Planting by the Signs and the Moon - A Visit With Author Dr. Sarah Hall

by Amy Campbell

S11:E22.06/22/2024

Sown in the Stars, Planting by the Signs by Sarah L. Hall. Published by University of Kentucky Press.

Amy interviews Author and Agricultural Professor Dr. Sarah Hall. This is a description from University of KY of her book - From University of KY Press - Sown in the Stars brings together the collective knowledge of farmers in central and eastern Kentucky about the custom of planting by the signs. Sarah Hall interviews nearly two dozen contemporary Kentuckians who still follow the signs of the moon and stars to guide planting, harvesting, canning and food preservation, butchering, and general farmwork. Hall explores the roots of this system in both astrology and astronomy and the profound connections felt to the stars, moon, planets, and the earth. Revealed in the personal narratives are the diverse interpretations of the practice. Some farmers and gardeners believe that the moon's impact on crop behavior is purely scientific, while others favor a much wider interpretation of the signs and their impact on our lives. Featuring photographs by Meg Wilson, this timely book bridges the past, present, and future by broadening our understanding of this practice and revealing its potential to increase the resiliency of our current agricultural food systems.

Purchase Book: https://www.kentuckypress.com/9780813197043/sown-in-the-stars/

Photo: Dr. Sarah L. Hall and Amy Campbell at Union Avenue Books, Knoxville. Photo: Kelly Smith Trimble. 2023. Use this link to order the book: https://www.kentuckypress.com/9780813197043/sown-in-the-stars/

Houston’s Mineral Well, New Market Tennessee

by Amy Campbell

Houston’s Mineral Well, New Market Tennessee

S11:E24.06/15/2024

Houston’s Mineral Well is located in New Market, Tennessee. Bill Houston narrates the story of Houston's Mineral Water which is still going strong since 1931. Bill Houston is the owner and operator of this Mineral Well that his Grandfather established. This well is a treasured watering hole for the community of Jefferson County, TN and beyond. It is said to have healing properties. The water healed Bill’s Grandfather after he had a dream to dig the well. Bill Houston is a gifted fine artist with a focus primarily on Tennessee landscapes. He also taught fine art to students at Carson Newman University for over 40 years. He used to teach his lecture on how to draw in perspective with the help of his Spice Girls ruler. Bill is a 3rd generation, New Market, Tennessee resident, a Tennessee treasure, and a fabulous storyteller. http://www.houstonsmineralwater.com/ 

Houston's Mineral Well - https://www.facebook.com/houstonsmineralwater/

Links: Krista Reece - Author - http://www.kristareece.com

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

Emi Sunshine -  https://theemisunshine.com/

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

East TN Homestead Alliance and ETHA Festival July 12-13, 2024, Townsend TN

by Amy Campbell

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S11:E23. East TN Homestead Alliance and ETHA Festival July 12-13, 2024, Townsend TN.

Today, we are setting the table with homesteading. Our guest is Sandy Eplett. She and her family are residents of Louden TN, they are homesteaders, she knows old-time homesteading ways and wants to equip others to learn these skills and connect. She has also created the ET Homestead Alliance as a hub for homesteaders to connect. She also has created 2024 ETHA Homestead Festival that will take place in Townsend TN at the Townsend Visitor’s Center July 12th and 13th. In this episode, we will hear about both.

Links:

ETHA Homestead Festival, Townsend, TN July 12-13th. https://www.eventeny.com/events/easttennesseehomesteadalliancefestival-11463/

ETHA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/people/East-Tennessee-Homestead-Alliance/61552488827119/

ETHA website under the Wild Body School website name: https://www.wildbodyschool.com/

Jay Tipton Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkpAxBzMNsc Length: 00:25:40

Sandy Eplett, Founder of the East Tennessee Homestead Alliance, Founder of the 2024 ETHA Homestead Festival, July 12-13, Townsend TN.

Chicken with Ronnie Lundy, Ruth Davis, and Aliceson Bales of Bales Farm, Mosheim TN

by Amy Campbell

S11:E22 Chicken with Ronnie Lundy, Ruth Davis, and Aliceson Bales of Bales Farm, Mosheim TN

Ronnie Lundy: http://www.ronnilundy.com/ Ruth Davis, find more information about Ruth's Family through Cades Cove Preservation Association: http://www.cadescovepreservation.com/ Aliceson Bales, Bales Farm: https://balesfarmstn.com/

Rooster as seen at the Blue Ribbon Country Fair. Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, Townsend TN.

Lard, Eggs, Making Biscuits with Aliceson and Marshall Bales and the Montvales

by Amy Campbell

S11:E19. 05/12/2024

Lard, Eggs, Making Biscuits with Aliceson and Marshall Bales and the Montvales

Aliceson Bales of Bales Farm, Mosheim, Tennessee, with her cookbook, shares with us the cooking aspects and nutritional properties of lard from pasture-raised animals. Aliceson also shares a recipe for her white cheddar pimento cheese from her cookbook “Bales Farm Cookbook” with the forward written by Dolly Parton. Marshall Bales, currently 17-years-old and the 6th generation to farm on Bales Farm, shares how he started his egg program on Bales Farm.

Molly Rochelson and Sally Buice from the musical group The Montvales talk about their group. In addition, Sally shares how she makes her biscuits. She at one time was the biscuit queen for Cruze Farm Dairy!⁣

Links:

Bales Farms: https://balesfarmstn.com/

The Montvales: https://www.themontvales.com/

Emi Sunshine (sang our theme song when she was 9-years-old): https://theemisunshine.com/

Aliceson Bales, Bales Farms, Moshiem, TN. Photo: Amy Campbell.

Knoxville’s Own The Montvales holding their new album Born Strangers. Photo: Amy Campbell

Kermit Caughron Striped Stick Bean, Cades Cove, Tennessee

by Amy Campbell

S11:E18 05/04/2024

Kermit Caughron Striped Stick Bean, Cades Cove, Tennessee

In this episode, we are setting the table with “Kermit’s Striped Stick Bean”. We visit with John and Rachel Davis, owners of J & R Farms in Blount County, Tennessee. John Davis’s great-grandmother is Lois Shuler Caughron, and her late husband is Kermit Caughron. The Caughron family has raised and saved an heirloom bean for generations named the “Striped Stick Bean”. This bean comes from the last remaining descendants of white settlers and residents of Cades Cove, Kermit, and Lois Caughron. When the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was established, the residents of Cades Cove were made to move out of the area over a certain amount of years. These last remaining residents of Cades Cove are John and Rachel Davis’s ancestors. This family is very involved with a nonprofit organization called the Cades Cove Preservation Association, and a link is below to find out more about this organization and the repository of artifacts and pictures of the families of white settlers who formerly lived in Cades Cove. I (Amy) am actively gathering recordings and information on the original settlers of Cades Cove and Eastern Tennessee Mountains, Native American residents who long before white settlers came to the area of East Tennessee. I hope to be sharing podcasts and radio shows on the Native American perspective through the lens of food over the next months.

For his “Potluck Radio” series, Fred Sauceman recalls Tennessee memories of the Franklin Club and of Raymond Bautista owner of the former restaurant “Raymond’s Fine Foods” along with Raymond’s recipe for Cole Slaw. Raymond’s Fine Foods was inducted into the Tennessee Restaurant Hall of Fame.

There will be the first fundraiser for Battlefield Farms called Gospel in the Gardens featuring the UT Gospel Choir This Benefit concert is to support Battlefield Farms which is a local non-profit organization with the mission of ending food insecurity in East Knoxville by partnering with community members to make fresh food accessable. Other live performances will be featured and food trucks will be available. This event takes place Saturday, May 4th at 6:00 PM at Payne Avenue Baptist Church at 2724 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. Knoxville TN 37914. They ask that you bring your lawn chairs. More infoormation from this link: https://www.facebook.com/battlefieldfarmandgardens/

Links:

Rachel and John Davis of J&R Farms, Maryville, TN: https://www.jandrfarmstn.com/

Cades Cove Preservation Association: http://www.cadescovepreservation.com/kermitcaughron.html

Bluestem Hollow Market Day Market and Farm Party https://www.facebook.com/bluestemhollow/

Ben Cohen and Family, Owners of Small House Farm offer for sale a limited amount of Kermit’s Striped Stick Bean seed. They have been saving and sharing this seed and the story behind it. Find out more by visiting their website: https://www.smallhousefarm.com/product/kermit-bean/

Emi Sunshine sang our theme song when she was 9 years old: https://theemisunshine.com/

Kermit Caughron at home in Cades Cove, inside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Photo: Ruth Caughron Davis., Cades Cove Preservation Association: http://www.cadescovepreservation.com/kermitcaughron.html

Striped stick bean that has been passed down by the family of Kermit Caughron. Photo: Amy Campbell.

Striped stick bean that has been passed down by the family of Kermit Caughron.

2nd Annual College Bluegrass Band Showcase, Pellissippi State Community College, Strawberry Plains Campus

by Amy Campbell

Pellissippi State Community College and the East Tennessee Bluegrass Association present the 2nd Annual College Bluegrass Band Showcase with ensembles from Pellissippi State Community College (Hardin Valley Thunder) and the University of Tennessee.

Saturday, April 13, from 11-2 pm at the Strawberry Plains Campus of Pellissippi State Community College

With food trucks, kids activities, and lots of picking. In case of rain, this will move indoors. This is a free event and no registration or admission is required.

On this special edition of Sweetgrass, we visit with 4 people who work together to bring Appalachian Heritage Programming and acoustic bluegrass music together at the Strawberry Plains Campus of Pellissippi State Community College.

We visit with: Evie Andrus, musician and President of The East Tennessee Bluegrass Association

Jonathan Manus, Vocalist, instrumentalist, educator, audio engineer/producer

Allison McKittrick, Librarian at PSTCC Strawberry Plains Campus

Dr. Mike North- Campus Dean at Pellissippi State Community College, Strawberry Plains Campus Links: AppalachianHeritage Project https://lib.pstcc.edu/AppalachianHeritageProject and Campus Dean at Pellissippi State Community College

Links:

College BLuegrass Showcase

Appalachian Heritage Project

Appalachian basket exhibit

PSTCC Strawberry Plains Campus Library Face book Page

Farm to Feast, She Diggs Farm, Bluestem Hollow’s Market Day Market

by Amy Campbell

S11:E17. 04.27.2024

Farm to Feast, She Diggs Farm, Bluestem Hollow’s Market Day Market

Today we are sitting around the table and visiting with a family and farm and how this family uses their skills to farm, cook, and host elevated meals for private events and, on occasion, community dinners. We visit with Farm to Feast founders Chef Jeff Jorgensen, event planner Jessica Jorgensen, and Jeff’s sister Heather Fulghum, ecology teacher, farmer, and founder of She Diggs Farm, located in the Hardin Valley area of Knoxville, TN. Heather grows the food, Jeff uses it to provide farm-inspired dinners using seasonal ingredients, and Jessica uses her hospitality and event planning background to create elegant feasts on the family farm.

Bluestem Hollow: https://www.facebook.com/bluestemhollow/

Links: Farm to Feast: https://www.farmtofeastknox.com/ 

She Diggs Farm: https://www.instagram.com/shediggsfarm/?hl=en 

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

Jeff Jorgensen, Jessica Jorgensen, and Heather Fulghum. Photo: Amy Campbell

Bluestem Hollow’s Market Day Market https://www.facebook.com/bluestemhollow/

Morel Mushroom Hunt and Cook and an Ode to Asparagus

by Amy Campbell

S11:E16. 04.20.2024

Morel Mushroom hunt and cook with Chris Burger and Chef Robert Allen, and Asparagus with Kelly Smith Trimble.

Searching for that fifth taste of “Umami” with a morel mushroom hunt, cook, and asparagus. My guests are Chris Burger and Chef Robert Allen of Bluestem Hollow. Plus, Author and Gardener Kelly Smith Trimble. ⁣ Links:

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

Bluestem Hollow: https://www.bluestemhollow.com/

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

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

Morel Mushrooms foraged from Bluestem Hollow. https://www.bluestemhollow.com/ Photo: Amy Campbell.

Chris Burger hunter of morel mushrooms of BluestemHollow, Greenback, TN. Photo: Amy Campbell . https://www.bluestemhollow.com/

Derek Trimble and Kelly Smith Trimble. Kelly wrote the book The Creative Vegetable Gardener  https://www.kellysmithtrimble.com/ , and Derek was the Photographer for this book https://www.derektrimble.com/

Chef Robert Allen of BluestemHollow, Greenback, TN. https://www.bluestemhollow.com/  Photo: Amy Campbell

Small batch Tennessee Maple Syrup and Asparagus

by Amy Campbell

S11:E15. 04.13.2024

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.

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

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

Clint Smith holds a bottle of his small batch of maple syrup.

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

Special Growers, Maryville TN, and Chattanooga Bakery's Moonpie

by Amy Campbell

S11:E14. 04.06.2024

Special Growers, Maryville, TN, offers workforce development training and employment for people with learning differences who age out of high school and special education classes. Their story and Chattanooga Bakery’s Moonpie on my latest podcast and radio broadcast. Hope to have the honor of your good company! Thanks! At Special Growers, they grow culinary herbs and cut flowers and are supported by area restaurants, corporate donors, and community members. Kent Davis is our guest, a founding member of Special Growers, and a parent of a child who benefitted from Special Growers. In Fred Sauceman’s Pot-Luck Radio Series, he features the Moonpie, which has been made for over 100 years by the Chattanooga Bakery in Chattanooga, TN.

Links:

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

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

Chattanooga Bakery, makers of the Moon Pie for over 100 years: https://moonpie.com/about

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

Chocolate Gravy and Sausage Gravy

by Amy Campbell

S11:E12. 03.23.2024

Chocolate Gravy and Sausage Gravy

We will be joined by singer-songwriter Verlon Thompson, his food memory of chocolate gravy, and what it meant to him as a kid growing up in Oklahoma. In addition, we will also hear Verlin Thompson’s song “DinnerBell”.

I’ll share with you the recipe I use to make chocolate gravy - and you might be surprised, it doesn’t have much fat in it. The recipe is also posted below.

In Fred Sauceman’s Pot Luck Radio series, he features the “Lord’s Acre Sale” at Hilton’s United Methodist Church in Scott County Virginia.

Links to guests:
 Verlin Thompson: https://www.verlonthompson.com/ Fred Sauceman: https://www.facebook.com/fred.sauceman

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

Chocolate Gravy Recipe

“Chocolate Gravy” is not exclusive to Appalachian cooking, but it is commonly associated with Southern Cooking. It is typically served over hot biscuits, some people would have this often, for others, only on special occasions. While it does have a good bit of white sugar, it doesn’t have as much fat as we usually associate with gravy. This recipe calls for 1 Tablespoon of butter at the end of the cooking process.

Ingredients:

  • 1/4 c cocoa powder
  • 3 T all purpose flour 
  • 3/4 c white sugar
  • 2 c milk
  • 1 Tb soft butter
  • 2 Tb Vanilla extract

Directions:

  • Whisk the cocoa, flour, and sugar together until there are no lumps. Pour the milk into the mixture and whisk until well incorporated.
  • Transfer the mixture to a saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until its consistency is similar to gravy, 7 to 10 minutes.
  • Remove from heat and stir the butter and vanilla into the mixture until the butter is melted. Serve immediately.
  • *Usually served over hot biscuits

Amy’s chocolate gravy. A note, this plate came from the former Harold’s Jewish Delicatessen. Harold’s Deli was a fixture of Gay Street in downtown Knoxville for over 1/2 a century. It was located at 131 S. Gay Street and closed in 2005. It was owned and operated by Harold and Addie Shersky. Harold and Addie were always friendly and hospitable. This deli was a gathering place for everyone. Addie died in 2003, and Harold died in 2008. Their memory lives on.

Tyler Rogers, Chairmaker from Chattanooga, Tennessee

by Amy Campbell

S11:E11. 03.16.2024

Tyler Rogers, Chairmaker from Chattanooga, Tennessee

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/

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

SoKnoSourDough, Knoxville Tennessee Sourdough Maker

by Amy Campbell

S11E10. 03/09/2024

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.

Legendary University of Tennessee Football Coach Phillip Fulmer on the importance of honey bees.

by Amy Campbell

S11E9 03/02/2024

Legendary University of Tennessee Football Coach Phillip Fulmer on the importance of honey bees. The Legendary University of Tennessee Football Coach Phillip Fulmer raises bees and is my guest on this episode. Coach Fulmer is passionate about raising awareness for honey bees and was generous with his time to record this story to advocate for the importance of these bees.

Note: Coach Fulmer does not sell his honey. This is something that he does for the enjoyment of it.

Links: Coach Phillip Fulmer: https://www.phillipfulmer.com/

Blount County Beekeepers Association: https://blountbees.wordpress.com/

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

Resources on honey, beekeeping, and how to become a beekeeper: https://www.tennesseefarmtable.com/bee-keeping-local-honey

Beekeeper Coach Phillip Fulmer poses with a jar of honey that he extracted from the honey bees he raises. Coach Fulmer is passionate about advocating for the health of honey bees. He does not sell his honey but gifts it to family and friends. Photo: Amy Campbell 2023.

Girls Gotta Eat Good Asian Bakery and Tennessee Wagyu Beef

by Amy Campbell

S10:E8. 02/24/2024

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 potluck 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, Founder of Girls Gotta Eat Good Asian Bakery holding her Kalamay. Photo: Amy Campbell, 2022.

John Coykendall Saving Seeds and Stories

by Amy Campbell in ,

S11:E6. 02/10/2024

Saving Seeds and Stories with John Coykendall

Seed Saving & Stories with our seed-saving pal John Coykendall of Knoxville, TN. John tells us how he became a seed saver, some of the varieties he has saved, where to find old-time heirloom seed like the ones he saves, and shares plus some cute stories. John and I (Amy) worked together in the garden at Blackberry Farm together in 2007, where I learned from John the importance of this heirloom seed.

Dogwood Arts House & Garden Show: https://www.dogwoodarts.com/houseandgardenshow

Many of the varieties that John has saved and referenced in the podcast can be purchased at http://www.seedsavers.org/

John Coykendall on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/john.coykendall.3

John Coykendall documentary: https://www.lpb.org/programs/deeply-rooted-john-coykendalls-journey-to-save-our-seeds-and-stories

John Coykendall book: https://lsupress.org/books/detail/preserving-our-roots/

Fred Sauceman “Pot Luck Radio”: https://www.facebook.com/fred.sauceman

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

More heirloom seed sources:

Seed Savers Exchange : https://www.seedsavers.org/

Southern Exposure Seed: https://www.southernexposure.com/

Sow True Seed: https://sowtrueseed.com/

Rare Seeds: https://www.rareseeds.com/

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, Rare Seed: https://www.rareseeds.com/

Photo ID: John Coykendall with Amy Campbell at the Blount County Public Library Seed Swap, January 2023. Photo: Amy Campbell.

Femeika "Meik" Elliott, Founder and owner of Meik Meals, Rooted East, and The Lotus Experience, Knoxville

by Amy Campbell

S11:E5. 02/03/2024

Femeika "Meik" Elliott, Creator, and Owner of Meik Meals, Knoxville Amy Campbell - The Tennessee Farm Table Podcast & Broadcast

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.

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

Femika “Meik” Elliott’s businesses and organizations:

Call for volunteers: Volunteers are needed for the Knox County Community Garden Alliance on Sunday nights at 6 PM. Especially Black and East Knoxville community members.

Address: 3907 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. Suite 107 Knoxville TN 37914

Phone: (865) 310-1150

Email: Stair@knoxgardenalliance.org

Femika “Meik” Elliott, Founder, Owner of Meik Meals, Rooted East, The Lotus Experience, and Chief of operations of the Knoxville Community Gardens & Growers Alliance. Photo: Amy Campbell, 2021.