Blake Farmer
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Should only farmers be allowed to sell in farmers markets?
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Blake Farmer
May 21, 2015
Defining what a farmers market is can be difficult.
Nuclear renaissance ebbs at largest public utility
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Blake Farmer
Apr 27, 2015
The Tennessee Valley Authority is scaling back its plans for more nuclear power.
Farmers chafe at Tennessee's hemp regulations
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Blake Farmer
Dec 4, 2014
Farmers are stoked about reviving an age-old crop. But they don't like the rules.
Volkswagen deal revs up union hopes in the South
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Blake Farmer
Nov 14, 2014
The UAW is trying to organize workers in the South, where auto jobs are growing.
Andre Agassi’s pivot to education capitalist
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Blake Farmer
Oct 29, 2014
Former tennis star Andre Agassi has spent the last few years building schools. Recently, he has stopped doing it out of pure generosity.
There aren't enough teachers with coding skills
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Blake Farmer
Sep 5, 2014
Teachers learn to code on the fly as more districts incorporate digital requirements.
Nashville tries to boost civic pride with an investment fund
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Blake Farmer
Aug 27, 2014
Having a single share is like buying stock in all of Nashville's public companies.
Volkswagen brings German-style vocational training to the US
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Blake Farmer
Aug 19, 2014
In Germany, more than half of high school graduates go into vocational programs.
Chicken: The relatively cheaper meat
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Blake Farmer
May 5, 2014
With beef and pork prices rising, many restaurants push chicken dishes.
How one Tennessee county kept unemployment so low
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Blake Farmer
Apr 22, 2014
Why one resident of Lincoln County, Tenn. says: "We're lucky, I guess."