The Venue

The Long Hungry Creek Farm

Long Hungry Creek Farm is a sprawling 320-acre farm located along the Long Hungry Creek outside Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee. The Long Hungry Creek is in the top tier of creeks in Tennessee for water quality. Much of it runs through forests and is shaded and cool. It makes for a refreshing dip in the summer heat, but is too cold for most people in October. It is part of the Cumberland River Watershed that eventually empties into the Gulf of Mexico. The farm is mostly eastern hardwood forest, with about 100 acres of pasture, 8 acres of gardens, and a homestead. It is a working farm and produces cattle, hay, and vegetables.

The farm hosts seasonal events, music festivals, as well as weddings and other private events throughout the year.

Long Hungry Creek Farm is also a long-standing education center for new farmers who apprentice at the farm and take part in all of the seasonal activities. Since 1995, the farm has hosted the annual Southeast Biodynamic Conference.

There are ample and beautiful camping places on the farm, some with easy car access. A newer intern quarters, near the creek crossing has showers and toilets. There are roads and trails throughout the farm fields and forest, and you can spend hours walking along them. If you go hiking, please be mindful of fence gates and boundaries lines, so as to not disturb the neighbors.

Long Hungry Creek Farm is treated with the biodynamic preparations and compost prepared from the farm’s cattle and hay. The land is managed according to biodynamic principles and strives to meet all the farm’s needs from within the farm organism.