What goes into the creation of a truly healthy farm? Is it possible to leverage the best of modern agricultural science to create a sustainable experience that is transcendent as well?
Southall, one of Tennessee’s most innovative and sustainable farms, will unveil its extensive grounds along with a luxury inn, spa and cottages in 2021 but its apiary and its 2.5 million bees are already being recognized as a key player in the larger agricultural and native biome. The Good Food…
If you peer through the windows of the conservatory greenhouse at Southall, you might not believe that the woman making the magic happen inside started her career with the Federal Reserve Bank. Fortunately, the prospect of working inside a financial building in downtown Nashville didn’t appeal to her for long.
Award-winning wildflower honey doesn’t happen by accident, but the bee program at Southall is about far more than a sweet summer reward. These workhorse insects – by next summer, nearly 4 million of them — are at the center of everything we do on the farm. Southall Beekeeper Jay Williams…
For thousands of years, people around the world have utilized domesticated chickens for their healthy eggs and meat. It all started with the wild red junglefowl of east Asia, around 7,000 B.C., and as humans saw the opportunity, chickens were used as barter and spread far and wide. Expeditions from…