The holiday season comes with memories of food. And for Tiffany Hancock, those memories included a lot of meat, eggs and dairy. “Sweet potato casseroles,” she recalls eating — and not just during the holidays. “You know, the fried chicken, the braised pork chops.” The only problem? In recent years, Hancock started eating vegan.
Nashville Restaurants Fighting Food Waste Can Now Hitch A Ride For Their Leftovers
Listen Every year, the equivalent of about 10 million meals in Nashville are tossed in the trash, while one in six residents doesn’t have enough food. That’s according to national research from the Natural Resources Defense Council, which has chosen Nashville as a pilot city for testing food waste reduction practices on a national […]
Nashville Dinner Series Aims To Curb Gentrification, One $100 Hot Chicken Sale At A Time
Listen A series of dinners starting Thursday in North Nashville and running through Saturday is taking aim at gentrification. On the menu — hot chicken — and it won’t come cheap: Diners are being asked to pledge $100 a piece.
Advocates For Poor Communities Worry Tennesseans On Food Stamps Won’t Be Able To Find Jobs
Listen Unemployment in Tennessee stands at record lows, but some advocates for the poor nonetheless worry about how plans to reinstate the work requirement for food stamps will play out. Their fear is that, in many parts of Tennessee, the jobs just won’t be there.
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