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Tennessee has started what could prove to be a great new program, as far as the environment is concerned. It’s a Middle Tennessee initiative called Conserve My Land . Its goal is to “encourage farmland preservation on the urban fringe” and also to promote practices which not ...
This Weekend: TN Summit for Sustainability
got2begreen.com — November 13-14, 2009, the Ward Agricultural Center in Lebanon, Tennessee will be host to the third annual... Summit for a Sustainable Tennessee . On Friday the 13th, the summit will be offering a variety of seminars and workshops on environmental subjects primarily focused on how to best ... (more) This Weekend: TN Summit for Sustainability
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