UT Extension: Cultivating Communities October 2021

October 4, 2021

UT Extension Smith County is proud to present the latest episode of Cultivating Communities. Join hosts Katie Martin and Chris Hicks as they travel the Upper Cumberland to introduce you to local farmers, families, and Extension agents.

In the latest episode of Cultivating Communities, Chris and Katie travel to Macon County, where they talk with Extension Agent Keith Allen about the history and the future of Macon County agriculture.

Featured interviews are with tobacco producer Marty Coley and beef producer and ag teacher Ken Roark and his daughter Kenley Roark.

You can watch this and future episodes of Cultivating Communities with UT Extension on DTC3 TV, the UT Extension Smith County Facebook page and YouTube channel, and here on Smith County Insider.

Cultivating Communities is produced by Katie Martin and Chris Hicks and edited by Rachel Petty. Production assistance provided by DTC3TV.

UT Extension provides Real.Life.Soultions. throughout Tennessee. With an office in each of the state’s ninety-five counties, UT Extension helps Tennesseans improve their quality of life and solve problems by applying research and evidence-based knowledge about agriculture and natural resources, family and consumer sciences, 4-H youth development, and community development. Learn more about UT Extension Smith County at https://smith.tennessee.edu.