Sustainable Food Center’s Farm to Plate Fundraiser Announces Lineup

12th annual sip-and-stroll event is stacked with talent

"...On Thursday, May 9, Sustainable Food Center is bringing back their popular annual Farm..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Food Post by Emily Beyda

The Future of Urban Agriculture

Will the City of Austin love its urban farms to death?

"...and Code Coordination Working Group of the Austin/Travis County Sustainable Food Policy Board held its last of three working..."

May 17, 2013 Food Post by Anna Toon

SXSW Panels Explore What’s Next for Sustainable Food

How to transition from “eco-depressed” to “making regenerative living sexy”

"...Several SXSW sessions are exploring climate-friendly food and regenerative agriculture by asking questions like: Could tech play a role,..."

March 8, 2024 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Sustainable Biodiesel: Made in Austin

How two guys are putting Austin on the biodiesel map … again

"...thereafter, Plowman was appointed the executive director of the Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance. And last month, Plowman and Burroughs –..."

Nov. 28, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Community-Supported Agriculture Pioneer

"...went the route of only selling as a community-supported agriculture farm. Since over the years the common theme was..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Postmarks

Eating Bugs Is the Future of Sustainable Farming?

Austin entomophagy advocates bring the crispy, crunchy taste of crickets to the masses

"...Little Herds and the North American Coalition for Insect Agriculture said that he likes to let people in on..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Devenyns

Second Helpings: Community Supported Agriculture Subscription Farms

How to join community supported agriculture subscription farms.

"...information about CSA's, farmstands, and farmer's markets, contact the Sustainable Food Center (236-0074) for their brochure, "Fresh Local Food..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Food Column

Sowing the Seed

ACC launches sustainable agriculture program

"...Austin’s many farmers markets to realize the face of sustainable agriculture is changing. It’s getting younger. As a critical..."

July 22, 2013 Food Post by Anna Toon

Farm Aid

Community supported agriculture: the proof is in the produce, and Central Texas consumers are noticing

"...are all subscribers to Hairston Creek Farm's Community Supported Agriculture program. Zucchini, green beans, peppers, Swiss chard, broccoli, mustard..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

'Know Your Farmer': TOFGA Conference Badge Giveaway

2013 Texas Sustainable Farming Conference tickets are on sale now

"...education and insight into the world of organic and sustainable agriculture...."

Jan. 25, 2013 Food Post by Jessi Cape

City's Urban Ag Effort Struggles to Take Root

Bureaucracy may be reason for program's stunted growth

"...to find. As one of its first acts, the Sustainable Food Policy Board – a regional entity charged with..."

April 12, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

The Way of the 'Food Forest'

Locavores planting seeds for the next phase of urban agriculture

"...city of Austin maintains a complex relationship with urban agriculture. Many urban farm advocates viewed the controversial update to..."

Feb. 14, 2014 News Feature by Anna Toon

Big Food Ideas

Foodie intellectual Michael Pollan lectures at the Paramount

"...that of utmost importance is the concept of diversified agriculture. A return to diversified peasant farming contributes not only..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Communication Breakdown

Does the closure of HausBar Farms spell trouble for the urban farming movement?

"...issues of food insecurity in low-income neighborhoods. Austin's burgeoning urban agriculture movement provides ample opportunities to positively impact the community..."

April 12, 2013 Food Feature by Anna Toon

Feed Your Belly and Your Brain!

SXSW Eco preview: Food & Agriculture

"...array of thinkers and doers, all focused on a sustainable future, descend upon our fair city to discuss the..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Crackdown

If local eggs are outlawed, will only outlaws have eggs?

"...Inspired by sustainable agriculture advocate Joel Salatin of Polyface farm in Virginia,..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

'Rewriting the Rules of the Food System'

Q & A with author and activist Raj Patel

"...AC: Can sustainable agriculture really help bridge the gap between obesity and..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Killer Green Information Environmental BBSs

BBS Basics

"...goes, they already have a handful: ecology, fishing, gardening, sustainable agriculture, and home power, which recently has covered subjects..."

April 28, 1995 News Feature by R.U. Steinberg

Culinary Ladies of the Eighties: Dorsey Barger

When she's passionate about something, hospitality pro goes all in

"...wine, from the ground up. “I became fascinated with sustainable organic viticulture and cultivated friendships with growers and winemakers..."

March 6, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

A capacity crowd stands up for small, sustainable family farms at Pamela Walker's book signing

"...chemical-dependent, big agribusiness, factory-farm model to one where small, sustainable family farms are once again feeding fresh, local food..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Then There's This: Back to the Garden

Comp plan aims to build a sustainable food system

"...hard-pressed to criticize the chapter that addresses building a sustainable local food system. (Plus, it's difficult to criticize the..."

July 13, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Urban Roots

Urban Roots gets kids growing vegetables and growing up, too

"...Urban Roots is a local nonprofit that combines sustainable agriculture with youth development, and it works. Not just..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Chefs, Researchers, and Activists Write the Climate Change Cookbook

Redefining what sustainable really means at SXSW

"...derelict nets and pots decimate ocean habitats, and commercial agriculture contributes to anthropogenic climate change through land management practices..."

March 11, 2022 Features Feature by Melanie Haupt

Elgin Agrarian Community Promises Co-op Living on the Blackland Prairie

“It’s like an urban twist on traditional farming.”

"...farmland between Austin and Manor. Instead, it will combine sustainable agriculture, cooperative ownership and governance, and the preservation of..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

What Happens When Two Academics Fall in Love and Start a Farm?

TerraPurezza Farm studies regenerative agriculture just outside Austin

"...'No way, me too!' ... 'But specifically a regenerative agriculture farm.' ... 'Yeah, me too!' So it just kind..."

April 3, 2020 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

SXSW Panels: Woke Food

SXSW food track navigates contemporary food systems

"...chain isn’t eaten. 25% of the water used in agriculture production is used to grow food that is never..."

March 14, 2017 Food Post by Emily Beyda

In Organic We Trust

Film explores the corporatization of a grassroots movement

"...Urban Roots, a nonprofit youth development program that utilizes sustainable agriculture to improve the lives of young people and..."

Aug. 12, 2013 Food Post by Anna Toon

The Ants and the Grasshopper

Documentary wonders how to change minds about climate change

"...then Chitaya visits Oakland and finds urban advocates for sustainable agriculture. If Patel and Piper intended to have Chitaya..."

March 31, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

To Your Health

When organic produce is not available or is too expensive, are those grown in water or in greenhouses less likely to be contaminated with pesticides?

"...widely acceptable. Several states and the U.S. Department of Agriculture all have some type of standard that must be..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...report "Biofuels for Transportation: Global Potential and Implications for Sustainable Agriculture and Energy in the 21st Century." The study..."

June 16, 2006 News Feature

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