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Growing Roots The mission of Growing Roots is to increase food access and community wellness on Tennessees South Cumberland Plateau. This is accomplished through activities and programming for residents of Franklin Grundy and Marion counties in Middle Tennessee including holistic community wellness workshops and classes smallscale garden programming direct food distribution youth gardening support and classes and gardenbased community infrastructure. Growing Roots is motivated by a justiceoriented approach to land use food sovereignty on the grassroots level and collaborative community efforts to improve the quality of life for all who call this mountain home. About Find out about our organization mission our methods and our growing community.