Thank you to everyone who participated in the Quilt Turning this year. We all felt like family supporting a good cause while seeing well-loved quilts and hearing touching stories from the late 19th century into more recent times. Each of your stories is a...
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Quilt Turning Program — who’s coming!
Tickets are still on sale for the 3rd annual Quilt Turning for the Quilt Trail - register here online or call 423-979-2581. Every quilt has a story… And we are pleased to bring some of our favorite stories from the Quilt Trail and the region to you:...
Appalachian Farmacy — Providing Low-Income Patients Prescriptions to Local Fruits & Veggies
Starting this year and thanks to a grant award from the USDA Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive, the Appalachian Farmacy coalition will be making it easier for low-income patients with diabetes and heart disease to eat more locally grown fruits and vegetables from...
Presto — Pesto with Garlic Scapes
Garlic Scape Pesto Save some of that early summer goodness for cold winter days with Garlic Scape Pesto! Garlic scapes, the tender green center stalk of the garlic, are highly flavorful, aromatic and useful. Ingredients ¼ cup pine nuts (or last year’s harvest of...
Build It Up East TN – Helping East TN Grow!
Build It Up East TN -- Helping East TN Grow! “The mission of Build It Up East TN is to improve the health of our community and economy and preserve our region’s cultural heritage through the promotion of local, sustainably grown food.” Founded in 2011 in...
Boone Street Market — New Expansion On the Way!
Boone Street Market, Jonesborough TN Recent Events Spotlight -- 100 Mile Dinner at Dotson Farm In May of this year Boone St. Market hosted their spring 100 Mile Dinner at the Dotson Farm in Washington County, TN. Chef Nathan Brand and Bartender Kevin Masters...
News from Mt. Harvest Kitchen, Unicoi TN — Meet the Director, Lee Manning
Mountain Harvest Kitchen has a Director! Lee Manning has been working in the food industry for the past 9 years, from small start-ups to large corporations. Her passion is bringing good food to a larger table, and when not helping others achieve this goal, she is...
Farmer Spotlight: Kari & Curtis of Forest Grown Farm, Washington County TN
Forest Grown Farm, Washington County, TN Nature-lovers and husband and wife team, Kari and Curtis, dreamed up Forest Grown as they explored the Cherokee National Forest that borders their property. The desire to understand the mysterious magic housed within the...
Quilt Turning, 3rd annual, for the Quilt Trail
Every quilt has a story... Of the heart that designed it, the hands that stitched it, and the family who was warmed underneath it. Come to our 3rd annual special storytelling performance, with lunch, featuring the antique and heirloom quilts behind the Quilt Trail,...
From Soil to $old
From Soil to $old: A daylong workshop for commercial produce growers, market gardeners, and agriculture professionals to teach practices for increasing yields, quality, and storage shelf-life for locally grown fruits and vegetables. Saturday, April 29th two regional...