Major Partners

The Robert E. and Jenny D. Kirkland Foundation

Partners
H&R Agri-Power and Case IH; Tennessee Beef Promotion Board; Tennessee Corn Promotion Board; Tennessee Department of Agriculture; Tennessee Soybean Promotion Board; USDA Rural Development U.S. Department of Agriculture

Contributors
AgLaunch Initiative; Bayer Fund; The Dairy Alliance; Danny Larcom Heating and Air; Farm Credit Mid-America; Gail McDonald Latimer; Green Plains, Inc.; Henry County Farm Bureau; Matt Fennel; Obion County Farm Bureau; Syngenta; Tennessee Farm Bureau;  Tennessee Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom; Tennessee Pork Producers Association; Tosh Farms; Westan Insurance Group, Inc.; Will Wade and Pat Wade; Williams Country Sausage

Friends
Agrela Ecosystems; Babylon Micro-Farms; Barnes Farms; Blue Steel Tool, Inc.; Donald Danforth Plant Science Center; EarthSense; East Tennessee Nursery and the Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry; FarmSpace Systems, LLC; GroGuru; Humboldt Cotton Warehouse; Noble Research Institute; Prolific Earth Sciences; Roundstone Native Seed; “Silo”; Star Pastures Apiary; SwineTech; The University of Tennessee at Martin; Turtle Plastics; USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service; WCTE, Upper Cumberland PBS; Yorkville Cotton

Champions of Agriculture

Carol and Charles Steer | Yeargin Farms | Veronica Steer – Sunbow Jerseys | Matthew, Colby, Harrison, Carsen, Mattie Jane and Ally Anne Gray | Alice and Marcus Fennel | Mike and Penny Holman | Platt Farms – Jeanne and Chuck McMillen | David W. Howell | Grady J. Buttrey | Rachel C. Buttrey | Brad and Emalee Buttrey | BERG Livestock | Tony and Margie Jones | Mr. and Mrs. Tim Hazlewood |Flynn Jowers – Farm Bureau Insurance Agent | Chad and Heather Hardy in memory of Robert Bain Hill | Clinton Evans and Family | Scott, Michelle, Alex and Liv Williams | In memory of Wade and Wilma Nell Moss by Polly Brasher | In memory of James E. Bankston by Ginger C. Terry | C & W Farms | Morgan and Joseph Morrissett | Buckles Family – 1700’s-2020 | Woodard Family – 1800’s-1900’s | Johnson Family – 1800’s-2020 | Wilmot Family – 1800’s- 2006 | Snelling Family – 1800’s- 1900’s | Mr. and Mrs. John Watkins | Vicki and Glenn Heatherly | Lelia and John Warner | In honor of Gordon Henshaw by William G. Henshaw | Ervin Feed & Grain | Rance and Keisha Hooper Farms | Sellers Farms | Dominick Lee | Linda and Dave Rizzuto | T. Jack’s – Fredricks Family Apiary | In memory of Edgar Hilliard, my farmer dad | Warterfield Grain Company  | Pamela and Jack W. Sloan | Matt and Kelly Griggs – Griggs Farms LLC | Shannon and Charley Deal | Ms. Penny Fleming, USDA Retired | Jennifer and Gary Hooks | Kathy and Johnny Bacon and family in honor of Margaret and John Bacon | Todd, Brittany, Ellie and Henry Gregory | Lynn and Kay Barnes Farms | Ben Harrison Farms | Patti and Jim Leeke family | Carter Century Farms, est. 1879  Owner Barry (Buck) Carter and family 7th generation of true farmers | Nell and Jacky Gullett | In loving memory of Larry Fluty | H & H Farms of TN | Pat and Phillip Watkins |In honor of Herman Dietzel, Jr. Tennessee State DEKALB© Corn Growing Contest Champion 1956 -Given by the Dietzel family | Black Monocle Disc Golf | Mike Cox | Michelle and Al Creswell | Sam, Chris, Cailee and Carson Sinclair | Betty Ann and John Tanner | Lindsay, Alli Kate and Houston Frilling | Jack R. Parker | Tri State International Trucks – Union City, TN | Union City Energy Authority/TVA | Tyson – Union City, TN | Brian, Deanna and Rebecca Jones | Jim and Mary Nita Bondurant and family | Karl, Sandy and Kelsey Johnson | Hancock Family Farms – Incorporated by Curtis Hancock, Jr. – Celebrating 200 years of Family farming in West Kentucky | David and Tammy Ursery | Max and Lucy Wilson | Marvin and Carol Ellis | Burroughs and Sons, Hopkinsville, KY | Tim and Tammy Williams | Paula and Larry Snider: In loving memory of our farming grandparents – Sam Wright (Sharon, TN) and Frank Thompson (Water Valley, KY) | James Nathan Buckley, Spring Creek, TN | James Allen Buckley | Arthur Jones, Jr., Nashville, TN | Allie Kate Jones | Mary Bailey Jones | In honor of Curtis Haynes, soil conservationist, by his son | Lee and Alicia Maddox | Pappaw and SueSue | John, Melissa, Gage, Alex, Nova and Zane  | Jared, Tanna, Raye, Kaylee and Hunter | Michael, Anissa and Marceline | John and Beth Ray | Loyd and Brenda Bradford |Seth, Kelly, Shelby, Ollie and Sadie | Hal and Melanie Bynum- In memory of Stacey Bruff, Ph.D. | William Thomas Ashburn| Mason Call Ashburn | Baker Farms- Quincy, IL, for over 100 years | Hampton Farms | Childress Farms | Leveloam Farms | We love our agricultural community. Support your local farmers. -Bill and Kathi Prather | The Cheek Family | Broox and Jake Lewis, L & L Farms | Guy and Patty Gray | Ann and John Sallee | In memory of Mike and Mary Nanney, Chestnut Glade, Martin, TN by Cathy McKinney | John M. Miles | David and Carol Reed | NWTN Local Food Network – Increasing access to locally grown and produced foods. | Chester and Pamela Crone | Kerry and Lori Wade – Wade Farms | In memory of Novie Howell. She had the greenest thumb I ever knew. – By Laura Kirkland | In honor of the Doyle Family of Marshall County, Illinois | Dee Fields Pritchett | BD1 FARMS  aka “The Farm” | Hopper Farms | In memory of Claude V. Logan, Jr. | Mike and Terri Brundige | Brundige Farms | Glover, Fowler, McCollum, Dugger, Peal | Matt, Liz, Sawyer, Kate and Staton Dintelmann |Rance and Patti Barnes | Larry G. Heatherly, Ph.D. | Erin and Anthony | In memory of Ned Bigelow | Ricky and Pat Conner | The Elder Family | WAVE AG – Ballard, Carlisle, Hickman and Fulton Counties | Phillip, Katie, Preston and Emma Claire Creswell | Self-McKnight Family: In honor of Scott Williams, President and CEO | In memory of Glynn Giffin (Giffin Farms: Judy, Hoyt, Benita, Derek, Micayla, Troy, Amy, Carter and Conner) | Philip and Lisa Smartt | Bill and Chrysteen Goodman | Khalil M. T. Sutton | Tristen A. Thalheimer | Malcolm E. Thalheimer | Bill and Landy Fuqua | In honor of Kyle Rogers- Westview FFA Advisor by the Evans family | Dixie Chile Ranch – Kenton, TN | West Tennessee PBS | Baker Family Farm – Robert and Lois Baker, Sam and Brenda Baker, O’Neil and Nancy Baker and Robbie and Melody Baker | For Miley, Noel and Brantley with love from Papa and Nana | Christopher and Marriann Peck | Joe and Phyllis Brasher| Reeves Farm – Barry and Anne Reeves | Friends of Discovery Park: Danny, Gail, Michael, Marriann and Alicia Wilson | In honor of our greatly missed farming grandfathers – E.W. (Wick) Jamerson, Woodrow (Bill) Henson, Wes and MeLeah Henson | Ed Sumara Family | Wynn Land Company| In honor of the ancestors- Heniscity Farm | For my baby duck Ava.  Love, Mommy and Dada | Joe and Carol McKinnon | Sam Henderson- Ripley, TN | Roland Henderson- Ripley, TN | In honor of Herman Denning by his grandchildren and great grand children | White Squirrel Winery – Bill and Marjie Sanderson | The Sam McCollum Family | Gibson County Farm Bureau | Giffin Farms| Hughes Family Farm |Larry and Donna Stringfield | Matthew French PA-C | Emily French | Joseph French | Zachary Johnson | Caleb Johnson | Matt and Brandi French | The Graham Family | Champion Farm, Fulton County, KY-  In honor of past generations: Doris and Raymond Champion, Marion Champion and Daisy and Jordan Champion by Janie and Bill Craddock | In memory of Haywood County farmers Virginia and Guy Lovelace by their family | Douglas, Jennifer, Reagan and Harrison Durkee | Davie and Judy Stephens | Tonya Pride | Tarr Farms | In memory of William Travis (Bubba) Tankersley – June 28, 1930 – March 26, 2005- Kenton, TN | In honor of Syrena Flowers – West TN State FFA VP 2010-2011 | Robert, Zoe, Lauren and Brock Baskin in memory of Bob Baskin | In loving memory of Stacey Bruff, Ph.D.- from your Nutrien family, UC Division Office | It all began with a garden! -Karen L. Verkler | Sowell Farms | Reams Farms | In loving memory of Clifton (Pete) Branch, my farmer dad, from Burlison, TN-Susan Eason | Hayes Farm, Forked Deer, Haywood County, Tennessee- Since 1946 | In honor of Isabel Stuart, Matthew Boaz, Andrew Boaz and Sophia Boaz | Gene and Jan Outlaw | Everett and Amy Woods | Roe and Andrea Hughes | Bobby and Melinda Goode | Kaleb and Katie Dinwiddie of Silver Oak Farms in Trenton, TN | Bradford-Cooper Family Farm (Gibson County)- Since 1822 | In memory of Albert Murry Buntin- Jackson, TN | Chuck, Abby and Grace Danehower | In memory of Ted and Mary Lou Medlin | In memory of Jimmy Stewart | Chad, Jessica and Bridger Dunivant | In memory of John Marshall Vaden by Stephen Alexander Vaden and Samuel Marshall Vaden

Special thanks to the University of Tennessee at Martin for their assistance with this exhibit:

Dr. Emalee K. Buttrey | Dr. Keith Carver | Dr. Barbara A. Darroch | Dr. Charley Deal | Dr. Joey E. Mehlhorn | Dr. Sandy Mehlhorn | Dr. Scott Parrott | Dr. Jason Roberts | Dr. Todd Winters