ComeUnity Café in Jackson Offers Healthy Food for All

ComeUnity Café in Jackson isn’t your average health-food restaurant. The unique eatery opens its doors to all who want a nutritious meal, regardless of whether they have the money to buy it. With a mission to provide healthy and delicious food to all the people of Jackson, the restaurant promotes community growth through dignified exchange.

UT Institute of Agriculture Partners with Energy and Utility Providers in Fresh Electric Farm

Farmers don’t need sunshine to produce abundant food. Ideal growing conditions can be duplicated indoors, using lights. The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture is teaming with utility and energy agencies to research ways to grow nutritious crops inside a new facility – a so-called "fresh electric farm."

Invasive Tick Detected in Six Additional Tennessee Counties

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture – Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, Tennessee Department of Health, and University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture today announced the detection of the invasive Asian longhorned tick in an additional six Tennessee counties: Knox, Jefferson, Claiborne, Cocke, Putnam, and Sevier. The tick was detected in Union and Roane Counties in May.