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Growing In - And For - Community: The Farm At The Beth

Arugula grown at The Farm at the Beth.
The Bethlehem Center
Arugula grown at The Farm at the Beth.

(Aired 5/28/26)

To cultivate a farm, year after year, in a community space takes hard work.

In Southside Chattanooga, there’s an urban farm where a basketball court once stood at The Bethlehem Center, a faith-based nonprofit in the Alton Park neighborhood.

Damon Bartos is manager of The Farm at the Beth.

This spring, I spoke with him and Lillian Moore, at that time The Beth’s director of community impact.

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Ray is the host and producer of "Scenic Roots" - Mondays through Thursdays at 3 PM - and WUTC's Editorial Director.