Sometimes Living Green starts with totally new ways of doing things, or perhaps in reviving traditional methods—even if they are someone else’s. Believing that farmers are situated to be the best conservationists of all, one Canon County cattleman has adopted the New Zealand style of raising stock on the farm he worked with his father. Raymond Cooper now travels the country teaching this approach of growing and rotating healthy pastures to raise healthy cattle. We dropped in to hear about this “grass roots” movement from “No Hay” Ray.
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We think it’s great news that several Tennessee Prisons are choosing to Go Green, and Live Green Tennessee recently visited Sergeant Doug Griffith of the Tennessee Department of Corrections. Griffith explained a recycling program that turns leftover food from five prisons into rich, fertile mulch that’s then used on a 100-acre kitchen garden. The inmates working the farm save the prison system—and you, the taxpayer—money... But more important is the responsibility, the fresh air, and the opportunity to learn practical, employable and life-long skills to help trustees adjust to life upon release.