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The Chicken Whisperer

Story and Photos By Ella Poliakoff I’ve had chickens for almost three years now. We got our first two chicks—Lila and Velma, named for my

From Gate to Plate-Making Meat

By Erin FlynnPhotography by Bill Albrecht   My stomach lurches whenever we pull behind a meat-processing plant, because this is where we abandon our livestock

Ask the Permie Pro

By Dick Pierce Dear Permie Pro, Q: Now that it’s spring, we’re cleaning up our yard. We have a lot of leaves, and we’d like

Seasonal-Plate

Fabi+Rosi

Photography by Jody Horton Fabi + Rosi Chef Wolfgang Murber’s Chèvre Tart with Wateroak Farms (Bryan) goat cheese and Soncrest Egg Co. free-range eggs (Gonzales). Topped

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Part Two: Saving Our Soil

By Jeremy WaltherPhotography by Jenny Stufflebeam Editor’s note: In Part I of Saving our Soil, Jeremy Walther introduced us to an unsung, oft-overlooked hero: the

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The Incredible Edible

By Elizabeth WinslowPhotography by Jody Horton A universal symbol of life, fertility and rebirth, the egg indeed represents abundant possibility. I only had to try

Inwood Estates

By Terry Thompson-AndersonPhotography by Dustin Meyer Dan Gatlin and his wife, Rose Mary, built the Inwood Estates Vineyards winery and tasting room in Dallas in

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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