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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Our donation page is- finally!- live and ready to receive financial support from anyone who would like to help advance the transformative work that the Chattanooga Food Forest Coalition is doing:
Coming up in a couple weeks!
October 2, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Coming up in a couple weeks!
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Three years ago every space in these pictures was lawn grass (well, one was bare dirt on its way to being lawn grass); they're not anymore but are instead thriving agroecosystems. Maybe small drops in the proverbial big bucket but it's still a small victory and it's beautiful to see
October 2, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Three years ago every space in these pictures was lawn grass (well, one was bare dirt on its way to being lawn grass); they're not anymore but are instead thriving agroecosystems. Maybe small drops in the proverbial big bucket but it's still a small victory and it's beautiful to see
"That is the upside of global interconnection: our actions need not only have negative effects on others, but can positively interact, can shape all our worlds together for the better."
Think Local, Act Global
Newsletter for the Third Week of September
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September 18, 2026 at 8:30 PM
"That is the upside of global interconnection: our actions need not only have negative effects on others, but can positively interact, can shape all our worlds together for the better."
"The transformation of this hillside, and of many other similar places around Chattanooga, from an ecological and social wasteland, almost entirely devoid of life and of purposeful meaning and use, involved very little exchange of money, but it required a great deal of work and self-giving."
A Gift But Not Free
Newsletter for the Second Week of September
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September 10, 2026 at 7:14 PM
"The transformation of this hillside, and of many other similar places around Chattanooga, from an ecological and social wasteland, almost entirely devoid of life and of purposeful meaning and use, involved very little exchange of money, but it required a great deal of work and self-giving."
Learn about a new community food forest coming this winter and spring in East Ridge:
Introducing the East Ridge Community Food Forest! #ootd
YouTube video by Chattanooga Food Forest Coalition
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September 9, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Learn about a new community food forest coming this winter and spring in East Ridge:
This fall, winter, and spring we are co-hosting a documentary series that will explore emerging agroecological practices across the world, peasant struggles, food sovereignty movements, and alternative forms of relating to and nurturing the natural world, lots of cool films in the line-up!
September 2, 2026 at 4:35 AM
This fall, winter, and spring we are co-hosting a documentary series that will explore emerging agroecological practices across the world, peasant struggles, food sovereignty movements, and alternative forms of relating to and nurturing the natural world, lots of cool films in the line-up!
This week's newsletter is devoted to remembering the life and legacy of Wendell Berry, seemed appropriate:
The Week Wendell Berry Died
Newsletter for the First Week of September
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September 2, 2026 at 4:23 AM
This week's newsletter is devoted to remembering the life and legacy of Wendell Berry, seemed appropriate:
Long overdue update on a busy hot summer in the burgeoning community food forests, gardens, and farms in and around Chattanooga:
Long Hot Summer
Newsletter for the Week of August 17 (And Points Prior!)
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August 18, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Long overdue update on a busy hot summer in the burgeoning community food forests, gardens, and farms in and around Chattanooga:
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Just a little less than three years ago I called together a little meeting of people interested in starting a community food forest in one neighborhood of Chattanooga, did not really anticipate starting more than one or two such sites, but as the saying goes, man proposes and the Lord disposes
July 20, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Just a little less than three years ago I called together a little meeting of people interested in starting a community food forest in one neighborhood of Chattanooga, did not really anticipate starting more than one or two such sites, but as the saying goes, man proposes and the Lord disposes
A philosophical exploration of traditional relationships with nature, the advent of industrial modernity, the nature of landscapes, forms of knowledge, and possible radical transformations on the other side:
Two Ways of Knowing
Thinking Community Food Foresting and the Nature of Industrial Modernity With Romano Guardini
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June 24, 2026 at 10:28 PM
A philosophical exploration of traditional relationships with nature, the advent of industrial modernity, the nature of landscapes, forms of knowledge, and possible radical transformations on the other side:
One of our most popular monthly offerings, coming up soon!
June 19, 2026 at 8:17 PM
One of our most popular monthly offerings, coming up soon!
Our first attempt at a mini zine describing our work and the ideas and practices behind it:
June 19, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Our first attempt at a mini zine describing our work and the ideas and practices behind it:
Check out all of the classes we have on offer in the coming weeks!
June 19, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Check out all of the classes we have on offer in the coming weeks!
Thank you to everyone who came out for our screening of Farming While Black, kicking off the week of Juneteenth, and the tour of the gardens and farm at the Chattanooga Civic Center afterwards!
June 15, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Thank you to everyone who came out for our screening of Farming While Black, kicking off the week of Juneteenth, and the tour of the gardens and farm at the Chattanooga Civic Center afterwards!
There are potential agroecological commons everywhere for those with the eyes to see them- and the organizing abilities to secure them:
Public Nuisance or Ecological Resource? Exploring an East Lake Vacant Lot
YouTube video by Chattanooga Food Forest Coalition
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June 11, 2026 at 6:49 PM
There are potential agroecological commons everywhere for those with the eyes to see them- and the organizing abilities to secure them:
Coming up soon:
May 26, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Coming up soon:
"Solidarity is a practice that works in all directions. It inculcates an awareness of the gifts of the other, of our mutual need for one another, no matter our status, wealth, conventional power in the world, and so on."
Growing Solidarity
Newsletter for the Second and Third Week of May
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May 22, 2026 at 4:33 AM
"Solidarity is a practice that works in all directions. It inculcates an awareness of the gifts of the other, of our mutual need for one another, no matter our status, wealth, conventional power in the world, and so on."
"Concerns about antibiotic resistance shouldn’t stop people from joining a local community garden or starting a vegetable patch in their backyard, as long as they follow guidelines for safe growing. Even the microbes they meet there—most of them, anyway—are beneficial."
UMD Researcher Digs Into Antibiotic Resistance at… | Maryland Today
UMD Research Changes Lives: Study Examines Potential of Compost to Heal Contaminated Soil
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May 11, 2026 at 1:09 PM
"Concerns about antibiotic resistance shouldn’t stop people from joining a local community garden or starting a vegetable patch in their backyard, as long as they follow guidelines for safe growing. Even the microbes they meet there—most of them, anyway—are beneficial."
Our new logo, created by local artist and scientific illustrator Nina Grauley (link below to her website), it features several edible perennial species native to the American South and found in many of our community food forests:
May 11, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Our new logo, created by local artist and scientific illustrator Nina Grauley (link below to her website), it features several edible perennial species native to the American South and found in many of our community food forests:
Our Mother's Day garden-themed event put on in conjunction with La Paz Chattanooga was a definite success, every plant went home for planting, the new raised beds were painted, and lots of flowers were distributed!
May 10, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Our Mother's Day garden-themed event put on in conjunction with La Paz Chattanooga was a definite success, every plant went home for planting, the new raised beds were painted, and lots of flowers were distributed!
This week's newsletter ended up being all about gift-giving and the practice of alternative economies grounded in the abundance and effusive productivity of plants; also, a profile of the incredible agroecological organization Buzuruna Juzuruna:
On Gift-Giving and Planting New Ground
Newsletter for the Week of May 4
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May 8, 2026 at 7:27 PM
This week's newsletter ended up being all about gift-giving and the practice of alternative economies grounded in the abundance and effusive productivity of plants; also, a profile of the incredible agroecological organization Buzuruna Juzuruna:
Today community members in the East Lake Neighborhood broke (or, in the case of one garden, raised) ground on not one but two new sites: a food forest at the Lane Lake Montessori School and a community garden in East Lake Park, just incredible work from everyone!
May 2, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Today community members in the East Lake Neighborhood broke (or, in the case of one garden, raised) ground on not one but two new sites: a food forest at the Lane Lake Montessori School and a community garden in East Lake Park, just incredible work from everyone!
Starting back up weekly newsletters- really just a miscellany of things of interest as well as updates on sites and events, plus a plant of the week and a solidarity spotlight feature, both new to this iteration, please enjoy!
Of Phyllospheres and Other Networks
Newsletter for the Week of April 27
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April 29, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Starting back up weekly newsletters- really just a miscellany of things of interest as well as updates on sites and events, plus a plant of the week and a solidarity spotlight feature, both new to this iteration, please enjoy!
In a couple of weeks we will be helping helm this event in collaboration with one of our partner orgs, La Paz Chattanooga, everyone is welcome to participate- we encourage everyone to bring plants and seeds to share but it's not a requirement to participate, should be plenty for everyone!
April 27, 2026 at 3:32 PM
In a couple of weeks we will be helping helm this event in collaboration with one of our partner orgs, La Paz Chattanooga, everyone is welcome to participate- we encourage everyone to bring plants and seeds to share but it's not a requirement to participate, should be plenty for everyone!
Reposted by Chattanooga Food Forest Coalition
lea strawberries, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1915
April 20, 2026 at 4:18 AM
lea strawberries, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1915