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Local Table
A Guide To Food And Farming In Middle Tennessee
Spring 2013
Views from the table and beyond

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Posts Tagged ‘cheese’

First ever Local Table Holiday Guide

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

I’m so excited to let everyone know about our first ever Local Table Holiday Guide – it’s a gift catalog of local vendors selling items for the holidays. We have so many talented, passionate and creative individuals and families doing such wonderful work in our area. We’ve got farmers who do value added products such as soaps, body care items, CSA gift certificates, artisan producers creating cheese, sausages, coffees, sauces, preserves, and much more. And, if you need some help with your holiday meals, there are bread makers, bakers and cooks galore to help you serve the best holiday meal ever. Some of our most unique and quality crafts folks are also included. Please support our local vendors and consider making your holiday gift giving a local thing!

Too much stuff in the world, think about giving to two of our favorite community organizations, WCTE-TV and The Land Trust for Tennessee. Both groups working to help preserve our farmland and support our local farmers. A small gift to The Land Trust will help keep our state ‘green’.

Also, don’t forget the good works and beautiful products from Thistle Farms – one of Nashville’s most successful community organizations.

The new Local Table Holiday Gift Guide has been made possible with help from the Nashville Farmers Market and in conjunction with the guide, we’re going to do a Holiday Bazaar on Sat, Dec. 3rd at the Market. It will be from 5:30 – 8:30 and include Holiday Guide vendors and Markethouse favorites. It will be similar to a Night Market with wine, beer, music and more! I know it’s a busy time of the year, but mark this one on your calendar for a great night of local food and gifts!

And, it wouldn’t be Local Table without a guide to seasonal farms – so it can only mean Christmas trees! Make a trip to a local Christmas tree farm for not only your tree, but all your holiday greenery and many farms also carry ornaments and other decorating items.

It’s a great start to the Holiday season and I hope you’ll Give, Live, Love Local!

Food On Film

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Summertime is here – the temperatures and humidity have risen, but so has the bounty of locally grown produce and fruit. For those folks interested in the issues surrounding local food and farming, we have some great opportunities this summer to learn more about our local food systems and our own Middle Tennessee community. Starting this evening, Tues., June 16th, Martha Stamps and several of Nashville’s food organizers are supporting The Good Food Film Festival at Warner Park Nature center on Hwy. 100. The free series will be held every Tuesday through the end of July and feature six evenings of great films, lively discussion and community connections around the idea that our food system should be locally managed, safe and delicious.

Most of the series’ films have been up to now, unavailable for viewing in our area and include such films as Tableland, A Sense of Wonder, Saving Seeds and The Rise of Southern Cheese. Other films include King Corn and The Real Dirt on Farmer John. This is a wonderful opportunity to spend an educational and informative evening . For more info, go to http://www.richlandgardens.net/filmfestival.html

Over at the Belcourt Theatre in Hillsboro Village, The Food on Film Series will be held June 26 through July 2. The kick off film is Food Inc. (recently reviewed in Local Table), and currently kicking up a storm in the foodie world. In addition to the Food Inc. screening, opening night will include a panel discussion with a group of local and regional advocates moderated by The Nashville Scene’s Carrington Fox and light refreshments provided by Whole Foods. The following day, Saturday., June 27 from 11 AM til 3 PM, an “All-American” styled information fair in the parking lot at the Belcourt will include Whole Foods of Nashville, Slow Food Nashville, Bongo Java Roasting Co, Nashville Originals, Food Security Partners, Nashville Farmer’s Market, Local Table, Green Bag Lady, Delvin Farms, Alimentum, Buy Fresh/Buy Local and Team Green.

For a complete run down of the four food themed documentaries (including another Local Table reviewed film, The Garden), all of which have garnered numerous awards on the film festival circuit, go to http://www.belcourt.org/events?id=64661

So if eating locally has gotten you thinking or wanting to learn more, catch some of these upcoming films – we’re lucky to have them screening in town.