LIMESTONE, Tenn. (WJHL) — River Creek Farm is finally past the recovery process after Hurricane Helene devastated the region last fall.

"I would consider all of our farmland that was flooded to be back to production status," owner Jamie Dove said.

He said that after an event like Helene, they need to focus on the soil first.

"You don't think of it this way until you've done it for a while, but you think you're growing vegetables," Dove said. "But really, what you're growing is soil."

The soil was heavily impacted by the floodwaters, which brought in materials that altered the types of plants that could grow.

"Some promising things and some not so promising things about the soil health, but I don't think it's anything we can't overcome over time," Dove said.

The most significant loss

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