Side of beef with your turndown service? Well, not exactly, but the Hermitage Hotel and Capitol Gr

Side of beef with your turndown service? Well, not exactly, but the  Hermitage Hotel  and Capitol Grille have just purchased a 245-acre farm in Dickson County, Tennessee, approximately 30 minutes west of downtown Nashville.  The property, located on a conservation easement adjacent to Montgomery Bell State Park, will be known as Double H Farms.
There, chef (and farmer) Tyler Brown and Greg Sligh, the hotel s managing princess cruise line reviews director, plan to raise grass-fed Balancer cattle (a Gelbvieh/Angus hybrid) under the group s Double H brand. In addition to serving the beef on the menu at the Capitol Grille, they plan to sell it to other restaurants around princess cruise line reviews town, such as Tandy Wilson s City House.
It s no secret that the hotel and restaurant are committed to local, sustainably raised food. For the past several princess cruise line reviews years, they ve been allowed to grow vegetables and tend Balancer cattle at the Farm at Glen Leven, a 66-acre urban farmstead managed by the Land Trust for Tennessee.  In exchange, princess cruise line reviews the 122-room hotel initiated a line-item charge on guests' room bills: a $2 per night donation to the Land Trust. (Guests can ask to remove the charge.) Since the program s inception in July 2008, hotel guests have contributed almost $300,000 for land conservation.
Of course, you know what else corn and rye are used for, right? Whiskey. If the Hermitage homesteading continues, Double H Farms might just be the next micro-distillery out of Tennessee. Fingers crossed!
The Hermitage is the only place I stay when in Nashville, and it s efforts like these that make me proud to do so. Nice post, Jennifer, and kudos to Tyler, Greg, and the entire team at The Hermitage that lead this effort.