There are 3 article(s) tagged farmland:

• May 2025

  • Guest column: State takes needed action to protect farms

    Tennessee’s new Farmland Preservation Fund helps farmers secure their land and legacy, supports local and regional food systems, conserves wildlife habitats and stimulates rural economies.

    By Brooks Lamb May 17, 2025

• March 2020

  • Going... gone: Ex-slave’s farm auctioned after 140 years in family

    A 327-acre farm that had been in Rev. H.W. Key's family for 140 years was sold at auction on Saturday.

    By Tom Bailey March 15, 2020

  • ‘The gift that kept on giving’

    Hillery W. Key rose from slavery to prominence in higher education and the ministry. The large farm he bought in 1880 just northeast of Memphis will finally leave his family next month. 

    By Tom Bailey March 01, 2020