The Tennessee Century Farms Program identifies, documents, and recognizes farms owned by the same family for at least 100 years. To date, nearly 900 farms representing every county have been certified. The Center for Historic Preservation at Middle Tennessee State University maintains the Century Farm database of information and photographs, most of which is based on applications supplied by the farm families. Tennessee Agriculture: A Century Farms Perspective was published by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture and the Center in 1986. The book-length study includes descriptions of each farm and both color and black and white photographs

The Century Farms Program established shared interests among the CHP, local historical societies, county extension offices, city and county governments, and chambers of commerce. The bond was strengthened with the traveling exhibit, "Tennessee's Century Farms: Change and Continuity over 200 Years of Farming." Funded by the Center and the Tennessee Humanities Council, it toured the state in 1988-89.