Season 7, Episode 15, 05/02/2020
And today, we are setting the table with the importance of 4-H and how this organization is so vital to our community through youth development and adult volunteering. Our guests include Dr. Joe Johnson, President Emeritus of the University of Tennessee, retired food editor from the Knoxville News Sentinel - Mary Dee Dee Constantine and her childhood 4-H story, Tony Lawson, co-founder of WDVX Radio and his childhood 4-H experiences, and Fred Sauceman’s “Pot Luck Radio” segment features an old friend from Kingston, TN. Amy starts the show with news on several farmers’ markets taking place on Saturday, May 2, 2020
Links to people and events mentioned in the show:
4-H, TN: https://4h.tennessee.edu/Pages/default.aspx
Complete list of farmers’ markets in our area: Nourish Knoxville Local Food Guide: https://www.nourishknoxville.org/local-food-guide/
Dixie Lee Farmers’ Market: https://dixieleefarmersmarket.com/?ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_4_30_2020_22_39)&mc_cid=b1b0861a1b&mc_eid=6a77883d80
Nourish Knoxville Knoxville Market (Market Square Farmers’ Market) : https://www.nourishknoxville.org/market-square-farmers-market/
Oak Ridge Farmers’ Market: https://www.easttnfarmmarkets.com/
Maryville Farmers’ Market: https://www.farmersmarketmaryville.com/
Fred Sauceman: https://www.facebook.com/fred.sauceman
Mama Mia’s Restaurant & Pizzaria, Kingston, TN: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mama-Mias-Restaurant-Pizzeria/117515748274200
Mary “Dee Dee” Constantine: https://twitter.com/skilletsister
Tony Lawson: https://wdvx.com/featured-photos/tony-lawson/

Amy Campbell and Dr. Joe Johnson pictured in 2014.

Lottie O’Brian who passed away April 27th, 2020 - She owned and ran Mama Mia’s Restaurant and Pizzeria in Kingston since February 4, 1971. Photo from Fred Sauceman.