Hit the Road June 13 for the 7th Annual Northeast Tennessee Farm Tour The 7th Annual Northeast Tennessee Farm Tour…
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The Folklore and Facts of the Old Farmer’s Almanac
The Quirky, Enduring Legacy of The Old Farmer’s Almanac Walk into a hardware store or feed-and-seed in the Appalachian Highlands…
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Mullein in Appalachia: The Velvet Weed with a Story
Mullein in the yard, on the roadside, and in Appalachian memory A Plant That Found Me Online Recently, I started…
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The Best of Local Agriculture at Mount Airy Farm Fest
The road into Mount Airy does part of the storytelling before you ever reach town. Come down through the Blue…
Read MoreHow the New Farm Bill Alters Local Food System Funding
When the House of Representatives passed the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (H.R. 7567) in May, much…
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State Street Farmers Market Opens Under New Local Leadership
A Fresh Season and a Fresh Face at the State Street Farmers Market Saturday, May 2, gave the State Street…
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Theology of the Table and the Slow Food Revival
Faith in the Soil, Part 4 Modern life has pushed the dinner table to the margins. We eat in cars,…
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Slow Food Tri-Cities is Now an Official Non-Profit
It feels like it was yesterday that I was walking the grounds of Spade & Spoon in Johnson City, admiring…
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The Pinnacle of the Bean: Three Generations of Chocolatiers
I don’t know about anyone else, but in my mind, one of the best things God ever put on the…
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Ancient Animal Welfare Still Guides Modern Farmers
Faith in the Soil, Part 3: Ancient Welfare, Modern Pastures Stand next to a conventional feedlot and take a deep…
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