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

Here's a Regional Map of Our Farming Friends

Any Table, No Matter the Chef: Murder Points and the New Southern Oyster

As the story goes, these oysters are worth killing for.

70 Years of Slaughter: What's Left Behind in the Ground and Air?

I was chuckling at a downtown red light when my daydream ended.

Eight Generations of Farmers: Welcome to Loyd Farms

"We need people to trust their food."

September 20, 2026

Introducing Niedlov's New Mill and the Resurrection of Our Local Grain Economy

"This connection you feel. You can just taste it."

How many hands? The Zilens and Jeff Cannon now have the answer.

Words by
David Cook
Photos by
Sarah Unger
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"This connection you feel. You can just taste it."

October 4, 2026

Data Centers, Farmland and "The Trouble with Claude" -- Part Two

Sometimes, data centers and AI are laughing matters.

“Well, I’m with Claude, and…” “No you ain’t,” the old woman cut him off.
September 27, 2026

"The Trouble with Claude" -- Part One

AI is telling a story about land and what it means to be human. Don't listen.

I'd pull the lever so fast. I have a hunch you would, too.
September 20, 2026

Introducing Niedlov's New Mill and the Resurrection of Our Local Grain Economy

"This connection you feel. You can just taste it."

How many hands? The Zilens and Jeff Cannon now have the answer.
September 13, 2026

Too Much of One, Not Enough of the Other: a Big Spider + Tiny Fish Update

"For every one Joro you see, there are probably thousands more."

We met a little fish last year. Here's an update on a bigger story.
September 6, 2026

Carry the Torch Forward: Remembering Dolly and Wendell

"I believe Dolly was the American Goddess."

"Wendell Berry spent his life proving that alternative was more possible than we may realize."
August 30, 2026

The Farmers and the Trust: Remembering Williams Island

Two men are continuing the centuries-old tradition of farming an island modern Chattanooga forgot.

"We have evidence of 10,000 years of indigenous use on the island."

This Week's Leftovers

October 14, 2026

Restaurant Coffee or Hotel Coffee? And It's Old-Fashioned Week!

Plus, a civic emergency's coming.

"I'd like to order a little coffee at almost every meal but I almost never do in Chattanooga."

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August 23, 2026

Food Bank Declares: One-in-Four Regional Children Hungry

"This should be a call to action," said Corker.

Rent. Groceries. Child care. Some 54,000 children are food insecure.
August 16, 2026

Exclusive News: Cocoa Asante's Ella Livingston Raises Nearly $1.6 Million

What intentionality. What beauty. This is something worthy of a bow.

"The only thing that needs to be hard is the shell of your bonbons."
August 9, 2026

Pasture Gates and Tailgates: Brooks Lamb Talks With Peyton Hopkins

What's it like to farm with nature instead of against it?

Meet Peyton Hopkins, a veteran and regenerative ag specialist who just returned home.
August 2, 2026

In Good Faith: Bona Fide Opens

The place is already high-stepping with a poise some restaurants never reach.

We had corner bar seats less than 24 hours before opening, Here's what we saw.
July 26, 2026

Thanksgiving Turkey Tastes Better on Friday

Would you do something for us?

In case you missed the main feast, we're serving second helpings.
July 19, 2026

Any Table, No Matter the Chef: Murder Points and the New Southern Oyster

As the story goes, these oysters are worth killing for.

"It's made these big boys up North sit up and look and recognize what's going on down here in the South."
July 12, 2026

Lower Alabama Oyster Chronicles: Part One

I don't remember my first burger, but I do remember my first dozen on the half-shell.

Bivalve, struggling hearts, all of us.
July 5, 2026

Onto the Next 250: the Way Barbecue Saves America

Happy Fifth of July, everyone.

Break the spell. Play the most healing game of I-Spy ever.
June 28, 2026

70 Years of Slaughter: What's Left Behind in the Ground and Air?

I was chuckling at a downtown red light when my daydream ended.

Over 70 years, it's possible than hundreds of millions of chickens have been slaughtered on Broad Street.
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.
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."

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