Dave and Verlinda Waters grew up on family farms in Meigs County, then moved away.
Now they are back, managing those farms to grow food for today and to preserve farmland and family farm food for the future.
FAST FACTRiver Ridge Farm is the second property conserved in Meigs County. A total of 5,935 acres have been conserved in four years by the Land Trust for Tennessee.Source: The Land Trust for Tennessee
The Waterses and the Land Trust for Tennessee on Monday announced a permanent conservation agreement for 152 acres of working farmland on the Tennessee River.
Known as River Ridge Farm, the Waterses’ property contains more than 2,000 feet of river frontage and is next to Washington Ferry, a Civil War ferry site that’s on the National Register of Historic Places.