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Dirt Farming

By Carol Ann Sayle I grew up playing in dirt. A truckload of authentic topsoil—richly dark with life—delivered to our Balcones Heights lot outside of San Antonio in the 1940s and ...

Stone Barns

by Elizabeth Winslow Last summer, my family and I set out to see for ourselves what and how America eats, in the only way to really get the whole story: by car. Along the way, we saw and learned ...

When Harry Met Maew

by Claire Cella Photography by Pauline Stevens It was one of the last places I expected to see a papaya—especially since the previous time I’d encountered the tropical fruit was on a ...

Resettling America

Thirty-six years ago, Wendell Berry published The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture—exposing the cultural and ecological ravages of industrial agriculture and calling for a revival ...

Swede Farm

By Layne LynchPhotography by Jo Ann Santangelo Though it’s but an hour’s drive outside of Houston, the city of Waller bears no resemblance to the fourth-largest city in the nation. In ...

Cliff Bingham has a Farm

By Jessica DupuyPhotography by Amanda Grace If you’re a fan of Texas wine, you’ve probably heard of grape grower Cliff Bingham. There’s a decent chance you’ve at least tasted ...

Colby Smith

By Meredith BethunePhotography by Jo Ann Santangelo A pickup truck carrying coolers full of eggs pulls up to a homeless shelter. The driver, Colby Smith, imagines the staff hollering, “Not ...

Four String Farm

By MM Pack Photography by Justin Butts Even for a farm dog, Bando has a complicated job description and he takes his work seriously. He’s responsible for nightly patrols here at ...

A Barnyard Dance

By Dorsey BargerPhotography by Jody Horton Life on HausBar Farms in East Austin is a marvelous, circular dance between vegetables and animals; a whirling waltz of eating and pooping, fertilizing, ...

Judith McGeary

By Layne LynchPhotography by Jenna Noel When Judith McGeary founded the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance (FARFA) six and a half years ago, she intended to take a short leave of absence from ...