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BY CASSIDY NEMEC ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Matt and Kelly Griggs operate roughly 1,600 acres of cotton, corn, soybeans, and wheat in Humboldt, Tennessee. Matt, a University of Tennessee-Martin graduate, began the fifth generation of the Tennessee Century Farm, which can be traced back to 1882 when his great-great grandfather moved a cotton gin to the same, once-bustling Mason Grove community area where the Griggs work and live today.

From Ginning To Farming

“My great grandfather and grandfather all ran the cotton gin until it got shut down in 1995,” Matt said. “We had done some farming on the side, but the gin was the primary industry. When my dad graduated from college in the early ‘70s, he focused on the farming side while my grandad did the ginning side.”

Once the gin became unprofitable and saw its last ginning season, the Griggs family continued farming as their way of life.