Pastry Chefs Derek and Kayla May began their courtship in the kitchen at The Hermitage Hotel when their shifts overlapped by one hour…
Guest Chef Series: Chef Dale Levitski and Brenda Reed of Sinema with Debbi Fields of Mrs. Fields
The cook team had under two hours to finish dinner for 75 people, but Chef Dale Levitski of Sinema calmly mixed meatloaf like a pro…
Guest Chef Series: Lauren Moskovitz and Alex Grainger
Lauren Moskovitz of Miel and Alex Grainger of Silo work in kitchens across town from one another. Lauren specializes in baking as owner of her side business Little Mosko’s Bake Shop while Alex works more on the savory side as an executive chef…
Thank You, Volunteers!
Guest Chef Series: Vivek Surti
Vivek Surti might not have a formal culinary education, but he’s no doubt a fixture on the Nashville food scene. He made a name for himself hosting inventive pop-up dinners through his VEA Supper Club, and he can always drop some helpful knowledge about the newest restaurants in town…
Volunteer Corner with Rich Sanderson
Longtime volunteer Rich Sanderson provided an account of his experiences delivering meals to the Green Street Church of Christ…
Teamwork Helps a Garden Grow
On any given day, the groups coming together in the gardens are often as varied as the crops harvested. A recent week at the Wedgewood Urban Garden welcomed Friends Life, a nonprofit serving the needs of adults with intellectual and development disabilities…
Cookin' Up A Storm
It's a Mystery
Hide and Seek
Goodlettsville Middle School
We want to extend our sincerest appreciation for the students at Goodlettsville Middle School who designed and implemented a concessions business to raise money for local causes. We are the humbled and grateful recipient of a generous donation from these young social entrepreneurs. They not only came to present their donation, but happily jumped into several garden projects - on the coldest day of spring! Huge thanks to these students! You are an inspiration!
Getting their Adventure On!
Team Green volunteers rocked a recent Saturday morning volunteer session at our Wedgewood Urban Garden. These folks know how to work hard and have fun doing it. We can't wait til they come back.
In the Kitchen
These friendly members of Harpeth Heights Baptist Church joined us in our prep room recently. Beautiful fruit salads that included local strawberries were the highlight of the salads! If you would like to join us for meal prep, sign up here!
Simply Beautiful
Our spring crops are thriving as we await the much anticipated summer fruits. Pictured here starting from the bottom is a bed of buckwheat, two beds of leaf lettuce, a bed of chard, snow peas (yum!), and finally the tall grass in the background is winter rye. Want to help harvest or pull a few weeds? Drop by anytime.
Salad Train
This year's lettuce harvest has allowed us to include beautiful salads on over 2,000 meals thus far. This photo is one of the beautiful salads we've made that included TNFP lettuce, strawberries from Nashville Grown and hard boiled eggs from Foggy Hollow. Thanks to all the hundreds of volunteers that planted, tended, harvested, washed, chopped and made these tasty dishes to help us nourish our community.
Many Friends
Our onions are growing strong. Thanks to this awesome group from Friends Life for mulching them well with straw to keep the soil cool and moist. Thanks friends!
Sharing Hospitality along with a Meal
A mens group from Woodmont Christian Church pose with Tallu before taking their monthly truck run to Murfreesboro Road, where they share a meal with residents of Mercury Courts. Woodmont, its members and its Senior Minister Dr. Clay Stauffer have been so supportive of our work from the beginning. We are grateful!
In the garden
GM Financial sent out their A-team to volunteer recently in our gardens. They turned compost, planted carrots, and harvested spinach without one word of complaint on the first day to break 90 degrees this year. Thank you for all the hard work!