The state’s Financial Stimulus Accountability Group (FSAG) approved $12.5M for a new meat lab facility focused on workforce development, education, research, and training last week. The University of Tennessee partnered with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, Farm Bureau, and other key agriculture stakeholders to advocate for this state-of-the-art meat processing Extension, teaching, and research facility. … Continued

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UT Gardens: One Step Closer to Designation as “Official Botanical Garden of the State”

HB29 (Eldridge R-Jackson)/SB71 (Massey R-Knoxville) passed in the House State Government subcommittee today on a voice vote. The bill will designate the University of Tennessee’s botanical gardens as the official botanical garden of the state. The botanical gardens contain over 4,000 annuals, perennials, herbs, tropicals, trees, shrubs, vegetables and ornamental grasses and are open to … Continued

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