Faith in the Soil, Part 4: The Theology of the Table and the Slow Food Revival Modern life has pushed the dinner table to the margins. We eat in cars, at desks, between appointments, or with a screen ...
The Kingsport Farmers Market opened for the 2026 season on Saturday, April 25, and the crowd showed up early. Throughout the morning, the pavilion buzzed with activity. Every vendor space was filled u...
I don’t know about anyone else, but in my mind, one of the best things God ever put on the Earth is the cocoa bean. Since roughly 3300 B.C., people have been domesticating and consuming this inc...
Faith in the Soil, Part 3: Ancient Welfare, Modern Pastures Stand next to a conventional feedlot and take a deep breath. You’ll smell ammonia, dust—and something harder to ignore: stress. Modern...
BLACKSBURG, Va. — The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has committed nearly $8 million to something most people don’t think about much—at least not until it smells: food waste and th...
Faith in the Soil: The Biblical Agrarian Movement, Part 2 If you stand on a ridge in the Appalachian Highlands and look down into the valleys, you won’t see what you see in the Midwest. There ar...
Faith in the Soil Series, Part 1 If you observe a modern, large-scale commercial farm today, you will see a wonder of industrial efficiency and productivity. Fields go on for miles in perfect, uniform...
The Creative Pulse of Tennessee’s Oldest Town: Discovering Mill Spring Makers Market Every time I get to Jonesborough, Tennessee, I can feel it. The place just has a spirit. Not one of those mus...
