How Far Can You Toss a Hay Bale? An Invite to a Farm-to-Picnic-Blanket Party
It's Olympic Season!
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Over the last year or so, we've profiled young farmers across the region.
We began with Randall Tomlinson.
Then, Hannah Walker at Rosemary and Thyme Creamery.
We visited urban farmers, like Damon Bartos and Lillian Moore at The Beth.
Soon, we'll publish our next profile on this man, Ethan Lloyd, a Pikeville cattle farmer.
It's part of our ongoing partnership with Southeast Tennessee Young Farmers, one of the finest, most promising and wholesome regional nonprofits that's seeking to build up, support and encourage the next generation of farmers in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia.
And ... it's time for their big party: the Farm Olympics.
On Saturday, June 6, Come spend a Saturday with regional farmers at McDonald Farm. The party begins at 1.30 pm and lasts until 9 pm.
Tickets are "early chicken" discounted until May 24.
They'll be dancing.
A big farm-to-picnic-blanket feast full of locally grown food.
A Cumberland Community Dance featuring Turnip the Beet with Christi Burns and caller Elijah Jaime.
They'll be fellowship and fun unlike any other event this summer.
Best of all? Farm games. You know, competitions, like the Olympics, but with egg tossing, hay bale throwing and the temporary fence race. (Oh, if my temporary fence could talk. It would be so R-rated.)
"Farm Olympics is a wonderful time for you to connect with other farmers and community members in real life while blowing off a little steam by playing farm chore related games, enjoying a relaxed meal together, and dancing," said Kelsey Freshour of Southeast Tennessee Young Farmers. "We do all this while also spreading awareness about the serious challenges that young farmers face, and raising money to help our chapter address some of those issues."
Tickets and more info can be found here. Food as a Verb is a very proud partner and encourages all our community to support however you can.
This is the fourth annual Farm Olympics, by the way.
Next week? The second Skeletons dinner. Join our Substack community — The Table — for tickets.
Yes, it's about grief. But, it's also about good stories, the human heart and the role laughter plays. I promise: it'll be unlike any dinner on the docket this summer. Come join our lovely group.
Finally, a little reading for you.
To prepare for our Sunday story, we're going back in time a couple of years to revisit this (younger) baker.
He had an idea, long ago.
Now, it's turning into reality.
It is among the most fabulous news we can report, Chattanooga.
Here's our story from October 2023.
Wishing you all the happiest of weeks. See you Sunday.
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.
Over the last year or so, we've profiled young farmers across the region.
We began with Randall Tomlinson.
Then, Hannah Walker at Rosemary and Thyme Creamery.
We visited urban farmers, like Damon Bartos and Lillian Moore at The Beth.
Soon, we'll publish our next profile on this man, Ethan Lloyd, a Pikeville cattle farmer.
It's part of our ongoing partnership with Southeast Tennessee Young Farmers, one of the finest, most promising and wholesome regional nonprofits that's seeking to build up, support and encourage the next generation of farmers in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia.
And ... it's time for their big party: the Farm Olympics.
On Saturday, June 6, Come spend a Saturday with regional farmers at McDonald Farm. The party begins at 1.30 pm and lasts until 9 pm.
Tickets are "early chicken" discounted until May 24.
They'll be dancing.
A big farm-to-picnic-blanket feast full of locally grown food.
A Cumberland Community Dance featuring Turnip the Beet with Christi Burns and caller Elijah Jaime.
They'll be fellowship and fun unlike any other event this summer.
Best of all? Farm games. You know, competitions, like the Olympics, but with egg tossing, hay bale throwing and the temporary fence race. (Oh, if my temporary fence could talk. It would be so R-rated.)
"Farm Olympics is a wonderful time for you to connect with other farmers and community members in real life while blowing off a little steam by playing farm chore related games, enjoying a relaxed meal together, and dancing," said Kelsey Freshour of Southeast Tennessee Young Farmers. "We do all this while also spreading awareness about the serious challenges that young farmers face, and raising money to help our chapter address some of those issues."
Tickets and more info can be found here. Food as a Verb is a very proud partner and encourages all our community to support however you can.
This is the fourth annual Farm Olympics, by the way.
Next week? The second Skeletons dinner. Join our Substack community — The Table — for tickets.
Yes, it's about grief. But, it's also about good stories, the human heart and the role laughter plays. I promise: it'll be unlike any dinner on the docket this summer. Come join our lovely group.
Finally, a little reading for you.
To prepare for our Sunday story, we're going back in time a couple of years to revisit this (younger) baker.
He had an idea, long ago.
Now, it's turning into reality.
It is among the most fabulous news we can report, Chattanooga.
Here's our story from October 2023.
Wishing you all the happiest of weeks. See you Sunday.
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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