Season 7, Episode 11, 03/28/2020

“Food Triage” , plus “Farmer and Chef” Adam Cottrill of Sugar Tree , and Chef Trevor Stockton of the Restaurant at RT Lodge

This episode of The Tennessee Farm table is first information for “Food Triage” in this age of Corona Virus - how to support local, East Tennessee restaurants by utilizing the call ahead, curb side pick up features that many of our smaller restaurants are offering. How to buy directly from farmers in our area who have inventory. How to find food if you do not have a pay check, school closings, or homelessness. And we visit with Farmer Adam Cottrill of Sugar Tree, and Chef Trevor Stockton, Executive Chef at the restaurant at R.T. Lodge.

Over the past 7 years I have been sharing stories about people who make our community better through food as chefs, farmers, food banks, farmers’ markets, seed savers, food service workers, and food preservationists on my podcast and radio broadcast.  I want to help all of us in these hard times by sharing information about new ways that our food makers/ restaurants/ agriculture business and non-profits are adapting. Here are links of the farmers, farmers’ markets, food banks. 

Sponsor for The Tennessee Farm Table is  Century Harvest Farms Foundation, Greenback TN. With grass - fed beef offerings and Home to the new “Beef Box” with online ordering: https://centuryharvest.org/

Links to guests, farms, restaurants, and food banks mentioned in the latest episode of the Tennessee Farm Table:

Restaurants in the East, Tennessee area offering curbside, call ahead ordering, call ahead to familiarize yourself with their new limited operating hours and showing up. This is a partial list. If you would like to be added, please visit this link and provide your information https://www.tennesseefarmtable.com/:

A Dopo Pizza - Pizza to go: https://www.adopopizza.com/contact

Cruze Farm Ice Cream (Gay St. location) - https://www.cruzefarm.com/

JC Holdway - https://www.jcholdway.com/

Kaizen - https://www.knoxkaizen.com/

Knox Farmacy : https://knoxfarmacy.com/

Paysan Bread: https://www.facebook.com/Paysan-Bread-294574380954309/

Simple on Sevier: https://simplonsevier.com/about

The Restaurant at R.T. Lodge: https://www.rtlodge.com/menu

Tako Taco - https://www.toasttab.com/tako-taco-235-w-depot-ave/v3#!/

Walnut Kitchen (Maryville)  - https://www.thewalnutkitchen.com/

*Walnut kitchen also offers prepared meals for pick up and a pop up grocery store.

Food Banks / Food Aid / Soup Kitchens:Community Food Connection (Blount County): https://cfcblount.org/#contactThe Love Kitchen: https://thelovekitchen.org/The Welcome Table phone number: 865-681-0804

The Welcome Table , Free, hot meal for anyone, Thursdays, 4:30-5:30 https://1stchurch.org/welcome-table

Farmers’ Markets taking place on 3/28/2020:

- The Winters Farmers Market by Grow Oak Ridge will also be held outside of St. Mary’s Gym in Oak Ridge from 10-1 with Vendors spaced 10 feet apart. https://www.growoakridge.org/markets- The Nourish Knoxville Winter Market will NOT take place today 03/28/2020

Local meal makers, pick up, delivery, prepped meals:

Southland Books and Cafe (Blount County): https://www.southlandbooksandcafe.com/

Knox Provisions: http://www.knoxprovisions.com/

Family Meal Knox: http://familymealknox.com/

Walnut Kitchen: https://www.thewalnutkitchen.com/

Farmers, directly buy from them, call ahead before showing up, some with online ordering, alphabetically listed.

For a complete list of farmers with contact numbers that you may not hear mentioned today, please consult the printed or online Food Guide at Nourish Knoxville.org.

Century Harvest Farms Foundation (Greenback): Century Harvest Farm Foundation is now offering online ordering with the Century Harvest Box —a safe, secure, social distancing friendly, local alternative to getting fresh, grass-fed, USDA-beef. Offering convenient online ordering, and 3 pick up locations. Grass-fed beef for a greater good. CenturyHarvest.org: https://centuryharvest.org/

Bales Farms: Location: Mosheim, TN (Delivery weekly on Wednesday mornings to Three Rivers Market parking lot by demand). Deliveries to Kingsport, Johnson City, Greenville, Rogersville based on demand. Products: Grass-fed beef, pastured chicken and Eggs and they will be restocked with pastured pork mid April. Contact: Instagram, Facebook: @BalesFarm Website:  https://www.balesfarmstn.com/

Email: balesfarmtn@gmail.com - Hours: M-F, 9-5.

Crooked Road Farm:  1. Eggs are available at Three Rivers Market, Knoxville. 2. On-farm purchasing is also available, with a minimum $40.00 order.  Products they offer: Eggs, whole pork loins, whole pork bellies, and a select few other cuts. Message, or email Johnny by instagram @crookrdroadfarm, or website:  www.crookedroadfarm.com

Hoodley Creek Farm (Lamb): https://www.facebook.com/hoodleycreek/  they also partner with a CSA called Two Chicks and a Farm as part of https://gardendeliverycsa.com/

Hyde Farms (Greenback): Pork 

Lick Skillet Farm (New Market, TN): Currently has Easter lamb, the community care pakc edition 2 box which is a bundle of steaks & chops. And, for directly farm pick up this Sunday for the first time they are offering eggs. They also have delivery and the way to get the most updated information from them, to see inventory is to subscribe to their newsletter which will get you the latest information from them and also their facebook page. 

Lick Skillet website: https://www.lickskillet.farm/

Lick Skillet Farm facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/lickskilletfarmtn/

Mitchell Beef (Jefferson County): free beef delivery to your Knoxville area home/business/or prearranged meeting place for orders $50.00 and over. Call John Mitchell direct: (865) 898-4871

Sugar Tree: “Not your average CSA”  offering a non binding CSA with Blount County deliver at RT Lodge parking lot - 2:00 Saturdays. Currently delivering Leafy greens, root crops, wild harvested goods, other value added products Growing and delivering to chefs. Contact Adam by email:  sugartree2020@gmail.com 

Simpsons Farms (Athens): Grass Fed Beef - online ordering: http://www.southernnaturalfarms.com/simpson-farms/

Zavels Family Farms (Blaine): Order ahead for produce picked to order, check their posts on instagram for a listing of produce that is available. They also offer Beef, Pork, Lamb from the farm, Direct Farm Pick up, will be at Oak Ridge Market 03/28/2020

Best way to contact them is by phone: (865) 363-6202

Instagram @zavels_family_farms , FaceBook @zavelsfamilyfarms, Website: http://www.zavelsfamilyfarms.com/