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July 22, 2020 By George Lindemann

Beginning Farmers | To Gravel or Not, That is the Question – Using Gravel on Farm Roads

The daily processes of operating a farm can quickly be derailed by bad farm road conditions. This means it is important to make sure that your farm roads, especially if they are gravel like George Lindemann uses at Coal Creek Farm in Cumberland County, Tennessee, are maintained properly. Read more here.

July 12, 2020 By George Lindemann

The Tennessean | Protecting East Tennessee's Piney River is good for nature and the economy

In The Tennessean, George Lindemann writes about importance for all Tennessee residents to protect the Piney River and, in turn, how it will protect the state’s economy. Read the full story here.

Burning Controlled Fire at Coal Creek

April 28, 2020 By George Lindemann

Beginning Farmers | Controlled Burns on the Farm

The following article was originally published on beginningfarmers.org by George Lindemann. I touched the plastic lighter to the base of a parched clump of sedge grass, squeezed the trigger and watched the flames crawl up the dead plant. What started as a small flame swiftly morphed into a raging expanse of fire. The noise was […]

Longhorn cows at Coal Creek Farm

March 11, 2020 By George Lindemann

AGDAILY | Cows, fire, and grasses: Reimagining routine tools

In AGDAILY, farm owner and conservationist George Lindemann writes about farm management techniques and tools from controlled burning to cattle, and how everything works together to protect the environment. Read the full story here.

December 10, 2019 By George Lindemann

Romancing The Root: The Passions And Perils Of Wild American Ginseng

by George Lindemann Toward the end of April 2018, the Chinese Government imposed a tariff on imported wild American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius). This little known wild root has somehow gotten into the middle of a brewing American/ Chinese trade war. I am not sure whether this new tariff is a good thing or a bad […]

Dead hemlock tree

August 13, 2019 By George Lindemann

AGDAILY | Saving one farm’s hemlocks — it all comes down to a choice

In AGDAILY, George Lindemann writes about the struggle and journey to save Coal Creek Farm’s precious hemlock trees. Read the full story here.