Local Table - A Guide To Food And Farming In Middle Tennessee

W elcome to Local Table!

Celebrating The People Who Bring Us Homegrown Food From Tennessee Farms For Over One Year

It's been over a year since we began the journey of connecting Middle Tennessee farms to local consumers. The response to our efforts has been incredible - there has been a real excitement from both sides of the table. I've met and had calls from people telling me how wonderful it is to find out about the diverse list of products from our local farms, as well as people telling me it's actually changed their eating habits! |More|

New Feature

Local Choice

PEOPLE ALWAYS HAVE THE CHOICE AS TO WHERE TO EAT OR WHERE TO BUY THEIR GROCERIES, BUT THE BEST CHOICE IS TO EAT LOCALLY. Go with Katherine as she explores the bountiful produce of middle Tennessee, choosing local ingredients to whip up a meal, or seeking out a local restaurant when she happens to "forget" to go to the farmer's market. Follow her as she makes the Local Choice.

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Farm Guide

A Guide To Food And Farming

THE LOCAL TABLE FARM GUIDE IS A TESTAMENT TO STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF OUR LOCAL FARMERS; THEIR HARD WORK AND TENACITY. The ever increasing list of farmers included in Local Table is evidence that farming is still alive in our region. We hope you can use this guide, along with the magazine, as a resource to the agricultural bounties of Middle Tennessee.

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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.

Features

Guest Feature

Farming And Peace By Hector Black
When we try to visualize peace, a peaceful life, often the image of farming comes to mind. The cows peacefully slowly chewing their cud, the restful fields and gentle hills. Trees. Plants. Green. |More|

Food As Art

Toffee, Tarts, Bear Claws, And Baguettes
These are the kind of foods that can inspire an "amen" moment as they take to our tongues.|More|

Columns

Cook's Notebook

Reflections on food and life, with Ali Berlow
Ali is the founding Executive Director of Island Grown Initiative, a non-profit dedicated to supporting the small family farm and to raising consumer awareness about the importance of locally grown food. |More|

Ask Farmer Jason

Farmer Jason is the children's music alter ego of alternative country pioneer Jason Ringenberg of the now legendary Jason and the Scorchers. Ringenberg grew up on an Illinois hog farm, and practices sustainable gardening/farming on his hobby farm between Nashville and Memphis. |More|

We hope you can use this website, along with the magazine, as a resource to the agricultural bounties of Middle Tennessee. We'll keep our event section up to date with any festivals, fairs, conferences and other gatherings we feel may be of interest to those interested in food and farming. We'll also be adding blogs from our editors where they'll be speaking to you about issues of interest, talk food or gardening. Please feel free to keep in touch with us to pass along news you feel may be of interest to others, recipes, or comments to make Local Table a better place to meet. Thanks for joining us at Local Table.

I want to add a special BIG thank you to Sue Havlish who has helped midwife this publication since it's inception almost four years ago.

We make no guarantee as to the quality of any produce or product from a farm or to anyone's growing practices. We're only providing a guide to local farms and invite you to find your favorite.

Local Table is solely owned and operated by Local Table LLC and is not affiliated with any group, organization or government agency. Federal trademark is pending.