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  • Chattanooga Is A Long Way From The Rainforest, But…

    This segment is part of our Best Job Ever series, where we talk to people who have unusual or adventurous jobs and find out whether or not their workdays are really all that interesting.

    Jennifer Berglund seems to have a dream job for somebody who loves nature and movies.  She's a documentary filmmaker who left Chattanooga, Tennessee and moved to the rainforest, where she shoots videos about native culture.  She and Keith Heyward founded their own production company, Prehensile Productions, and are currently working on films in Costa Rica and Ecuador.

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  • Beast Feast

    The friendly annual barbeque competition Beast Feast is Sunday, May 27th at the Chattanooga Market.  Local and regional restaurants and chefs will pile on the pork to compete in the Beast Feast. A panel of judges will decide the winner and there is a people's choice winner too.  If you go to the market you can purchase food tickets and trade them in to sample the meats.  The people's choice is determined by the number of purchased tickets that were turned in to taste a sample of the barbeque.  The Chattanooga Market is located in the First Tennessee Pavilion on Carter Street and is open from 11 am to 4 pm.

  • Community Kitchen
  • A Different Sort of Recycling Program

    The Chattanooga Community Kitchen has been with Chattanooga for thirty years. Besides feeding and clothing the homeless, the Community Kitchen also has a recycling program. Along with plastic, aluminum, tin, and paper, the Community Kitchen also recycles scrap metal, clothing, and house appliances.

    One element that sets the Community Kitchen's recycling program from others is that they don't demand the recyclables to be sorted beforehand by their donors. Around and About producer Garrett Crowe went to the Chattanooga Community Kitchen and explored their operation.

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