A Few of our Favorite Beautiful Things
Do you have a list of the most beautiful places around?
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It's an interesting, uplifting question. Can you name your list of the most beautiful places in the region?
Some may be quite grand.
Others, small and intimate.
It feels good to imagine this list; something gets reordered inside. We could go on and on about the all the beautiful farms we've seen. Or the beauty that occurs when you walk in some of our regional restaurants.
We could really spell all this out if you want, curate a readers' list of top beautiful places, majestic and mundane.
Somewhere in my Top 10, I would love to take you to Rising Fawn Gardens, one of the most beautiful places I know.
There is so much land — mountain+field+stream — and gentle expanse and kindness. The Persinger family has been devoted to caretaking and stewarding this land in both traditional and forward-thinking ways. Longtime growers of turmeric and other medicinal herbs, they're now focusing on the day retreat center there, easily the most gorgeous retreat center I've seen in this region.
Here. Take a quick look at their website and you'll see.
"We are blessed to be stewards of this beautiful piece of God's green earth," they like to say.
We hope to invite you there soon.
Today, we're proud to announce Rising Fawn Gardens as our newest Food as a Verb partner.
Thank you, Persingers, for your commitment to beauty, the land and wellbeing.
Also beautiful?
This new Saturday market that's taking shape.
We three months away from the entire food landscape changing in this city.
This spring, the HiLo Saturday market opens.
It's a true farmers' market held — big point here — on Saturdays.
The Hi-Lo Market will launch on April 25. It's been more than a year in the making, with grassroots sweat-and-Canva-and-fundraising-and-networking-and-faith. A whole lotta faith.
We'll have a larger story this spring, but in the meantime, the HiLo folks — it will be held at Montague Park — have an invitation for you.
They have the location: Montague Park, corner of 23rd and Polk St.
The time: every Saturday, 9 am to noon, all year.
"Now, all we need is you!" they said.
HiLo Market invites good people to help: volunteers, board members, creatives, funders, business partners.
"We need all the extra hands helping to lighten the load," they said.
A Community Input form can be found here. (A Spanish version, here.)
Vendor applications can be found here.
"We are seeking donations to help with the website charges, the 501(c)(3) filing fees, print assets for flyers, and a banner. Anything helps and all is appreciated!!" the HiLo founders said.
Questions? Interest? A willing heart, hand or wallet?
Email the HiLo folks at market@hilochatt.com.
On Tuesday, Feb. 10, Dr. Mark Johnson and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga present a very special speaker:
Dr. Bart Elmore, author of Seed Money and Citizen Coke, a history of Coca-Cola, will speak on the future of food in this genetically-modified century.
"This year, his talk will be really timely," said Dr. Mark Johnson, who spoke at a recent Real Smoke event with Chef Erik Niel.
In 2016, Elmore, who teaches at The Ohio State Univ., published Citizen Coke, described as "a brilliant history" that "shows how Coke used a strategy of outsourcing and leveraged free public resources, market muscle, and lobbying power to build a global empire on the sale of sugary water."
His talk is free to the public and begins at 5.30 pm at the Guerry Center.
Finally, what a week for sports. The Olympics start and the NFL season ends.
Little Coyote just published its Super Bowl menu. Pre-orders are due by Friday and pick-up will be available on Sunday from 3 to 6pm.
Call 423.800.7483 or email mr@littlecoyote.com or an@littlecoyote.com to place your order.
I could live 100 more lifetimes and not care to see the Patriots again in any Super Bowl. Enough is enough. And the Seahawks? Is there a team farther away from Chattanooga?
Tough years. The Titans. Ooof. The Falcons, Hawks? Ooof-ooof.
Shoulda stuck with skillet curling. Congrats to the Heavy Stones, this year's curling champs, who took home their fifth title. (Pats.)
Best of all?
The event raised more than $90,000 for the Chattanooga Area Food Bank, according to WDEF.
Yeah. We think that's pretty beautiful, too.
Story ideas, questions, feedback? Interested in partnering with us? Email: david@foodasaverb.com
This story is 100% human generated; no AI chatbot was used in the creation of this content.
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Rising Fawn Gardens
It's an interesting, uplifting question. Can you name your list of the most beautiful places in the region?
Some may be quite grand.
Others, small and intimate.
It feels good to imagine this list; something gets reordered inside. We could go on and on about the all the beautiful farms we've seen. Or the beauty that occurs when you walk in some of our regional restaurants.
We could really spell all this out if you want, curate a readers' list of top beautiful places, majestic and mundane.
Somewhere in my Top 10, I would love to take you to Rising Fawn Gardens, one of the most beautiful places I know.
There is so much land — mountain+field+stream — and gentle expanse and kindness. The Persinger family has been devoted to caretaking and stewarding this land in both traditional and forward-thinking ways. Longtime growers of turmeric and other medicinal herbs, they're now focusing on the day retreat center there, easily the most gorgeous retreat center I've seen in this region.
Here. Take a quick look at their website and you'll see.
"We are blessed to be stewards of this beautiful piece of God's green earth," they like to say.
We hope to invite you there soon.
Today, we're proud to announce Rising Fawn Gardens as our newest Food as a Verb partner.
Thank you, Persingers, for your commitment to beauty, the land and wellbeing.
Also beautiful?
This new Saturday market that's taking shape.
We three months away from the entire food landscape changing in this city.
This spring, the HiLo Saturday market opens.
It's a true farmers' market held — big point here — on Saturdays.
The Hi-Lo Market will launch on April 25. It's been more than a year in the making, with grassroots sweat-and-Canva-and-fundraising-and-networking-and-faith. A whole lotta faith.
We'll have a larger story this spring, but in the meantime, the HiLo folks — it will be held at Montague Park — have an invitation for you.
They have the location: Montague Park, corner of 23rd and Polk St.
The time: every Saturday, 9 am to noon, all year.
"Now, all we need is you!" they said.
HiLo Market invites good people to help: volunteers, board members, creatives, funders, business partners.
"We need all the extra hands helping to lighten the load," they said.
A Community Input form can be found here. (A Spanish version, here.)
Vendor applications can be found here.
"We are seeking donations to help with the website charges, the 501(c)(3) filing fees, print assets for flyers, and a banner. Anything helps and all is appreciated!!" the HiLo founders said.
Questions? Interest? A willing heart, hand or wallet?
Email the HiLo folks at market@hilochatt.com.
On Tuesday, Feb. 10, Dr. Mark Johnson and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga present a very special speaker:
Dr. Bart Elmore, author of Seed Money and Citizen Coke, a history of Coca-Cola, will speak on the future of food in this genetically-modified century.
"This year, his talk will be really timely," said Dr. Mark Johnson, who spoke at a recent Real Smoke event with Chef Erik Niel.
In 2016, Elmore, who teaches at The Ohio State Univ., published Citizen Coke, described as "a brilliant history" that "shows how Coke used a strategy of outsourcing and leveraged free public resources, market muscle, and lobbying power to build a global empire on the sale of sugary water."
His talk is free to the public and begins at 5.30 pm at the Guerry Center.
Finally, what a week for sports. The Olympics start and the NFL season ends.
Little Coyote just published its Super Bowl menu. Pre-orders are due by Friday and pick-up will be available on Sunday from 3 to 6pm.
Call 423.800.7483 or email mr@littlecoyote.com or an@littlecoyote.com to place your order.
I could live 100 more lifetimes and not care to see the Patriots again in any Super Bowl. Enough is enough. And the Seahawks? Is there a team farther away from Chattanooga?
Tough years. The Titans. Ooof. The Falcons, Hawks? Ooof-ooof.
Shoulda stuck with skillet curling. Congrats to the Heavy Stones, this year's curling champs, who took home their fifth title. (Pats.)
Best of all?
The event raised more than $90,000 for the Chattanooga Area Food Bank, according to WDEF.
Yeah. We think that's pretty beautiful, too.
Story ideas, questions, feedback? Interested in partnering with us? Email: david@foodasaverb.com
This story is 100% human generated; no AI chatbot was used in the creation of this content.
Food as a verb thanks our story sponsor:
Food as a Verb Thanks our sustaining partner:
Food as a verb thanks our story sponsor:
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