The Battle Blog
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…
View morehttps://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…
View morehttps://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…
View moreCome 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…
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View moreHear Rev. Chris Battle’s sermon “Repent, Resist” delivered at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church of Knoxville TN on the Third Sunday after Pentecost, the Sunday before Juneteenth, June 18, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W98EoVZFqEs&t=6s
View moreWATE’s Tearsa Smith speaks with Chris Battle about his work to bring fresh fruits and vegetables to his community. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2gj9XIzElY
View moreMs. Charlie said, “There might be ‘bang bang’ outside, but mamma always got some food to cook!” Kat & Kelly are full of Joy The Fannie Lou Crew Kat, Kelly, Lydia and me
View moreFriday, January 13, 2023 Beck Cultural Center – 6:30 PM
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