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Digging Into Stories Of Local Food With David Cook Of Food As A Verb

Farmer Alysia Leon holding milky oats at Bird Fork Farm in Sequatchie County, TN.
Food As A Verb
Farmer Alysia Leon holding milky oats at Bird Fork Farm in Sequatchie County, TN.

“Stories that feed people” is the media menu at Food as a Verb.

The online startup tells the stories of local food, farmers, chefs and restaurants - and the deeper stories behind those stories - here in the Chattanooga area.

David Cook - journalist, educator, wannabe farmer and former columnist at the Chattanooga Times Free Press - is co-founder and main writer of Food as a Verb.

David Cook with farmer Alysia Leon at Bird Fork Farm in Sequatchie County, TN.
Food As A Verb
David Cook with farmer Alysia Leon at Bird Fork Farm in Sequatchie County, TN.

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