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February 26, 2010

Picking-olives

Texas’s New Boom

By Terry Thompson-Anderson Photography by Marla Camp The olive tree has been firmly rooted in Mediterranean culture since the early days of civilization. The Greeks

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The Eggman

By Andrea Abel Photography by Andy Sams The late afternoon sunlight casts a warm glow across the green pastures of Jeremiah Cunningham’s 90-acre Coyote Creek

Dewberry Hills Farm

By Elizabeth Winslow Photography by Jody Horton Jane Levan always said she’d leave Austin when the last goat left Brodie Lane. That day came in

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Pastured Poultry: Vital Farms

By David Ansel Photography by Robert Kraft (self-potrait) and David Ansel (mobile chicken unit) “My guitar is under the bed, next to all the rifles,”

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Bryce Gilmore

Photography by Jenna Noel It’s no secret that Austin has become a hotbed for mobile vendors: tacos, crêpes, wurst—even locally made funky clothing and accessories

Still Life with Garden

By Cara White Lowrimore Photography by Leigh Jackson Whether providing food for the needy or instructing a hundred energetic kids at vacation bible school, the

Trip to Bountiful

Last spring, Oriental medicine practitioner Dr. Paddy Tawada had a butternut-squash moment. This very much resembled a lightbulb moment, except the vision that lit up

Meat and Greet

On a recent damp Wednesday, under a gray sky and a forecast of plunging temperatures, “brisk” more aptly described the weather than the business at

If You Build It, They Will Come

Aaron Blanco, owner of San Antonio’s Brown Coffee Company, remembers his early foray into life with the bean. “I started like everyone else . .

Be Kind, Rewind

In recent years, the DIY movement has gained momentum—inspiring people to build their own structures, grow their own food and create all manner of crafts,