$26K profit from grassroots Soybean Festival to be donated to Martin Fire Department

By: Cassandra Stephenson

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: September 29, 2026

Words: 617

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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More than $26,700 in proceeds from Martin’s Grassroots Soybean Festival will be donated to the Martin Fire Department, according to John Sellers, the festival’s lead organizer.

Sellers and other community members poured thousands of hours of volunteer work into the grassroots version of the traditional festival after the Tennessee Soybean Festival Committee announced in May that the event would not happen this year due to the city’s financial challenges. …

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