Take It Outside
Even though we can’t go now, this beautiful environment will be waiting for us when we can. You, too. It’s never too early to start thinking about a gorgeous Tennessee vacation. Read more here.
The Virtual Bass
We work every day to create a profitable, sustainable farm operation. Explore our website to learn more. But, while you’re there note the artwork all over the farm. Nature and art are connected. They make us more aware of our place in the world if we pay attention. The art on the farm required massive…
Should we protect our waterways with poison?
At Coal Creek Farm, we’ve had to deal with invasive plant species, along with beetles and trees and other animals.. I listen to the ecologists about the use of poison versus introducing bugs for invasive management. Florida, because of its temperate climate has lots of invasive challenges, in the water and out.
Cows, fire, and grasses: Reimagining routine tools
At Coal Creek we have respect for the old ways, but we also engage the latest farm science to achieve our goals. We like to think of it as eco-agriculture. It’s sustainable environmentally and financially. Here’s an article from AgDaily that outlines how we’re working to repair the land that had been clear-cut. Read more…
Here’s the buzz on Australian Bees
Invasive bees can push the natives out. Over time, non-native bees have been introduced on the Australian continent. Scientists are now calling on residents to help them survey the kinds and quantity of the Australian bee population. Read more here.
Saving the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow
If you live in Florida, you know that fire ants are bad, bad news. They are particularly bad news for the ground-nesting Florida Grasshopper Sparrow. There’s some good news for the Sparrow, too. Though endangered, scientists have raised and released 100 chicks into the wild. Fire ants have made their way to the Cumberland Plateau;…
Lindemann Multifamily Management Acquires Nashville Apartment Community for $83.2M
Coal Creek Farm started my love affair with Tennessee. I’ve loved the farm, and I’ve learned so much about hemlock trees and zombie beetles, about controlled burns and uncontrolled invasives (this is bad in every form.) Thanks to the farm, we started to make business investments in Knoxville, Nashville, and Chattanooga.
Saving one farm’s hemlocks — it all comes down to a choice
As published in AGDAILY Too often, my childhood dreams were haunted by Dawn of the Dead’s flesh-eating zombies. In a nightmare made real, and years later, I have to choose between flesh-eating Japanese zombie beetles and poison in order to save my Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee, hemlock trees. Poison, hemlocks and beetles, oh my. Read more…
Wild American Ginseng and the Chinese Doctor
Dr. Iris Gao has moved from mainland China to Middle State Tennessee University in order to study Wild American ginseng. It just so happens that we have a lot of the root at Coal Creek farm in Eastern Tennessee. Dr. Gao visited recently with her colleague Dr. Elliot Altman (aka the hemp doctor) and Andrea Bishop, who…
On Male White Rhinos and Ginseng
The last Male Northern White Rhino died yesterday. Like rhinos, wild American Ginseng is protected by CITES (convention on international trade in endangered species). Male White Rhinos are now extinct. Is Ginseng next? Wild American Ginseng is the last truly wild root on the planet. It is considered an indicator species for the health of…