Special Growers, East TN Makers Market

S9:E15. 04/23/2022

Special Growers, East TN Makers Market, Debra Dean's Peanut Gallery and fourteen-year-old Miller Dean's Squeezy's business.

Today, we are setting the table with special growers, an East TN makers market, and a young entrepreneurial fellow who has his own flavored tea and lemonade stand. Today, our guests are Kent Davis, one of the parents who created a non-profit organization called Special Growers in Maryville, TN. Special Growers grow culinary herbs and fresh-cut flowers. In addition, they partner with several regional restaurants and offer meaningful job training and employment to special needs individuals post-high school. We also visit with Debra and Miller Dean. Debra is a baker, a maker, and one of the founders of the ETMM markets held biannually on the campus of Maryville College. I love to feature young entrepreneurial individuals through regional food or agriculture on this show. We also visit with Miller Dean, Debra’s fourteen-year-old son, who has a flavored tea and lemonade booth at these markets.

Links:

Special Growers: https://www.specialgrowers.com/

East Tennessee Makers Market links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaryvilleMakersMarket/ Instagram: @Easttennesseemakersmarket

Squeezy’s Fresh Lemonade and Tea: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069262149891

Debra and Miller Dean. Photo: Amy Campbell 2022.

Employees and participants with Special Growers. Photo: Amy Campbell 2021.

Kent Davis of Special Growers. Photo: Amy Campbell, 2021.

Raising laying hens, deviled eggs and hot cross buns

S9:E14. 04/16/2022

Look at all these ribbons Marshall Bales won at the fair this past year! This 15-year-old farmer describes his egg business at Bales Farms, Mosheim, TN. Lady Farmer Aliceson Bales shares her Mother's famous deviled egg recipe plus tips on peeling the eggs more easily. And Karen Zorio shares her recipe and story of Hot Cross buns.

Bales Farm: https://balesfarmstn.com/

Young Farmer Marshall Bales with the ribbons he won in 202 at the fair. https://balesfarmstn.com/ Photo: Amy Campbell.

Aliceson Bales deviled eggs. Photo: Aliceson Bales. https://balesfarmstn.com/

The lovely Karen Zorio with her Hot Cross Buns.

Small batch Tennessee maple syrup and asparagus

S9:E13. 04/09/2022

Small batch Tennessee maple syrup and asparagus

We welcome spring in Tennessee with Clint Smith’s Small batch Tennessee maple syrup doings. And Author, Podcaster, gardener, and YouTube channel favorite “Digging It,” Kelly Smith Trimble on the topic of Asparagus.

Clint Smith: Clint is available by email, just email me first and I will text him.

The kind, smart, and amazing Kelly Smith Trimble. https://www.kellysmithtrimble.com/

Kelly Smith Trimble: https://www.kellysmithtrimble.com/

Clint Smith with a bottle of his maple syrup. Made in Tennessee.

A kitchen table made by Clint Smith.

Fire racks made by Clint Smith for J.C. Holdway restaurant, Knoxville.

Clint Smith’s syrup boiling down.

This is Rufus, Kelly’s dog.

Allan Bentons Tennessee Prosciutto

S9:E12. 04/02/2022

How does a struggling self-described hillbilly ham smoker turn into THE man on hams and bacon? Dearly loved by locals, chefs, and customers across our nation, here is his story of taking a wise chance with his business and how that has paid off.

http://bentonscountryhams2.com/

Allan Benton actually does use a computer at times.  Amy took this picture of him at Benton's Smoky Mountain Country Hams, Madisonville, TN. http://bentonscountryhams2.com/

Here is a picture of Amy’s “Smoky Mountain Sushi” TM.

Tennessee Morel Hunt with Chris Burger

S6:E11. 03/26/2022

Tennessee Morel Hunt with Chris Burger

Today we are setting the table with a good ole fashioned morel mushroom foraging in search of a wild food that delivers the umami taste. My guests are Chris Burger Farmer, Creative Director and Co-Founder of Century Harvest Farms Foundation in Greenback, TN. Chris was kind enough to invite me on a morel hunt for this mushroom that only appears from late March through the first few weeks of April annually in Tennessee. We also will be joined in the kitchen at Century Harvest Farms Foundation by Chef Robert Allen. He will share how he cooks morel mushrooms and what he pairs them with.

Chris Burger, Century Harvest Farms Foundation: https://centuryharvest.org/

Chef Robert Allen: https://www.robertallenculinary.com/a-destination

Chris Burger holding a morel mushroom the day we went on a Tennessee Morel hunt at Century Harvest Farms Foundation. Photo: Amy Campbell.

Strawberry Soup with Aliceson Bales, Olde Virden’s Tennessee Pepper Company Artisanal Food Market and the Olde Virden’s Spring Pop Up Market

S9:E10. 03/19/2022

Our guests are Alyson and Chris Virden of Olde Virden’s Tennessee Pepper Company and their new Artisanal Food Market located in Knoxville, plus Aliceson Bales, of Bales Farm with a refreshing springtime recipe for chilled Strawberry Soup. The Virden’s hosts a spring pop-up market with 10 participants offering artisanal foodstuff and products. Aliceson Bales will be on hand selling and signing her Bales Farm cookbook on March 20, 2022, 12:00 noon - 3:00.

Links:

Olde Virden’s Artisanal Food Market: https://m.facebook.com/people/Tennessee-Pepper-Co-Artisanal-Food-Market/100070593581365/

Olde Virden’s Tennessee Pepper Company: https://oldevirdens.com/

Fred Sauceman: https://www.facebook.com/fred.sauceman

Emi Sunshine (sings our theme song): https://theemisunshine.com/

Jessica Carlson Owner of SoKnoSourDough, Knoxville TN Sour Dough Baker

S9:E9.03/12/2022

SoKnoSourDough, Knoxville Tennessee Sourdough Maker

Our guest is Stephanie Carlson of SoKnoSourDough - a sourdough bakery in South Knoxville, TN. Stephanie had no plans of ever becoming a baker. Today, we will hear how she got into this line of work, where her starter came from, some of her products, and how she equips the community to bake sourdough for themselves. Also, on today’s program in Fred Sauceman’s Potluck Radio series, he features novelist Adriana Trigiani on culinary cultures. And we have pulled up another chair to this big TN table here - Jessica Carr, the owner of Girl’s Gotta Eat Good, Knoxville’s first Asian Bakery, is our guest interviewer today with SoKnoSourDough - I’m really excited to welcome Jessica Carr on board here at the Tennessee Farm Table helping to interview Knoxville Food Makers. Welcome, Jessica.

Links: SoKnoSourDough: https://www.soknosourdough.com/

Jessica Carr, owner of Girl’s Gotta Eat Good, Asian Bakery who interviewed Stephanie in this episode: https://www.facebook.com/girlsgottaeatgood/

Old Sevier Market: https://www.facebook.com/oldseviermarket/

Fred Sauceman: https://www.facebook.com/fred.sauceman

Emi Sunshine (sings our theme song): https://theemisunshine.com/

Stephanie Carlson, creator of SoKnoSourDough. Photo: Jessica Carr, creator of Girls Gotta Eat Good, Knoxville’s first Asian Bakery.

Lost Creek Farm, Harrison County, West Virginia

S9:E8. 03/05/2022

Amy Dawson and Mike Costello are farmers, chefs, owners of Lost Creek Farm, a historic family farmstead located in Harrison County, West Virginia. They describe their cuisine as Story-Rich, Heritage-inspired - Mountain Cuisine. They have been nominated for a 2022 James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef, Southeast!. We recorded this together in 2016, and I am so happy that they have turned their vision for revitalizing this family farm into a reality. Also, Fred Sauceman with a story and recipe from the late Raymond Bautista, Elizabethton, TN.

Links:

Lost Creek Farm: http://www.lostcreekfarmwv.com/

Lost Creek Farm Podcast: Pickle Shelf Radio Hour: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pickle-shelf-radio-hour/id1499208247

James Beard Foundation nomination information: https://www.jamesbeard.org/blog/the-2022-james-beard-award-semfinalists

Fred Sauceman: https://www.facebook.com/fred.sauceman

Emi Sunshine (sings our theme song): https://theemisunshine.com/

Mike Costello and Amy Dawson, Lost Creek Farm, Harrison County, WV. Photo: LostCreekFarmWV.com.

Tyler Rogers - Chattanooga Tennessee Chair-Maker

S9:E7. 02,26,2022

Tyler Rogers from Chattanooga, Tennessee, makes wooden chairs, the old-style way with hand tools. His chairs are as beautiful as they are functional. Tyler also shares his Grandmother Wyoline Lewis's squash casserole recipe. Also, Fred Sauceman shares ham smoker Allan Benton's Red Eye Gravy recipe.

Links:

Tyler Rogers https://www.instagram.com/tr.chairmaker/

Fred Sauceman: https://www.facebook.com/fred.sauceman

Allan Benton https://bentonscountryhams2.com/

Emi Sunshine (sings our theme song): https://theemisunshine.com/

Tyler Rogers with the chair he made 2021. Connect with Tyler on instagram @tr.chairmaker. Photo: Amy Campbell.

A closer look at Tyler Roger’s chair. Photo: Amy Campbell.

Tyler Rogers working on shaving down legs for a chair. Photo: Amy Campbell.

The book Tyler references in the podcast and snacks he had for our visit. Photo: Amy Campbell.

Girls Gotta Eat Good Asian Bakery and Tennessee Wagyu Beef.

S9:E6. 02/19/2022

Girls Gotta Eat Good Asian Bakery and Tennessee Wagyu Beef.

Today, we are setting the table with Asian baked goods and Tennessee Wagyu beef. My first guest is Jessica Carr, a young entrepreneurial woman who created Girls Gotta Eat Good, Asian Bakery. Knoxville’s first Asian bakery. Jessica turned her love of baking, many of her mother’s recipes, and a daring leap of faith after prayer into an innovative business, and she is seeing good results. An inspirational story. In Fred Sauceman’s pot luck radio series, he visits with Ron Hawkins of Hawk Nest Farms, a wagyu beef farmer located in the Greene-Washington County area of Tennessee.

Links: Girls Gotta Eat Good facebook: https://www.facebook.com/girlsgottaeatgood/

Girls Gotta Eat Good Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/girlsgottaeatgood/?hl=en

Fred Sauceman: https://www.facebook.com/fred.sauceman

Ron Hawkins, Hawknest Farms Tennessee Wagyu Beef: https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Grocery-Store/Hawk-Nest-Farm-435117246687134/

Emi Sunshine (sings our theme song): https://theemisunshine.com/

Jessica Carr, Girls Gotta Eat Good Asian Bakery holding her Ube crinkle cookie. Photo: Amy Campbell.

Jessica Carr, Girls Gotta Eat Good Asian Bakery holding her Kalamay. Photo: Amy Campbell.

Jessica Carr’s Ube crinkle cookie.

Jessica Carr’s Kalamay.

Ron Hawkins’s Wagyu beef heard from Hawk Nest Farm. Photo: Fred Sauceman.

Flora De Mel, Meadery, Rossville, Georgia

S9:E5. 02/12/2022

Today, we are setting the table with Mead. My guest is Jay Martin, Co-Owner of Flora De Mel, a Meadery and full-service restaurant located in Rossville, GA, just over the state line of TN from downtown Chattanooga. Jay is a proponent of urban beekeeping. This business sprang out of he and his business partner and wife Stephanie’s beekeeping. And in this show, Jay will answer the question of …What is a demijohn. In Fred Sauceman’s Potluck Radio Series, he features the last surviving Blue Circle restaurant in Bristol, Tennessee.

Links:

Flora De Mel, Meadery https://www.florademel.com/

Fred Sauceman https://www.facebook.com/fred.sauceman

Emi sunshine (sings our theme song) https://theemisunshine.com/

Jay Martin, co-owner of Flora De Mel poses with demijohns at Flora De Mel, Rossville, Georgia. Photographed by Amy Campbell, October, 2021.

Flora De Mel, Rossville, Georgia. Photographed by Amy Campbell, October, 2021.

Bar stools in Flora De Mel made by chair maker Tyler Rogers, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Femeika Elliott, Creator and Owner of Meik Meals, Knoxville

S9:E4. 02/05/2022

Femeika Elliott, Creator and Owner of Meik Meals, Knoxville

Today, we are setting the table with pant-based eating and how this helps new moms. Today, my first guest is Meik Elliott, creator, and owner of Meik Meals. This young, black, Knoxville-based entrepreneurial chef creates foods that give us that comfort of taste while using healthier ingredients. Meik encourages people to make lifestyle choices that nurture the body, mind, and soul. She specifically works with postpartum Mothers to help them feel their best through food, education, and meditation with her Lotus program. Meik also speaks to groups throughout the community about her work.

Fred Saucepan’s potluck radio segment features Cherokee poet and storyteller Marilou Awiakta.

Meik Meals https://meik-meals.com/

Fred Sauceman https://www.facebook.com/fred.sauceman

Femeika Elliott, Creator and Owner of Meik Meals, Knoxville. Photographed by Amy Campbell, 2022.

Seed Swap, Seed Library, and Master Gardener Deena Trimble on winter sowing.

S9.E3. 01/22/2022

Seed Swap, Seed Library, and Master Gardener Deena Trimble on winter sowing.

In honor of the upcoming National Seed Swap Day, we are setting the table with swapping seeds. It is that time of the year when we plan our gardens, order our seeds, and, if we are lucky, attend a local seed swap to swap seeds and stories with our neighbors. Today, we visit with Sheila Pennycuff, a Librarian at the Blount County Public Library located in Maryville, TN, and the woman who took an old wooden card catalog and turned it into a seed library. This seed library is located inside the Blount County Public Library. It is an excellent service to the community where patrons check out seed and contribute seed back to the seed library.

I also let you know about a seed swap that will take place at the Library on January 29th, which is National Seed Swap Day. In addition to the seed swap, Deena Trimble will also talk about winter sowing and seed starting. Today we will also hear from Deena about her seed saving, swapping, and growing.

Links:

Seed Swap info: https://ne-np.facebook.com/MaryvilleFarmersMarket/posts/january-29th-is-national-seed-swap-day-the-blount-county-library-is-having-a-spe/3095449964045117/

Seed Library information: https://www.blounttn.org/1464/Seed-Library

Seed Swap information:

In honor of National Seed Swap Day, which falls on the last Saturday of January. There will be a seed swap and talk hosted by the Blount County Public Library and the Master Gardeners group members. Deena Trimble will speak on the topic of winter sowing and seed starting. Deena is a master gardener with years of experience, and she will speak from 11-12:00 Noon.

This event takes place on National Seed Swap Day, Saturday, January 29th, 2022, from 10AM-12:00 PM in the Sharon Lawson and Dorothy Herron Room located inside the Blount County Public Library in Maryville, TN.

Bring your seeds and be ready to talk about gardening. Even if you don’t have seeds to swap, there will be seeds for you to take. If you do bring seeds to swap, they ask that you please follow the following guidelines: Seed must be open-pollinated, Non-GMO seed stock. The seed must be clean and dried, and please bring your own plastic baggies with you to share and receive. Bring paper and pens to label the packets seed too. If you really have it together, bring the seed proportioned in airtight packaging already labeled.

The address where this Seed Swap and talk will be taking place is is 508 N Cusick St. Maryville, TN 37804.

The Blount County Public Library Seed Catalog, painted by me (Amy Campbell.) Photo from Sheila Pennycuff.

Deena Trimble’s winter sowing containers. Photo from Sheila Pennycuff.

Deena Trimble’s winter sowing containers with the lids lifted.

Close-up of Deena Trimble’s winter sowing container with plants ready to be put into the dirt. Photo from Sheila Pennycuff.

Master Gardener Deena Trimble. Photo from Sheila Pennycuff.

Houston's Mineral Well, New Market Tennessee

S9.E2. 01/07/2022.

Houston’s Mineral Well. New Market, Tennessee.

Bill Houston narrates the story of Houston's Mineral Water, New Market, Tennessee - still going strong since 1931 - Bill Houston is the the owner and operator of this Mineral Well that his Grandfather established and this is a treasured watering hole for the community.
http://www.houstonsmineralwater.com/ Bill Houston is a very gifted fine artist with focus primarily on Tennessee landscapes. He also taught fine art to students at Carson Newman University for over 40 years. Bill is a 3rd generation, New Market, Tennessee resident. More information: https://www.facebook.com/houstonsmineralwater/

Fred Sauceman’s Potluck Radio series features an obscure sausage called soutissa, made by Waldensians in Valdese, North Carolina with the voice of Louis Bounous who Fred interviewed in 2008. Louis died 2 years later at the age of 91.

Links: Krista Reece - Author: kristareese.com

Fred Sauceman: https://www.facebook.com/fred.sauceman

Emi Sunshine: https://theemisunshine.com/

WC (Bill) Houston standing outside of his mineral well photographed in 2000 by Amy Campbell. Bill is the 3rd generation Houston to own and operate this well that his Grandfather dug.

Olde Virden's Tennessee Pepper Company Artisanal Market

\*\*Season 8, Episode 44.\*\* December 18, 2021. In this episode, we are setting the table with a brand new artisanal food market in Knoxville, TN. This market is named Olde Virden's Tennessee Pepper Company Artisanal Market, and husband and wife Allyson and Chris Virden are behind this. This market showcases a variety of regionally made food products that are not necessarily found on shelves of larger stores. A marketplace to help growing food companies specializing in regionally-produced products to help grow their business.⁣⁣ In Fred Sauceman's Potluck Radio Series, he shares a mid-century food memory of Maude Shipley's Red and Green pear salad by way of her daughter Margaret Carr from the Central Community of Carter County, TN. And a note, none of the businesses at this market advertise with The Tennessee Farm Table.⁣⁣ Links: Olde Virden’s Tennessee Pepper Company: https://oldevirdens.com/ Fred Sauceman: https://www.facebook.com/fred.sauceman Lauren Claiborne: https://www.lcchalkworks.com/ Emi Sunshine (sings our theme song): https://theemisunshine.com/

Pictured: Lauren Claiborne (local food advocate, talented artist who painted this sign, and part of Olde Virden's market), Chris and Allyson Virden.⁣⁣⁣ Photo: Amy Campbell.

A Knoxville Tamale Tale with Jack Neely, Executive Director of the Knoxville History Project

Season 8, Episode 43. December 11, 2021.

A Knoxville Tamale Tale with Jack Neely

Today we are setting the table with tamales and a Knoxville Tamale Tale with Historian Jack Neely, Executive Director of the Knoxville History Project. Jack lets us know the rich history of the tamale in Knoxville. It is not all ham, soup beans and sorghum in the culinary history of East Tennessee. Jack shares Knoxville tamale history dating back to as early as 1890.

Fred Sauceman shares a Pot Luck Radio series on Clara Davidson who made hot tamales for decades after taking over Mary’s Hot Tamales on Magnolia Ave a business named for her late sister.

And I share news of a book fair hosted by the the Knoxville History Project Tuesday, December 14 at 6:00 p.m. at Maple Hall, 414 S. Gay Street, Knoxville TN. All proceeds go to the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Knoxville History Project.

Links:

Jack Neely, is the Executive Director of the Knoxville History Project. Connect with the Knoxville History Project here: http://knoxvillehistoryproject.org/

Knoxville History Project in West Knoxville Lifestyle Magazine: https://citylifestyle.com/knoxville-tn/articles/arts-and-culture/shoebox-collections-9

Knoxville History Project Book Fair: https://knoxvillehistoryproject.org/events/

Good Golly Tamale: https://goodgollytamale.com/

Fred Sauceman: https://www.facebook.com/fred.sauceman

Emi Sunshine (Sings the theme song): https://theemisunshine.com/

Sorghum with Ronni Lundy, Fred Sauceman, Matt Gallagher & Mary “Dee Dee” Constantine.

Season 8, Episode 42. 12,04,2021

Sorghum with Ronni Lundy, Fred Sauceman, Matt Gallagher & Mary “Dee Dee” Constantine.

We are setting the table with Sorghum, an ancient African Grass adopted to the southern table with a cast of characters including:

Fred Sauceman shares a segment with Dr Mike Fleenor, Sorghum Maker.

Ronni Lundy, 2 x James Beard award winning food writer on differences between sorghum and molasses.

Mary “Dee Dee” Constantine shares a recipe for Butternut Squash and Apple Bake using a recipe from Ronni Lundy’s book “Sorghum Savor”.

Chef Matt Gallagher: On the topic of biscuits and Sorghum butter.

Links:

Fred Sauceman: https://www.facebook.com/fred.sauceman

Ronni Lundy: https://lisaekus.com/people/ronni-lundy/

Mary “Dee Dee” Constantine: @skilletsister

Chef Matt Gallagher: Knoxville Chef Matt Gallaher of Knox Mason and Emillia Restaurants in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee.

Marc Gunther shows a crew of us (including Chef Jeffrey DeAlejandro) his Muddy Pond Sorghum Mill boiling operation in the fall of 2017. Muddy Pond Sorghum Mill is located in Monterey, TN and they do not advertise with this show. https://www.muddypondsorghum.com/

Thanksgiving Dressing and Black Walnut Candy

Season 8, Episode 42. November 27, 2021. Thanksgiving Dressing and Black Walnuts

In this episode, we are setting the table with several favorite food memories involving dressing and black walnuts for Thanksgiving weekend.

• “Dee Dee” Mary Constantine (Retired food writer for the Knoxville News Sentinel, ) shares a memory and recipe for her Daddy’s cornbread dressing. Dee Dee also shares her audio remembrance of her interview with Shirley McMurtrie of Union County TN and Shirley’s method of dry canning black walnuts along with Shirley’s recipe for Black Walnut Candy.
• Beverley Nells of Blount County TN shares her family’s dressing recipe by way Beverly’s Mama “Peggy Sue Sikes, who was from Lennox TN. Now Beverly’s Mama Peggy Sue Sikes is gone, Beverly is the person in the family who makes this dressing for Thanksgiving and Christmas every year. This is a cornbread and toasted white bread dressing recipe.
• And in Fred Sauceman’s Potluck Radio series - we revisit his segment on the historic happening of turkey herding in Tennessee

Bales Farm Cookbook, Lard, Aliceson’s White Cheddar Pimento Cheese Recipe

Season 8, Episode 41.11/20/2021

Bales Farm Cookbook, Lard, Aliceson’s White Cheddar Pimento Cheese Recipe

Today, we are setting the table with news about a brand new cookbook from Bales Farms written by Aliceson Bales. She has been a visitor several times on this show, before. Aliceson, her husband Barry Bales, and their 14 year old son Marshall own and operate Bales Farms in Mosheim, Tennessee. A 6th generation family farm.

Today Aliceson is going to share information with us about lard from pasture raised animals. The differences between lard, how to render lard, some of the nutritional benefits in lard, and cooking applications.

Dolly Parton wrote the forward for this brand new cookbook that Aliceson wrote, and I want to share that with you .

And, Aliceson shares a recipe from her new cookbook with us for white cheddar pimento cheese. She suggests pulling this out to handle the crowd when they first show up at the house for Thanksgiving.

Also, Fred Sauceman has a really neat segment on the historic happening of Turkey Herding in Tennessee.

LINKS: Bales Farm: https://balesfarmstn.com/ Bales Farm Cookbook: https://balesfarmstn.com/store/product/bales-farms-cookbook Fred Sauceman: https://www.facebook.com/fred.sauceman

Aliceson Bales, Author of Bales Farms Cookbook. Forward by Dolly Parton.

https://balesfarmstn.com/store/product/bales-farms-cookbook

The Farmer Veteran Coalition, Tennessee Chapter

Season 8, Episode 40. November 6, 2021

Today, we are setting the table with an organization called the Farmer Veteran Coalition. This is a National Organization with a TN chapter and the work of this organization is pretty straight forward. They help veterans become farmers with support, education, networking, and resources. We visit with Jim Artman, who is a Veteran having served 8 years in the Army, a former sniper, and founder of Appalachian Grit, a yard to table agricultural company located in Knoxville. He battled his own serious case of PTSD with nutrition, exercise and gratitude and he feels it is a mission to help other people in the community to gain greater access to nutritious foods by helping to build and advocate for healthy foods, community food gardens, urban agriculture and food systems.

Jim is also Vice President of the TN Chapter of the FVC and he’s going to let us know of the important work of this organization.

Jim will also let us know about a FVC conference that takes place in Knoxville in just a couple of weeks November 17,18,and 19th.

2021 Farmer Veteran Coalition Eastern Regional Conference details:

The 2021 Farmer Veteran Coalition Eastern Regional Conference will take place November 17-18 and 19 in Knoxville TN. The events of each day are as follows:

• The conference begins with a social meet and greet on the evening of Wednesday, November 17th from 5 - 8:00 P.M.
• On Thursday, November 18th, there will be one day of education, workshops, distinguished speakers, guest panels, networking and more to help you take your business to the next level.
• And on Friday, November 19th, there will be optional farm tours with the following topics between the hours 8 - 2pm which will include lunch and transportation. Here is brief information of the optional farm tours that they have organized for Friday, Nov 19th. Again, these tours require registration from their website.

1. UTK Organic Farm East TN AG and Research and Education Center or abbreviated as (ETREC) ETREC organic crops unit; and Seven Springs Farm Tour..
2. Mixed TN Ag Tour
3. Yard to Table and Urban Ag with a Mission

Registration is requrted to reserve your spot, and details and registration are available on their website. That website address is: https://conference.farmvetco.org/ and that website is also very easy to find from their facebook page by searching: Farmer Veteran Coalition TN

More information also available by email: tennessee@farmvetco.org and FVCEvents@farmvetco.org

Links: FVC up-to-date details and to register for the conference: https://conference.farmvetco.org/ Appalachian Grit (Jim Artman’s Company): https://www.appalachiangrit.com/ Farmer Veteran Coalition, Tennessee Chapter: https://tennessee.farmvetco.org/ Farmer Veteran Coalition TN Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/farmvetcotn/ Tennessee New Farmer Academy: https://www.tnstate.edu/extension/NFA.aspx Many other helpful links: https://www.tn.gov/agriculture/farms/beginning.html

C & D Beaver who are members of the FVC posing with a cattle chute that their membership with FVC helped them to procure. They are both veteran farmers.