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The Seer

Filmmaker Laura Dunn has been reading and following Wendell Berry since she was in high school. Her new documentary, “The Seer,” is about Berry’s life of farming and writing in ...

When you think about local chicken, Dewberry Hills Farm might come to mind. And thanks to a recent expansion in their processing facility, their chicken is more familiar to customers at local grocery ...

Cut and dried

It’s a beautiful Sunday morning at the Texas Farmers Market at Mueller in East Austin, and among the stands of mounded fresh fruits and vegetables on display, a stand called “ATX Homemade ...

Agua Dulce Farm

In 2011, Jack Waite realized his dream of producing and sharing high-quality food when he founded Agua Dulce Farm—a different breed of farm in southeast Austin. Waite admits he never planned on ...

Ben Calais

Ben Calais of Calais Winery doesn’t particularly care what you think, as long as you think it while drinking his cabernet/merlot/malbec/cabernet franc blend, the 2013 La Cuvee d’Elme. ...

Hops & Grain

The process of brewing beer begins early at Hops & Grain craft brewery. Even before the sun rises, brewer Danny Clay has already measured out the grain for his long-standing recipe, then milled ...

Kelly Railean

Kelly Railean is a woman with a mission. Her official goal is “Restoring American Rum,” and since 2005, she’s been doing just that at Railean Eagle Point Distillery in the tiny ...

The Happiness Business

by Rhea Maze Two groggy college buddies hop from one train to the next, heading south in the middle of the night, determined to escape Germany’s frigid temperatures. As the cars chug along ...

Health Bar on a Mission

While traveling around Southeast Asia in 2007, Joey Grassia was shocked and unsettled by the hunger and poverty he encountered. “I saw a lot of children living in makeshift homes that they ...

Growing at the Thinkery

On a recent visit to the Thinkery—the new Austin Children’s Museum—four-year-old Elyse Kleinpeter used a hair dryer to discern the fat content in several types of food, from apples ...