Wear Food as a Verb this Spring.

The softest t-shirts in town. A trucker hat unlike any other.

Eight Generations of Farmers: Welcome to Loyd Farms

"We need people to trust their food."

Michelin Awards Six Area Restaurants

From Sewanee to Main Street, six restaurants now belong to the Michelin Guide.

How Beautiful and Strange: FaaV at 300 Stories

My God, it can be so gorgeous.

A New Food as a Verb Community

Extra content. exclusive events. engaged, big-hearted community.

June 21, 2026

The End of Pilgrim's: a Major Employer and Mindfulness Bell

Pligrim's wouldn't let us forget.

We may complain of its stench, but its existence allowed the very growth we were celebrating.

Words by
David Cook
Photos by
Sarah Unger
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Pligrim's wouldn't let us forget.

June 21, 2026

The End of Pilgrim's: a Major Employer and Mindfulness Bell

Pligrim's wouldn't let us forget.

We may complain of its stench, but its existence allowed the very growth we were celebrating.
June 14, 2026

Know Our Growers: Our New Food as a Verb Farm Map

Here's a Regional Map of Our Farming Friends

Over 300 stories, lots of farms visited and profiled, all of whom are growing food for us.
June 7, 2026

How Beautiful and Strange: FaaV at 300 Stories

My God, it can be so gorgeous.

"We love a good slaughterhouse."
May 31, 2026

Eight Generations of Farmers: Welcome to Loyd Farms

"We need people to trust their food."

Our fourth farmer profile in a partnership with Southeast Tennessee Young Farmers.
May 17, 2026

Chattanooga Chopped: Inside One Neighborhood Kitchen and Affordable Grocery Bill

"I see you and I raise you a trip to your nearest farmer’s market."

Three recipes. One grocery bill. And a $90,000 plan to support regional farmers.
May 10, 2026

Happy (Grand) Mother's Day: To the People and Tables that Leave Us Full

There is nowhere on earth like a grandmother's kitchen.

They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. This also rings true to this granddaughter’s heart.

This Week's Leftovers

June 24, 2026

Master Bats, Matthiasson Wines, Vertical Farming and Readers Respond

"Damn if I’m not looking forward to never smelling the chicken plant again."

Vertical farming can be a gorgeous thing.

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May 3, 2026

Fewer Children Died Today and Other Headlines You Won't See

What if farmers became guest editors for a week?

"These moments do not have to be overlooked."
April 26, 2026

The Symphony of Manu Lauzon; Bartenders Have Stories, Too

Behind-the-scenes on Easy's spring cocktails with the man in black and bling.

"The moon's come ... run sun run."
April 19, 2026

National Park City Seeds Won't Grow Without Real Terra Firma

Let's not confuse scraps from the table with a place at the table.

Chattanooga can become the Farm-to-Fork Capital of the South.
April 12, 2026

Breaking News: Chef Ashley Bottoms Becomes New Clumpies Owner

She's one of our city's most inventive chefs. Now, she's also the owner of Clumpies.

"My money's on you, girl."
April 5, 2026

A Love Letter to the Neighborhood: Three Women and our City's Saturday Market

A Saturday market is "fundamental to the framework of a healthy, local food scene."

Love letters need replies and responses.
April 3, 2026

Breaking News: Farm-to-Food-Bank Help

The Food Bank is asking for help.

A request to help farmers and food banks was excluded from the governor's drafted budget.
April 1, 2026

Our No Fools April Fools Edition

We start with two questions. How will you answer?

Half marathons, 1000s of trees, Easter at MSM and the finest video I've seen in a long time.
March 29, 2026

"I Feel Hopeful" — Inside Ag Day on the Hill

Legislator meetings, goat milk, hummus, Hollywood actors and hope.

“This is your Capitol. I hope you visit often and let your voices be heard.”
March 22, 2026

An Autopsy and Possible Resurrection: the First (and Second?) Food Hub

Local leaders opened a food hub in 2014. It closed two years later.

What happened? Why? What can we learn?
March 15, 2026

"Welcome to Rhea County" — Returning Home with Raven

The Western Sizzlin, gravel roads and an unforgettable Nonna.

Raven, are you a city girl or country girl?
March 8, 2026

30 Years of Lupi's and One (Not-So) Secret Ingredient

"That's trust and commitment to local!"

In 1996, a pizza place opened. Chattanooga would never be the same.
March 5, 2026

Southern Living and National Absinthe Day

It's National Absinthe Day.

Two distilleries, including Chattanooga's Gate Eleven, in this Southern Living story.
March 1, 2026

Seeding Ideas in the National Park City (and readers respond!)

The city is asking for 100 new ideas. But are new ideas what we need?

The honeymoon's over.
February 22, 2026

Howling in Marion County's National Park

Appalachian Conservation Institute is larger than some state parks.

"Welcome to the middle of nowhere."
February 18, 2026

McDonald Farm, LUNCH, 50/50 Wine Bar and Oregon

And it's Ash Wednesday.

What's the relationship between Hamilton County and Mayor Weston Wamp?
February 15, 2026

Valentine's, Skeletons and the Heart

Can we crack open the doorway to grief?

Let's talk to our skeletons and see what they have to say.
February 11, 2026

We Need Free Trees and Full Circle

A fabulous app, less expensive food, Valentine's caviar.

And the loss of 'Miss G.'
February 8, 2026

The Words Before Us: a Glossary for 2026

Nature. Wilderness. Development. Have they lost their meaning?

"We don't want to love to death the things we love the most."
February 4, 2026

A Few of our Favorite Beautiful Things

Do you have a list of the most beautiful places around?

And the Heavy Stones are the Patriots of skillet curling.
February 1, 2026

We Reap What We Sow, We Sow What We Reap

"It's not really about the milk, is it?"

Seeds are trustworthy. Seeds tell the truth.
Stories that feed people.
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