Tennessee Chapter

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FARFA of Tennessee
932 Buck Creek Rd
Kingston, TN 37763
(865) 717-0728

Temporary President: William A. Clark (Bill) lives in Morgan County, Tennessee. Bill and his wife, along with their children and grandchildren, still live on the farm he was raised on and that his family has farmed for six generations. His farm is next door to his great-grandfather's farm, which is also still in the family. Bill spent over 60 yrs in the union and is a retired boilermaker. He served on the executive Board of Union and as a County Commissioner. He and his family raise horses, cows, chickens and goats.

President (on temporary leave): Everett W. Phillips lives in Roane County, Tennessee. Everett and his wife, along with their children, live on the farm where his wife grew up. Everett has lived most of his life in Roane Co. He has worked in various types of farm related jobs since he was in his teens. He has also worked as a surgical technologist and in restaurant management for a few years. He is currently farming and driving a truck.

Board of Directors:

Laura Richardson was raised in New Jersey, the daughter of a man who hobby farmed on 3.5 acres just outside of New York City. Over the last 40 years, she has raised an assortment of animals: horses, chickens, goats, geese, and turkeys. She moved to Tennessee six years ago, bringing her Arabians with her. She has been fighting the NAIS since January, and has even sold several horses to give more time to the fight.

David Millison-Shoresh is 46 years old and an army veteran. He served as an aviation electrician from 1977 to 1981, and then spend 15 years as a network engineer in Miami, Florida. He moved to the mountains of Tennessee in 1994. He is married to Airellah Shoresh, has 4 daughters and 10 grandchildren. He has been a goat rancher since 1995. His basic philosophy is that a man only has one true quality: “HIS WORD.”

Justin Sanders is a farmer, writer, teacher, and investment consultant from Tennessee. He is currently holding a B.S. degree in English from the University of North Alabama until they ask for it back. He lives with his wife and three sons on his family's farm in the hills and hollers of Middle Tennessee, which cradles cattle, sheep, goats, horses, pigs, chickens, turkeys, geese, and ducks, all of which are staunchly opposed to any form of tagging.