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Tennessee Agri-tourism Initiative: Turning Small Farms into Big Opportunities—USDA Rural Development and TDA Market Development 2003-2005

Implementation Teams

Steering Committee
Members
  Ken Givens Tennessee Department of Agriculture
  Joe Gaines Tennessee Department of Agriculture
  Dan Strasser Tennessee Department of Agriculture
  Cynthia Kent Tennessee Department of Agriculture
  Laura Fortune Tennessee Department of Agriculture
  Susan Whitaker Tennessee Department of Tourist Development
  Ramay Winchester Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development
  Dan Wheeler UT Center for Profitable Agriculture
  Rob Holland UT Center for Profitable Agriculture
  Megan Bruch UT Center for Profitable Agriculture
  Amanda Ziehl UT Center for Profitable Agriculture
  Joe Barker Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development
  Joe Pearson Farm Bureau Federation
  Jerri Lynn Sims UT Extension
  Chuck Danehower UT Extension
  Alan Galloway UT Extension
  Alice Rhea UT Extension
Ex-Officio Members
  Ruth Tackett USDA Rural Development
  Dan Beasley USDA Rural Development

 

Promotions Team
  Cynthia Kent Tennessee Department of Agriculture
  Ramay Winchester Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development

 

Signage Sub-Group
  Joe Gaines Tennessee Department of Agriculture
  Ramay Winchester Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development

 

Liability and Regulations Sub-Group
  Dan Strasser Tennessee Department of Agriculture
  Megan Bruch and Rob Holland UT Center for Profitable Agriculture

 

Farmers Association Sub-Group
  Dan Strasser Tennessee Department of Agriculture
  Megan Bruch and Rob Holland UT Center for Profitable Agriculture

 

Education and Training Workshop Sub-Group
  Dan Strasser Tennessee Department of Agriculture
  Megan Bruch and Rob Holland UT Center for Profitable Agriculture
  Ramay Winchester Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development

 

Agri-Tourism Definition Sub-Committee
  Megan Bruch UT Center for Profitable Agriculture
  Dan Strasser Tennessee Department of Agriculture
  Ramay Winchester Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development

 

Tennessee Agri-Tourism "First Responders"
West
  Chuck Danehower, Lauderdale County
UT Extension
P.O. Box 27, Ripley, TN 38063-0027
Phone: (731) 635-9551
Email: cdanehow@utk.edu
Middle
  Jerri Lynn Sims, Montgomery County
UT Extension
1030A Cumberland Heights Road
Clarksville, TN 37040-6901
Phone: (931) 648-5725
Email: jsims4@utk.edu
 

Alan Galloway, Putnam County
UT Extension
900 South Walnut, Room 4
Cookeville, TN 38501
Phone: (931) 526-4561
Email: agallow2@utk.edu

East
  Alice Rhea, Blount County
UT Extension
219 Court Street
Maryville, TN 37804-5917
Phone: (865) 982-6430 or (865) 982-5250
Email: arhea@utk.edu
   

 


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