MTSU Small Farm

10/21/2026

🌱 Join us tomorrow, October 22, at noon Central for a free webinar on the Future of Farming & Agriculture!

Dr. Song Cui will discuss agricultural research, and Small Farm Manager Chris Hall will share what’s happening at the MTSU Small Farm.

We’d love to have our farm friends and supporters join us!

📅 October 22 | 12–1 p.m. Central
💻 Online via Microsoft Teams
🔗 Register for free: https://tinyurl.com/mtsu-ag-webinar

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Join us for an alumni lunchtime learning ! 🌿🚜 What does the future of farming look like, and how can agriculture meet the challenges of a changing world? ➡ Sign up to attend for free via Microsoft Teams TOMORROW on Oct. 22 at noon (CST): https://tinyurl.com/mtsu-ag-webinar

Hear from MTSU School of Agriculture researchers Dr. Song Cui and Chris Hall for an engaging look at the innovations, opportunities and challenges shaping the future of farming and agriculture as well as developments with the MTSU Small Farm.

Whether you have a background in agriculture or simply have an interest in where our food comes from and where farming is headed, this MTSU Alumni Lunchtime Learning webinar offers a timely look at an industry that touches all of our lives.

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10/03/2026

🎃 Hands up if you’re excited for pumpkin season! 🙌

We have PLENTY of pumpkins and colorful, quirky gourds ready to go home with you, perfect for porch displays, fall decorating, and making memories with your little pumpkin pickers! 🍂

Come find our blue MTSU tent at the Murfreesboro Saturday Farmers Market and pick out your favorites!

📅 Our last market day is October 31—let’s make this final month a great one!

Thank you for supporting MTSU Small Farm. 💙 Happy fall, y’all!

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09/08/2026

🐛 Nature’s pest control hard at work!

Look what we found in the tomatoes today at the MTSU Small Farm!

This hornworm has been parasitized by beneficial braconid wasps. Those white structures on its back may look like eggs, but they’re actually tiny wasp cocoons. The developing wasps have already done their job inside the hornworm, and when the adults emerge, they’ll help us control more hornworms naturally.

Even on September 8 with temperatures still in the 80s, there’s plenty happening in the crop canopy!

Sometimes the best pest-management crew on the farm is already clocked in. 🌱🐛🐝

If you see a hornworm covered in these white cocoons—leave it alone! You’re looking at beneficial biological control in action.

Photo credit: James Terrell

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09/04/2026

🎉🎂 Happy Birthday, Miss Linda! 🎂🎉

The MTSU Small Farm team wants to wish our wonderful Farmers Market Director a very happy birthday!

Miss Linda is always so kind, supportive, and good to our team, and we truly appreciate everything she does to make the market such a great place to be.

We hope you have an amazing birthday and know how much you’re appreciated! 💙🌱

Happy Birthday from all of us at MTSU Small Farm! 🎈🥳

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08/29/2026

🌞🌱 WE’RE LIVE AT THE FARMERS MARKET! 🌸🥬

The MTSU Small Farm crew is set up and ready to see y’all at the Murfreesboro Saturday Market on the Square!

The tables are looking GOOD today. We’ve got beautiful fresh cut flowers, peppers, tomatoes, and our fresh microgreens ready to be weighed, bagged, and sealed right here at the stand. 🌱

And seriously… look at those flowers! 😍🌸

The market is buzzing, the weather is beautiful, and we’re here until 12 PM, so come on down, say hello to the crew, check out what we’ve been growing, and take a little bit of the MTSU Small Farm home with you!

💙 Fresh. Local. Student grown. Small Farm proud.

📍 Murfreesboro Saturday Market on the Square
⏰ Happening NOW until 12 PM

Come see us! 🌱🌸🍅🫑

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08/28/2026

🌱🌸 LOTS OF MOVING PARTS AT THE MTSU SMALL FARM! 🌸🌱

It’s been a busy week at the farm, and we’ve got a little bit of everything going on!

🌱 James has been hard at work seeding trays for some of our upcoming research projects.

🌸 We also got our first bloom from one of the new dahlia varieties we’re growing at the Small Farm this year, and if this is any indication of what’s coming, we’re pretty excited! 😍

🥬 And Dallas has been harvesting fresh microgreens today and we have been getting everything ready for tomorrow’s Farmers Market!

Research, production, flowers, and fresh food. That’s what a week at the Small Farm looks like!

Come see us tomorrow from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the MTSU Small Farm stand at the Murfreesboro Saturday Market on the Square. We’ll have fresh picked produce and freshly harvested microgreens and cut flower’s ready to go!

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08/27/2026

🌱 NEW at the MTSU Small Farm booth!

We’re changing the way we sell our microgreens at the Murfreesboro Saturday Market from 8am-12pm.

Instead of only offering pre-portioned bags, you can now choose your greens, mix & match your favorites, and have them weighed, bagged, and sealed fresh right at the booth.

💙 2 oz — $5
💙 4 oz — $8

Choose one variety or create your own custom mix.

Come see us this Saturday at the Murfreesboro Saturday Market on the Square and try out our new microgreen setup!

And we’re also looking ahead 👨‍🍳🌱

Local chefs, restaurants, caterers, and food businesses: if you’re looking for fresh, locally grown microgreens, come talk to us. We’re interested in expanding microgreen production during our off-season and would love to learn what varieties and quantities would work for your kitchen.

Tell us what you need, and let’s see what we can grow for you.

💙 Grown by students.
🌱 Grown locally.
🤝 Grown for our community.

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08/24/2026

Happy 1st day of classes!!

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08/22/2026

🌞 We’re set up and ready for Saturday Market! 🌱💙

Come see the MTSU Small Farm this morning at the Murfreesboro Saturday Market on the Square!

We’ve got fresh, locally grown produce and other farm favorites ready to go, and we’d love to see you.

📍 Murfreesboro Saturday Market
⏰ 8 AM–Noon

Stop by, say hello, and see what’s fresh this week!

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08/21/2026

🌿 We’ll see you at the market tomorrow! 💙

A big thank you to the Murfreesboro Saturday Market for featuring our fresh MTSU Small Farm figs among this week’s market finds! 🌱

Our fig season is just getting started, so quantities will be limited. If fresh, locally grown figs are on your shopping list, come see us early!

📍 Murfreesboro Saturday Market on the Square
⏰ Saturday | 8 AM–Noon

Come shop local, support your local growers and vendors, and see what’s fresh this week! 🌻🍅🌿

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