You may have noticed some new color springing up along your favorite rural route, and it's not in the fields among Tennessee's wildflowers. The Appalachian Quilt Trail is growing exponentially as barns and buildings across the countryside are being adorned with colorful quilt squares. Forty artful installations are going up in the Upper Cumberland in May alone! Kathy Daugherty took us on a tour of some trail sites, then we dropped in by Cookeville High School where students there creating a new spin on the old sewing circle.
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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.