Chattanooga Food Forest Coalition
@foodforestchatt.bsky.social
Building agroecological commons from the ground up in and around Chattanooga, Tennessee, nurturing community food forests, gardens, urban farming, public permaculture, and more.
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(account managed by @jparkesallen.bsky.social)
A personal exploration by @jparkesallen.bsky.social of barriers of different sorts that prevent us from benefiting from the natural abundance so often within reach:
Cracking the Black Walnut
A Personal Confession
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November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A personal exploration by @jparkesallen.bsky.social of barriers of different sorts that prevent us from benefiting from the natural abundance so often within reach:
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The EPA has approved two new pesticides with "forever chemicals" that will be used on food.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The EPA has approved two new pesticides with "forever chemicals" that will be used on food.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
Here's what we've been up to this month and what we've got coming up in December- put this out a bit early to get ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Several opportunities in December for volunteering and education, plus read to the end for a couple of short book reviews:
November Happenings and December Opportunities in Community Agriculture
Updates, Work Days, Education, and More
foodforestschattanooga.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Here's what we've been up to this month and what we've got coming up in December- put this out a bit early to get ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Several opportunities in December for volunteering and education, plus read to the end for a couple of short book reviews:
Coming up next month: our Introduction to Agroecology series continues with "Soil, Solidarity, and Food Sovereignty," we'll be covering a host of interrelated topics from political action to soil ecology, this is really going to be a cool session! There's a Zoom option too! Sign up link below
November 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Coming up next month: our Introduction to Agroecology series continues with "Soil, Solidarity, and Food Sovereignty," we'll be covering a host of interrelated topics from political action to soil ecology, this is really going to be a cool session! There's a Zoom option too! Sign up link below
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"By establishing alternative food economies, the Forum is decentralising power and redistributing agency to communities. In doing so, it opposes the logic of capitalist extraction and settler dispossession, while sowing the seeds of autonomy and self-determination."
Reclaiming land, restoring power: A grassroots path to a social and solidarity economy in Palestine - Rooted Magazine
In the shadow of prolonged colonisation, fragmentation, systemic marginalisation, and ethnic cleansing, Palestinian communities continue to resist erasure through the daily act of rebuilding life ... ...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"By establishing alternative food economies, the Forum is decentralising power and redistributing agency to communities. In doing so, it opposes the logic of capitalist extraction and settler dispossession, while sowing the seeds of autonomy and self-determination."
It was a beautiful day to start work reviving the community food forest at Crabtree Farms, uncovered some hazelnut and serviceberry trees that had been planted a couple years ago but were overwhelmed with other stuff, laid out paths, mulched, and a good time was had by all:
November 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
It was a beautiful day to start work reviving the community food forest at Crabtree Farms, uncovered some hazelnut and serviceberry trees that had been planted a couple years ago but were overwhelmed with other stuff, laid out paths, mulched, and a good time was had by all:
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How urban farms can make cities more livable and help feed America ino.to/1cZ2XhM
How urban farms can make cities more livable and help feed America
Urban gardens are extraordinarily powerful tools that can improve food security, lower temperatures, and create invaluable gathering spaces.
ino.to
November 15, 2025 at 1:08 AM
How urban farms can make cities more livable and help feed America ino.to/1cZ2XhM
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It's a busy week next week! Lots of wonderful opportunities to choose from- building, painting, learning, and planting:
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
It's a busy week next week! Lots of wonderful opportunities to choose from- building, painting, learning, and planting:
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Annual #Agroecology Public Lecture Series returns Tuesdays, 16:15 CET 🗓️ November 4, 11, 18, 2025 via Zoom💻
Join experts in science, policy & food system transformation. Learn how Agroecology is key to a resilient future.
Join experts in science, policy & food system transformation. Learn how Agroecology is key to a resilient future.
Agroecology and the Transition to Sustainable Food Systems
Today! Experts from across the food system join us to discuss this holistic and integrated approach.
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October 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Annual #Agroecology Public Lecture Series returns Tuesdays, 16:15 CET 🗓️ November 4, 11, 18, 2025 via Zoom💻
Join experts in science, policy & food system transformation. Learn how Agroecology is key to a resilient future.
Join experts in science, policy & food system transformation. Learn how Agroecology is key to a resilient future.
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🌱✨ Agroecology Map App 2.0.2 is here! 🌍💚 Now available in 🇧🇷 Portuguese, 🇫🇷 French, and 🇪🇸 Spanish! Enjoy smoother navigation, ❤️ “Like” button for localizations, and 🚀 faster performance. Let’s grow the global agroecology network together! 🌾🤝🌻 #Agroecology
🔗 agroecologymap.org/mobile
🔗 agroecologymap.org/mobile
October 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
🌱✨ Agroecology Map App 2.0.2 is here! 🌍💚 Now available in 🇧🇷 Portuguese, 🇫🇷 French, and 🇪🇸 Spanish! Enjoy smoother navigation, ❤️ “Like” button for localizations, and 🚀 faster performance. Let’s grow the global agroecology network together! 🌾🤝🌻 #Agroecology
🔗 agroecologymap.org/mobile
🔗 agroecologymap.org/mobile
What we're up to in November and a brief recap of some fall happenings, it's a busy time of year for Chattanooga community agriculture!
November Opportunities in Chattanooga Community Agriculture
Work Days, Education, and Updates from the Fall Thus Far
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October 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
What we're up to in November and a brief recap of some fall happenings, it's a busy time of year for Chattanooga community agriculture!
Our introduction to agroecology sessions continue in November with topics oriented around the role of trees and their radical potential, among other things we'll be learning about the land reclaiming movement chronicled in David E. Gilbert's book Countering Dispossession, Reclaiming Land
October 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Our introduction to agroecology sessions continue in November with topics oriented around the role of trees and their radical potential, among other things we'll be learning about the land reclaiming movement chronicled in David E. Gilbert's book Countering Dispossession, Reclaiming Land
Our Fall Forward Fest was a success! Thank you to everyone who helped make it possible and everyone who came out on what turned out to be just about as beautiful a fall day as anyone could ask for!
October 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Our Fall Forward Fest was a success! Thank you to everyone who helped make it possible and everyone who came out on what turned out to be just about as beautiful a fall day as anyone could ask for!
Check out the first video up on our YouTube channel, this month's installation of our Agroecology Evening School:
Introduction to Agroecology: From Ancient Joya de Cerén to Modern Mexico to... Chattanooga?
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October 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Check out the first video up on our YouTube channel, this month's installation of our Agroecology Evening School:
One half of our bi-monthly sessions- second and fourth Thursdays each month- will be via Zoom so there is an opportunity for folks outside of Chattanooga to participate!
Agroecology Evening School
Introduction and First Meetings
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October 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
One half of our bi-monthly sessions- second and fourth Thursdays each month- will be via Zoom so there is an opportunity for folks outside of Chattanooga to participate!
Been a while since we posted a newsletter, here's this month's installment with updates on upcoming events plus an essay on yaupon tea and future possibilities: foodforestschattanooga.substack.com/p/yaupon-tea...
Yaupon Tea and More Forgotten Pasts and Possible Futures
Plus Updates on our Fall Schedule
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September 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Been a while since we posted a newsletter, here's this month's installment with updates on upcoming events plus an essay on yaupon tea and future possibilities: foodforestschattanooga.substack.com/p/yaupon-tea...
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"In spite of his advanced years, 'Old Man' Scarborough was still able to work the wooden machinery to chop, crush, roast, and cure the leaves of the yaupon holly when North Carolina naturalist H. H. Brimley interviewed him in 1905. "Scarborough, Brimley explained, was the Black owner
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"In spite of his advanced years, 'Old Man' Scarborough was still able to work the wooden machinery to chop, crush, roast, and cure the leaves of the yaupon holly when North Carolina naturalist H. H. Brimley interviewed him in 1905. "Scarborough, Brimley explained, was the Black owner
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Meg & I collaborated on the Philly Native Plant Project that distributed 10,000 native seed packets in Philly. The proceeds from this calendar will fund the 2026 installment! We hope to distribute even more in '26.
Learn about animals, how to help them AND fund a project that supports biodiversity.
Learn about animals, how to help them AND fund a project that supports biodiversity.
September 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Meg & I collaborated on the Philly Native Plant Project that distributed 10,000 native seed packets in Philly. The proceeds from this calendar will fund the 2026 installment! We hope to distribute even more in '26.
Learn about animals, how to help them AND fund a project that supports biodiversity.
Learn about animals, how to help them AND fund a project that supports biodiversity.
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Some community garden flowers with happy pollinators this evening
September 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Some community garden flowers with happy pollinators this evening
The little community farm at Chattanooga Valley Church of the Nazarene continues to grow- we'll be doing Monday evening volunteer sessions from 5 to 6:30 or so going forward, excited to see what the coming year holds for this site!
September 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The little community farm at Chattanooga Valley Church of the Nazarene continues to grow- we'll be doing Monday evening volunteer sessions from 5 to 6:30 or so going forward, excited to see what the coming year holds for this site!
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Love some partridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata), such a beautiful plant of marginal and disturbed locales that keeps its insect neighbors happy as well (via both pollen production in the flowers and nectar in little nectary glands at the base of leaves):
September 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Love some partridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata), such a beautiful plant of marginal and disturbed locales that keeps its insect neighbors happy as well (via both pollen production in the flowers and nectar in little nectary glands at the base of leaves):
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Selection from "Pied Beauty" by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Artist: Kreg Yingst (kregyingst.com) #kregyingst #psalmprayers #gerardmanleyhopkins #piedbeauty
Artist: Kreg Yingst (kregyingst.com) #kregyingst #psalmprayers #gerardmanleyhopkins #piedbeauty
September 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Selection from "Pied Beauty" by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Artist: Kreg Yingst (kregyingst.com) #kregyingst #psalmprayers #gerardmanleyhopkins #piedbeauty
Artist: Kreg Yingst (kregyingst.com) #kregyingst #psalmprayers #gerardmanleyhopkins #piedbeauty
Got a lot done this afternoon at the Chattanooga Civic Center at Mountainside, refreshing the existing beds, pulling a ton of grass and setting in native perennial flowers and fruiting plants, prepping for other plantings soon. Very excited to see what happens here in the coming months!
September 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Got a lot done this afternoon at the Chattanooga Civic Center at Mountainside, refreshing the existing beds, pulling a ton of grass and setting in native perennial flowers and fruiting plants, prepping for other plantings soon. Very excited to see what happens here in the coming months!
Following up on our environmental history reading group last spring we will be offering monthly (potentially bi-monthly depending on everyone's availability and energy!) sessions on the theory, practice, and history of agroecology, we'll do a potluck and weather permitting hands-on work outside too.
September 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Following up on our environmental history reading group last spring we will be offering monthly (potentially bi-monthly depending on everyone's availability and energy!) sessions on the theory, practice, and history of agroecology, we'll do a potluck and weather permitting hands-on work outside too.