Smoke & Fire Farm Dinner at White's Family Farm
The White family has been farming tobacco in Robertson County for generations. This fall, we celebrated the tobacco smoking season and the fall bounty with a festive farm dinner. Cooks, friends, neighbors, Nelsons's Distillery, Avanti Cigars, Jackalope and Edible readers celebrated on a cold October night under twinkling lights hung from a tent out in the fields.
Located in Springfield, the city also known as the dark-fired tobacco capital of the world, White's Family Farm has witnessed the many changes in the American tobacco industry. Dr. Rick Gregory shared stories about tobacco, moonshine, and the colorful past of the county. Vintage tobacco artifacts were on display by Bo Adams, Whiskey and Tobacco Historian, to take one back to the old days of tobacco harvesting.
The food was served family style for a convivial dinner shared by folks young and old, black and white, city slicker and country folk. Each part of the menu was cooked by a neighbor or friend of White's Farm.
Sponsors, Avanti Cigars, Nelson's Green Brier Distillery, Beachaven Winery and Jackalope Brewery were on hand to share in the celebration. Music by songwriter and composer Wintson Scott filled the air alongside sweet cigar smoke, the smell of bonfires, and the sounds of folks mingling and laughing. Master of ceremonies and matriarch of Whites' Family Farm, Demetria White, introduced community members involved, including the beneficiary of the proceeds of the farm dinner, The Robertson County Young Farmers Group for the Jason Bracy Agriculture Scholarship Fund.
The evening was generously sponsored by White & Associates Insurance.
