The Tennessee Department of Agriculture’s Century Farm Program honors families who have owned and farmed the same land for at least one hundred years. The West Tennessee Coordinator of Business Development, Colleen Coury, recently presented Deborah Stanfill, owner of Houston County’s 14th “Century Farm,” with a sign to display at her newly recognized Century Farm which was founded by her family in 1910. With the help of her brothers and a nephew, the farm remains active today raising cows and pigs and growing hay.
As a part of the America 250 Celebration, the Houston County Historical Society is attempting to identify all the farms in Houston County which might qualify as a “Century Farm.” To be certified as a “Century Farm,” it must have been continuously owned by someone in the same family for 100 years or more, contain at least 10 acres from the original farm, and produce a minimum of $1,000 from agriculture per year. There is no fee associated with becoming a “Century Farm.”…