S6:E11. 03/26/2022

Tennessee Morel Hunt with Chris Burger

Today we are setting the table with a good ole fashioned morel mushroom foraging in search of a wild food that delivers the umami taste. My guests are Chris Burger Farmer, Creative Director and Co-Founder of Century Harvest Farms Foundation in Greenback, TN. Chris was kind enough to invite me on a morel hunt for this mushroom that only appears from late March through the first few weeks of April annually in Tennessee. We also will be joined in the kitchen at Century Harvest Farms Foundation by Chef Robert Allen. He will share how he cooks morel mushrooms and what he pairs them with.

Chris Burger, Century Harvest Farms Foundation: https://centuryharvest.org/

Chef Robert Allen: https://www.robertallenculinary.com/a-destination

Chris Burger holding a morel mushroom the day we went on a Tennessee Morel hunt at Century Harvest Farms Foundation. Photo: Amy Campbell.

Season 8, Episode 24. 06/26/2021

In this episode, we are setting the table with Tennessee grass-fed salami from Century Harvest Farm, Greenback, TN, and how this farm is home to a foundation that helps rebuild lives through farming and production of beef charcuterie, vegetables, and other wholesome farm products. The guests are Chris Burger and Brenna Wright.

Guests on the show in this episode include:

Chris Burger, Farmer, Owner, Co-Farm Manager at Century Harvest Farms in Greenback, TN. Chris farms the grass-fed herd and is Creative Director of the Farm. He shares information with us on the benefits of grass-fed beef nutritionally and environmentally. Chris describes the process Century Harvest Farms uses to produce its salami and charcuterie offerings. The farm offers a USDA inspected commercial production kitchen located at Century Harvest Farms, Greenback, TN.
Brenna Wright, social worker and an urban farmer. Known for her highly successful urban farm, Abby Field Farm and Knox City Farm in Knoxville, TN. Brenna is now part of Century Harvest Farms and shares her abilities in social work and farming to improve lives as Co-Farm Manager at Century Harvest Farms Foundation Downtown Knoxville and Greenback.
In Fred Sauceman’s Pot-Luck Radio series, he shares the voice of Pal Barger speaking on the unique architecture of Pal’s Sudden Service restaurants located in upper East Tennessee. This regional restaurant chain was founded in 1956 by Fredrick “Pal” Barger.

Links:

Century Harvest Farms Foundation: https://centuryharvest.org/

Pal’s Sudden Service: https://palsweb.com/

Fred Sauceman: https://www.facebook.com/fred.sauceman

Emi Sunshine who sings our theme song: https://theemisunshine.com/

Brenna Wright’s photograph was taken by Amy Campbell at Century Harvest Farms Foundation in April of 2021.

Chris Burger slices grass-fed, preservative free salami produced in the USDA approved facility and commercial kitchen at Century Harvest Farm, Greenback TN. Chris is owner, co-farm manager and raises the grass-fed cattle heard at Century Harvest Farms.

Fred Sauceman provided the picture of Frederick “Pal” Barger sitting on his desk at Pal’s World Headquarters in Kingsport, TN.