Jeff on News 2
In anticipation of the public meeting this week, we invited channel 2 to come out and interview Jeff. They aired a short segment on Monday evening. Sorry about the ad before the story, it’s out of my control.
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The Chicken Battle Begins
Jeff has just learned that the neighbor up the hill behind his house has made a deal to put two industrial chicken houses on his land. For whatever reason, the location chosen was next to the property line and on the same side of the hill that runs off into Jeff’s place. The threat of…
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We can’t let this happen, Tennessee is too beautiful for it. I love you and I love your farm and the spring, I pray everything is going to work out.