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Across The Tri-State, The High Stakes Of Disappearing Farmland

On a farm in Rising Fawn, Georgia.
Food As A Verb
On a farm in Rising Fawn, Georgia.

Over the past two decades, Hamilton County has lost more than half of its land available to grow food.

That includes more than 5,000 acres of farmland - and a 65 percent loss of cropland.

Food As A Verb, the Chattanooga media startup, shared those numbers from the Land Trust for Tennessee.

Hamilton County is far from alone: By the year 2040, the tri-state region of Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia is projected to lose 150,000 acres of farmland.

On Thursday starting at 10:30 AM, David Cook of Food As A Verb will moderate a panel at this year’s Tri-State Summit, presented by Thrive Regional Partnership in Chattanooga - titled, “When It’s Gone, It’s Gone: The High Stakes of Disappearing Farmland.”

David Cook
Food As A Verb
David Cook

Brooks Lamb, author of “Love for the Land,” will be on that panel.

Later on Thursday, starting at 4:30 PM, Brooks will be the first guest for a new farm-to-table speaker series, presented by Food As A Verb and Little Coyote - at the restaurant’s location in St. Elmo.

Brooks Lamb
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Brooks Lamb

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