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A Harvest of Sharing

By Karen Banks The Sustainable Food Center (SFC) works daily with alarming statistics. Consider the following: In Texas, one in five adults—and one in four children—is hungry. ...

Green Corn Project: Lydia & Juan Cruz

By Suzanne Hurley There’s nothing like harvesting your first crop of organic vegetables, and that’s just what Lydia and Juan Cruz may be doing right now, thanks to a group of ...

Green Corn Project: Austin Discovery School

By Suzanne Hurley Even before the first day of school, Rebecca Vore knew what her students would come to school asking about—the last day of school. The kids weren’t already sick of school, just ...

In Like a Lion

By Carol Ann Sayle Photography by Carol Ann Sayle Oh my, the pace of growing and harvesting vegetables quickens, and to complicate matters, it’s March, the month we can’t completely trust. ...

Ask the Permie Pro

By Dick Pierce Dear Permie Pro, Q: Is March too late to plant tomatoes? A: No! Planting season begins mid-January in Austin and runs through March. Beyond that, our daytime/nighttime ...

Garden School

By Sam Armstrong Photography by Aimee Olson While more and more consumers, chefs and restaurateurs cotton to the importance of local foods, Le Cordon Bleu programs at Texas Culinary Academy (TCA) ...

The Pursuit of Fruit

By Jeremy Walther Photography by Jenna Noel and Holly Driggers The romance of a backyard orchard is undeniable. Even for those who see agricultural endeavors as hellacious labor, the ...

Spring Cleaning

By Ellen Zimmermann Photography by Carole Topalian (upper left & middle) and Ellen Zimmermann (upper right) Spring is here, and it’s the perfect time to renew, refresh and restore ...

Flight of the Honeybee

By Susan M. CashinPhotography by Lucinda Hutson Beginning in 2006, and appearing again last spring, a mystery worthy of a CSI team hit professional beekeepers in the U.S. Once healthy and ...

Echinacea: The Root of All Good

By Ellen ZimmermannPhotography by Carole Topalian Now is the time to dig up root herbs to make your medicines for our cool season. The most powerful and most popular herb in our area is ...

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