Union City, Tenn.–It was a busy day Thursday at Discovery Park of America as the exhibits team moved tractors at the Simmons Bank Ag Center to make room for “AgriCulture: Innovations for Our Survival” opening in December.
Discovery Park CEO Scott Williams announced that as of Thursday, “We’ve raised a little over $935,000 to produce this important exhibit.”
Buddy’s Wrecker Service assisted with moving the tractors.
New organizations working with Discovery Park on the project include Agrela Ecosystems, Babylon Micro-Farms, Bayer Fund, Blue Steel Tool, Inc., Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, EarthSense, GroGuru, Noble Research Institute, Syngenta, Tennessee Pork Producers, Tennessee Valley Authorityand the USDA Rural Development U.S. Department of Agriculture.
More than 70 individuals have also signed up as a “Champion of Agriculture” which allows them to include their name or that of a friend or loved one on the donor wall of the exhibit and to receive an invitation to be among the first to experience it on Dec. 4 when they preview it for media. The deadline to be included as a Champion of Agriculture is Sept. 30, 2020, and contributions may be made online now.