About our Teaching Farm

The Broadened Horizons Organic Farm is located in West Roane County in East Tennessee. It is an 11-acre segment of a 96 acre parcel protected under a conservation easement. This land was formally used as a cattle farm, and is located within a stones throw of the upper Tennessee River (Watts Bar Reservoir). It is now a grass-roots family operated working and teaching farm.

Founded in January of 2004, the farm mission is primarily dedicated toward the teaching and sustainable practice of soil and water restoration through a multi-faceted organic / permaculture-based program of land use planning and stewardship. Central to this goal is a comprehensive rainwater collection system that harvests and stores rainwater in cisterns and ponds for ongoing and future use in crop irrigation, poultry watering and poultry facility washing, aquatic food supply and wildlife habitat enhancement.

The farm is home to a farm-bred, mixed-flock, of heritage laying hens that are free-range pastured year round in a two acre complex of multiple runs and age-related housing options. It also hosts a small apiary. Multiple gardens, orchards, and greenhouses provide fruits and vegetables in the appropriate seasons.

Sales of our food and seed products are conducted from the farm. We are open for business during daylight hours year-round. Products currently for sale can be found on our website.

In conjunction with our land restoration work is our program to convert existing buildings over to greater seasonal energy efficiency. Construction of existing or new structures are guided by the following criteria, to be low in material cost, to factor in directional orientation and topographical placement, maximum use of vegetative landscaping and predominate use of local materials. All of our building projects involve 85% minimum use of local, natural, recycled and salvaged materials.

We offer year-round guided tours and structured hands-on workshops, as a way to share our experience and knowledge. We invite you to tour our website, and learn about our sustainable land practices, the long-term vision of the Broadened Horizons staff, and the daily workings of our sustainability teaching farm.