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Back to the Land

In 1998, after nearly two decades of wandering—first on tours of the Far East and California with the Marine Corps, and then via long-haul trucking

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Yonder Way Farm

by Stefani AustinPhotography from Yonder Way Farm Instagram Each day, over morning coffee, in carpool lines or between meetings, thousands of people from all over

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Chris and Diane Winslow

by Meredith BethunePhotography by Melanie Grizzel Chris and Diane Winslow, the owners of South Austin garden center It’s About Thyme, have never completed job applications

Harvest Time Farm Stand

By Nicole LessinPhotography by JoAnn Santangelo Next to a bait-and-tackle shop, amidst the challenging caliche and limestone terrain of the Hill Country in Canyon Lake,

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

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Milagro Farm

By Rebecca PersonsPhotography by Pauline Stevens On Milagro Farm, just outside of Austin, farmers Kris and Amy Olsen’s two large chicken coops sit perpendicular to

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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,