days with dairy's favorite product. The ice cream can be home churned or store bought; we just want you to tag #tnmagicmoments and to take a moment to thank a dairy farmer that made that treat possible.
Share on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook your #tnmagicmoments through June 20 for your chance to win.
"There would be no magic without ag!" #TNMAGICMOMENTS
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Gingham Dresses in a Levis' World
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Summer means ice cream. For Colleen Cruze Bhatti, that ice cream is slow-churned and freshly milked from her family's Knoxville dairy farm. While Cruze Farm and Colleen have become known for their delicious ice cream and buttermilk, Colleen has scooped up some serious empowerment for women pursuing careers in agriculture. We sat down this farm girl to find out her personal journey in farming. She dished a bit about Cruze Farm's pop-up ice cream shop in downtown Knoxville as well. Summer 2017 is clearly all about the slow churn. Listen now.
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Agriculture making headlines
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After seeing inspiring photos from another farm-to-table dinner in Tennessee, Cookeville farmer Randy Dodson and Rodney Laulo of the nonprofit SeedFork of the Highlands partnered to do the same. Ellen Wolfe, a retired teacher who volunteers with SeedFork, helped to organize the first Celebration of Local Foods, a four-course meal for 155 in Dogwood Park, hosted by SeedFork and Downtown Green Market farmers market. Nestled in the park's theater-style "bowl," guests listened to live music and savored four courses concocted by four different chefs who coordinated the salad, appetizer, entree, and dessert, all made with food provided by ten local farmers. Read More »
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Kristina Kravchenko is one of the two top graduates of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at UT-but that's not even her most amazing feat. A Knoxville native, Kravchenko is graduating with her bachelor’s degree at seventeen years old. Records indicate she’s one of the youngest UT graduates ever. Read More »
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Tennessee's on-farm summer camps give children the opportunity to trade classrooms and daycare walls for open pastures and barn stalls. Pick Tennessee Products, the Tennessee Department of Agriculture's program to connect consumers to farmers, lists farms with summer camps geared to a variety of age groups and interests. Read More »
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