A Guide To Food And Farming In Middle Tennessee
Spring 2013
Local Table is dedicated to celebrating the small farmers and other folks who bring us homegrown food from Tennessee farms. Our goal is to support a community that celebrates every meal and is thoughtful about where we live and how we eat. When we eat locally raised food, we can literally ensure the continuation of the family farm, protect our rural green spaces and support a food system that brings a steady supply of fresh, healthy foods to our towns and cities.
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 Circle J Ranch |
 Lazzaroli Pasta |
 Beans Creek Winery |
WE WANT TO MAKE IT EASIER TO FIND HEALTHIER, AND TASTIER FOOD FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. We offer easy and varied choices. You can choose catagories like farmers markets, wineries, retailers, or products, or select counties, or search the whole database. You can even combine a leisure day trip in our beautiful countryside with a gourmet destination. We hope you can use the guide, along with the magazine, as a resource to the agricultural bounties of Middle Tennessee. |More|We are looking for farmers growing crops, or anyone we may have missed. If you are not included in this guide and would like to make sure your farm, farmers market or retail operation is listed in the future, please get in touch. You can call Lisa at 1-615-677-6645 or lisa@localtable.net or use our online form.
Mother Nature has teased us all winter long by sneaking in spring-like days between days of below-freezing temps and blustery, gray days. It's nearly official - spring is here. Even as I write this in mid-February, many of the daffodils are blooming and the trees are starting to bud. It's the most hopeful time of the year for farmers and gardeners as evenings are filled with poring over seed catalogs and dreaming of the garden to be! So far, there have been no pests, late freezes, floods, straight-line winds, or drought - it's all looking good from here! |More...|
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As pointed out in a recent article written by Stephen Ornes ("What the Cow Eats"), local grass-fed beef has many economic and environmental benefits for everyone from local farmers and consumers to local ecosystems and communities. It is important also note that grass-fed beef is actually different from grain-fed beef on a nutritional level. These differences have been examined by many evidence-based research studies and the findings are consistent.
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Near the small community of Coble, Tennessee, the Lingo family spent the winter gearing up for the sixth growing season at Beaverdam Creek Farm. Just over five years ago, the 72-acre piece of land along Sulphur Creek Road in western Hickman County was nothing more than woodlands and pastures. Today a handful of dedicated farmers with a focus on faith, family, and sustainable growing practices have turned the land into a thriving community- supported farm that feeds people across the mid-state with good food grown the proper way.
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Latest entries:April 17, 2013 All thought is creative Ernest Holmes“Tree of Life” is one of my favorite movies to come out in the last few years. The plot line reveals the 1950s childhood reflections of a middle-aged man...March 14, 2013 Smile and the world smiles with you, cry and you cry alone. Stanley Gordon WestI know a tiny girl and she has something that I want. In all probability it is one of those gifts from the creator that we pass the time and the buck by saying - “But THEY are gifted - such a brain, what a voice,” etc...
Latest entries:The Lord Gives This is our on-farm model, aka Caroline, holding one of our newest piglets. The result of a cross between our Mulefoot boar and first-time Hereford sows, these piglets are small but lively. A few days ago, when I took this picture, we walked...So often a farmer tells himself he needs to sit down and write, but nothing comes. Eventually, he starts to wonder why. Where words should be, a dryness lingers. Our prayer book says that in “returning and rest” we are renewed. Granted, our prayer book is...
Latest entries:Tea timeCoree’s thinking about… cornbread. It’s a good time of year for cornbread. It’s such a satisfying quick fix for a meal. We had a good crop of field corn last year and I’m really playing with it...So muchIt’s that time of year. The heat is on, the rain seems to be slowing in pace and intensity. We may soon be able to churn up those great thick cover crop roots, and if the soil...
La AguacateEarlier this month my friend Amanda invited me to interview Susie Fogelson, VP of Marketing at Food Network and a judge on Next Food Network Star. I jumped at the opportunity. Susie was in town to speak at a NAMA (Nashville American Marketing Association) event, and to welcome her to town NAMA...So, How's It Taste?Oh how this pasta dish rocks my world. I first made Chicken Carbonara a few years ago, but it was for a special event (holiday or birthday…I can’t remember!). I didn’t have time to snap pictures, so it never made it on the blog. I’ve had it on my “to blog” list ever since. It’s [...]Copyright © 2009-2013 So,...Mary Crimmins(Photo Source) Don’t you just hate it when you pull those carrots or celery out of the fridge and they are all rubbery? Then you have to chuck them into the trash. Annoying! Well the good news is, you can stop that from happening with a few simple little tips....Lesley EatsThis is one of my favorite times of the year. The time that the wild asparagus, French breakfast radishes and all my other spring favorites show up at the farmers? markets. I usually buy up every bunch of asparagus and...Spinach Tiger...
On Live Green Tennessee we travel to Calfkiller Brewing Company in Sparta, TN, where the Sergio Brothers are handcrafting select beers. Then we traveled to Shelby Brook Farms to take a look at a "Farm-to-Fork" program. And then it's on to East Tennessee, to witness a "Seed-to-Table" program that's educating the public on the benefits of eating organically. |View Larger|
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