What are your Thanksgiving traditions? My family has some incredible traditions and yet we’ve also built in a lot of flexibility! We had a great holiday with several holiday traditions at our table this year: Collection of family and/or friends My mom’s cornbread & biscuit dressing Mom’s fresh cranberry salad Grandmom’s ambrosia (I made it) Deviled eggs Lots of talking… Read More
Thanksgiving — Family, Friends Fun & Giving #FoodThanks!
Thanksgiving. The word elicits images of food, family, friends and fun, particularly laughter with my family & friends. Growing up in Memphis, in a regular city family, when we would give thanks, a myriad of things enters. We gave thanks for the people around the table and those who were far away, our abundance away from the table and what… Read More
Wordless Wednesday – Thanksgiving Tree of #foodthanks
this photo for Wordless Wednesday is part of the #foodthanks effort organized by the AgChat Foundation.
Giving Food Thanks & Thanking Some Farmers Too!
Having lived in New York metro, this video rings so true for me. Since I’m on vacation today, seems a great way to start my morning by taking a minute to quietly thank a farmer (actually several helped produce my breakfast of a chicken biscuit — chicken, wheat, eggs, milk, tea, potatoes) and offering #foodthanks by telling my niece thank you… Read More
Generations of Hands Working the Soil, Dirt or Clay
When you talk to farmers, the connections to their land and ancestors is almost always brought into the discussion. Images of their forefathers and foremothers using their hands or primitive tools to shape the land into something that would bear fruit. There is a pride in knowing your family’s heritage includes work that brings thing to your table. Well, my… Read More
A New Thanksgiving Tradition in the Making? #Thankafarmer
Thanksgiving has always been an incredible part of my life. I’ve celebrated the holidays many years with vast number of family and other years I’ve been in faraway places like India or Italy where friends have attempted to make me feel at home, particularly for that meal. This year, we will likely have 60-65 people together and most of us… Read More