D & Jim Brown at the Maryville Farmer’s Market, 2020.

Season 7, Episode 21, June 27, July 4, 2020

Today, we are setting the table with our little friends, pollinators and the honey bee and ways that we can help to protect them. We will visit today with 2 families who raise bees in East, TN. D & Jim Brown who own and run Honey Rock Herb Farm, in Louisville, TN and have raised bees for over 40 years. Coley and Judy O’Dell who own and run Smoky Ridge Apiaries in Maryville, TN and have taught countless individuals how to raise bees, care for hives and the bees, and we will also hear about their self serve honey stand which sits in their front yard.

Mary “Dee Dee” Constantine the happily retired food editor for the Knoxville News Sentinel will share a recipe with us today for Chipotle, Almond butter with honey

We also get to hear from our friend Fred Sauceman from Johnson City with his “Pot Luck Radio Series”, on this series today, we hear about “Hot Slaw” from Polk County.

Links:

The East Tennessee Honey Bee, How to help them. With D. & Jim Brown, Beekeepers and owners of Honey Rock Herb Farm in Louisville, Tn. http://www.honeyrockherbfarm.com/

Coley and Judy O’Dell, owners of Smokey Ridge Apiaries, Hours 9-5, M-F. They have online ordering during the pandemic for value added products from their website. They ask that people do not come in the store during the pandemic, but rather place orders online to be safe: https://smokeyridgeapiaries.com/

Smoky Ridge Apiaries Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Farm/Smokey-Ridge-Apiaries-1376258805962018/

Fred Sauceman’s “Potluck Radio” segment on Tennessee Hot Slaw from Polk County. https://www.facebook.com/fred.sauceman

The Blount County Bee Keepers Association, in Maryville, TN is an organization that is very active in the community and helps teach people how to raise and protect bees https://blountbees.wordpress.com/

Greenback Farmers’ Market: https://www.facebook.com/GreenbackFarmersMarket/