The Battle Blog

🎥 We’re LIVE from Garden Gospel! 🎶🌱Join us right now as we celebrate community, faith, and food justice from Payne Avenue Baptist Church. Catch soul-stirring performances by the UT Gospel Choir and the Knoxville District Baptist Choir, all in support of Battlefield Farm & Gardens and their mission to end…

We are honored and humbled to have been featured on the nationally syndicated show On the Road with Kelli and Bob. What began as a visit to see “the baddest compost bin in the world” turned into a powerful story about our community, our mission, and what it means to…

Join us Saturday, May 3 at 4:00 PM inside Payne Avenue Baptist Church

UT Students Launch Creative Crowdfunding Campaign to Support Battlefield Farm Meet Grace, Lauren, Luke, and John—four University of Tennessee students with big hearts and an even bigger vision. Through a class project turned community mission, they’ve launched a creative crowdfunding campaign to support Battlefield Farm and help tackle food insecurity…

Our partners at Young Professionals of Knoxville are sponsoring a fundraising dinner for Battlefield Farms and we are beyond honored. Please join on us on September 12th at 6:00 p.m. at the Mabry-Hazen House. We would love to have abundant support from our community! “We are proud to announce the…

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…

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…

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…

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…