Battlefield Farm & Gardens Summer Internship
It’s that time of year again! We are proud to be hosting our second summer internship program at BFF. We are looking for 10 local Black youths between the ages of 13-17 to participate in our paid summer internship program. There will be great learnings and even greater FUN! The…
Gospel In The Gardens: A Fundraising Event For Battlefield Farm & Gardens
Please join us on Saturday, May 4th at 6:00 p.m. at Payne Avenue Baptist Church for our first fundraising event! In partnership with the UT Gospel Choir, Gospel In The Gardens, will have food, fellowship and an opportunity to GIVE! We accept cash, check, Venmo, CashApp and PayPal donations, no…
Chris Does a Guest Appearance on The Biggest Table Podcast
Treat yourself and listen to Chris share about his redemption through farming on The Biggest Table podcast. Clearly, there is nothing he can’t do. Husband, father, pastor, author, farmer, model, comedian, chicken wrangler extraordinaire……. “A chance encounter with a gentleman back in 2008, while he and his church were cleaning…
Knoxville’s Chris Battle draws national spotlight while addressing food insecurity
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2024/01/16/knoxvilles-chris-battle-of-battlefield-farms-featured-in-people/72243583007/ Chris Battle is already well-known in Knoxville and East Tennessee for his work creating BattleField Farm & Gardens. From the organization’s beginnings as a “gleaning fence,” providing fresh vegetables next to Tabernacle Baptist Church, to the founding of BattleField Farm & Gardens in 2018 and the delivery of fresh fruits and vegetables to several…
Chris in People Magazine!
https://people.com/pastor-leaves-his-church-to-feed-the-hungry-on-urban-farm-8425557 “Four years have passed since Battle, 62, left his job as senior pastor at the Tabernacle Baptist Church — one of Knoxville’s oldest Black Baptist congregations — to grow and deliver fresh produce to residents of a city neighborhood where healthy food is scarce. “I’m doing something that’s meeting a…
Concrete Garden Pallet Painting Party!!
Come out and paint with us! We are having a pallet painting party at our new concrete garden on 107 S. Chestnut this Saturday 10/14/23 starting at 9:00 am! We will be painting until we finish and all paint donations are welcome! Join us this Saturday, October 14, 2023 for…
Chris’ guest appearance on the Women In Ag Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/live/XGPqRCx0bLw?si=1yAszJ3ZRf8E4Qhn