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Kentucky Meat Shower Festival
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Kentucky Meat Shower Festival

When Owingsville native Ian Corbin and Transylvania University professor Kurt Gohde decided to throw a party celebrating Bath County's most notorious event, they weren't sure what to expect. Neither were we.

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Growing Minds, Growing Bodies
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Growing Minds, Growing Bodies

Sharon Stone retired from teaching and turned her hand to growing food for the families of the kids who used to sit in her classroom. The Seedleaf garden she tends on Lexington’s E. 4th St. is a textbook example of all the ways in which citizens come together to nourish our community.

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Women of FEAST
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Women of FEAST

FEAST 2023 is in the works with more women chefs than ever before! Meet Abra Berens, one of several who have participated in FoodChain’s signature event from the beginning and learn about her latest cookbook – pulp: a practical guide to cooking with fruit.

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Seed Saving
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Seed Saving

Our garden game is growing! Holly Hill Inn line cook and DirtWorks manager Ian Feeback learned from the best – Bill Best, that is! – and has started several varieties of heirloom seeds for planting in our garden soon. Join along as we learn what heirloom plants mean for the food world and why we should care about them.

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Our Neighbors Could Use a Hand
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Our Neighbors Could Use a Hand

Hunger is no joke. Chef Ouita Michel went to Houston for a national chefs summit hosted by the James Beard Foundation and came home more determined than ever to fight for food access and justice.

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Taking Stock
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Taking Stock

Year-end inventory is an obligatory ritual in the restaurant business; but it’s not a bad idea for the rest of us, either!

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Growing Art
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Growing Art

Not all farms grow food. We found one where artists plant sculpture and fill the air with music or construct platforms for discussion; where the land itself is a canvas for restoration and renewal, exploration and reflection.

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Spoonful of Love
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Spoonful of Love

Our Whitesburg Soup Beans were inspired by Chef Jared Richardson’s Eastern Kentucky hometown. Jared was our opening chef at Wallace Station and his parents, Bill and Josephine D’Amato Richardson, founded Appalshop in 1969. Jared’s Whitesburg Soup Beans found their way onto nearly all our menus and into our hearts.

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Sustaining One Another
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Sustaining One Another

Chef Ouita Michel just got back from the 2022 Food & Wine Festival in Aspen, Co. While there, she participated in a panel discussion on sustainability in the restaurant industry and had her expectations upended in an eye-opening way.

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