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On this episode of Root of The Matter, we have Dr. Paul Plummer as out guest. Plummer has been Dean of the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine for about a year now. A third‑generation Tennessean and UTCVM alumnus, Dr. Plummer returns home after his time at Iowa State University, where he served as Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies, as well as Anderson Endowed Chair in Veterinary Sciences. Plummer describes how his early experiences on his family’s farm in Seviervi...

Mike Partin serves as the CEO of the Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative and was recently elected president of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Board of Directors. He also farms beef cattle on the side with his father back home. With growing demand on the electric grid from Tennessee’s rising population and emerging artificial intelligence hubs, Mike sees the urgency to beef up the power grid across the country—especially in rural America.