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Growing Sentiments

The Chandler and Price letterpress in Shannon Lowry’s backyard studio has been working hard for nearly 100 years, while the seeded paper she uses in

Share the Bounty

The BioGardeners are looking for a few urban landowners who can look at a vegetable garden and see romance. “These are the people who see

Basket of Pearls

By Bridget WeissPhotography by Carole Topalian  When I was four, my older brother and sister won a free trip through the Sears toy department in

Choosing Royalty

By Carol Ann Sayle   Photography by Carole Topalian  Most market days in spring—once the slowly turning Earth has revealed the sun above the tree

Eat Your Yard

By Helen Cordes   Imagine this: it’s long about suppertime and you’re hungry, so you step out into the front yard and gather ingredients for a

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

Okay, Ladies-Let’s Eat!

Four years ago, a lesbian networker known as Kitty placed notices on Craigslist and the Austin Chronicle’s Gay Place, in an attempt to assemble a

Seasonal Eating

By Amy Crowell     As you read this, chances are I’m out in the woods looking for the wild foods so abundant this time of

Pairings

By Susan Cashin  Austin these days is experiencing a renaissance of locally produced foods, wines and other beverages.  And so, when asked to select drinks