Farming Heritage

Since its founding, Tennessee has had a rich farming heritage. With due care, this heritage will continue with growth and progress into the foreseeable future.

The Century Farms program, administered by the Center for Historic Preservation at Middle Tennessee State University, recognizes farms owned for a hundred years or more by the same family.

The farm and forestland preservation emphasis of the Tennessee Department of Agriculture seeks ways to preserve the state's agricultural and forest resources.

You can register your farm name with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture and receive an official farm name certificate.