Inspired by John T. Edge’s book The Potlikker Papers, our meals team has pulled together several southern-inspired menus for two classes on cooking to reduce food waste. Check out the menu and story behind our first class.
Fannie Lou Hamer: Farmer, Activist, Visionary
Wedgewood Towers Grows Community
Behind the Scenes for our Episode of Trisha’s Southern Kitchen
Oh, the Places You'll Go
For Everyone Born
Recent proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as food stamps) suggest a shake-up may be in store for one of our country’s most important safety net programs. This has a team talking about what we believe to be essential ingredients of effective food support.
Small Seeds, Big Lessons
Introducing Children to New Foods
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: The Elements of Good Cooking
Learning as a Collaborative Community
Food is Comfort
In January 2017, we began a partnership with the YWCA, providing weekday dinners for their Weaver Domestic Violence Center. This 51-bed shelter is the largest domestic violence shelter in Tennessee, providing a safe space for women and children escaping domestic violence (men are housed at another partner facility).
Nothing Wasted: Summer Gardens
Rhythm in the Kitchen
We All Need Something
Learning Together
We often say that food has the power to transform lives, and we see this so clearly in our Growing Together program. Growing Together is The Nashville Food Project’s agricultural micro-enterprise training program. Through it, we work to expand farming access and opportunity to a group of growers who are originally from Burma and Bhutan.
Supporting Academic Perseverance Through Food
While We're Here
On a typical Tuesday our South Hall kitchen is filled with a steady group of diverse and dedicated volunteers, and you can’t escape the good vibes. Today, cherry sorting is increased with the help of the background music, not to mention it led to the first common ground and opening to discuss the focus of this blog: friendship.
Creating and Sustaining a Local Food Web
The Nashville Food Project has been proud to call ourselves a full circle organization in the past. We grow, cook and share food in a way where each of our programs nurture and sustain each other and our mission. However recent events have led us to wonder if we have limited ourselves in speaking this way and if actually what we are growing into is a vibrant and resilient food web…
Governor's Environmental Stewardship Award
Spreading Joy Through Nourishing Food
On any day of the week, you can walk into the kitchen at St. Luke’s and be greeted with a smile and warm hello in the midst of all of the hustle and bustle that takes place when over 200 meals are being prepared for the day. This warm and inviting atmosphere is just one reflection of the great partnership that has been established between St. Luke’s and The Nashville Food Project.