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Withering on the Vine
One Gardening Group Struggles While Another Thrives
"...routes. The younger of the two, Kate Fitzgerald's 6-year-old Sustainable Food Center, is thriving. The other, 23-year-old Austin Community..."

July 31, 1998 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Professor Dumpster Wanted a Dialogue – He Got One
Nora Ankrum responds to the bowtie backlash
"...lived there for a year as part of a sustainable design experiment that took the “less is more” premise..."

March 11, 2015 News Post by Nora Ankrum

Local Is as Local Does
Why area farmers want you to beware of faux local
"...University are buying local food through distributors and the Sustainable Food Center's Farm Direct program. Some lucky private school..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Austin Restaurants and Seafood Suppliers Work Toward Sustainability
Staying afloat with Minamoto Foods' SeaChange program
"...throughout the year. And "local" isn't always synonymous with "sustainable," especially when it comes to seafood. Stark – who..."

April 30, 2021 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Creating Sustainability
City plans Colony Park project as a long-term Eastside neighborhood
"...most nebulous goal of all – creating a truly sustainable community...."

Jan. 27, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Carrying the Burden
During Gov. Bush's campaign for his party's presidential nomination last fall, reporters asked the candidate to comment on a federal government report asserting that many Texans, including large numbers of children, were going to bed hungry. "I saw the report that children in Texas are going hungry. Where?" he demanded, going on to say, "You'd think the governor would have heard if there are pockets of hunger in Texas." Indeed, you would, especially if one of those pockets is just a few miles from his front door, Virginia B. Wood explains as she explores the very pockets of hunger in Austin Bush has difficulty fathoming.
"...the donated "loaves and fishes" to feed their hungry clientele.Sustainable Self-Sufficiency Of all the programs we visited, the six-year-old..."

April 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Way of the 'Food Forest'
Locavores planting seeds for the next phase of urban agriculture
"...be new to Austin, providing an additional layer of sustainable food production...."

Feb. 14, 2014 News Feature by Anna Toon

Urban Farm Debate Intensifies
UPDATED: Council postpones vote on revised ordinance
"...Widely regarded as a pillar of innovative and sustainable urban agriculture, the closure of HausBar Farms (see “Communication..."

Oct. 17, 2013 Food Post by Anna Toon

Big Food Ideas
Foodie intellectual Michael Pollan lectures at the Paramount
"...return to diversified peasant farming contributes not only to sustainable means of providing more food for people and animals,..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Is Austin Getting Left Behind on the 'Livability' Front?
'Sustainability' is much more than a 14-letter word
"...On May 7, Shelley Poticha, senior advisor for sustainable housing and communities for U.S. Department of Housing and..."

May 14, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Gardens Build Community
The Sustainable Food Center digs community gardens
"...Austin's community gardens are overseen by the Sustainable Food Center, an umbrella organization dedicated to promoting access..."

April 18, 2008 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Everyone's CNU: Free Public Events
"...preferred vision for regional growth into actions that foster sustainable growth and development. Sustainable Buildings TourFriday, April 4, 3:30pm..."

March 28, 2008 News Feature

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

The Farm Team
Edible Austin Eat Drink Local Week
"...offers a weeklong extravaganza in honor of the city's sustainable, cultural, and culinary wonders. Austin has quickly ascended as..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

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

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

A Recipe for Revolution
Food, Inc. serves up some scary facts on food production in America
"...The Austin Film Society and the Sustainable Food Center brought Food, Inc. to Austin for its..."

June 19, 2009 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Their Reputations Precede Them
Run-off rivals Galindo and Morrison set the record straight
"...been the "Galindo Plan" – which is really the Sustainable City Initiative, developed at the city while Galindo served..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Green With Ambition
Why we need a master developer – not a project developer – to mastermind Seaholm East
"...subsidized child-care center? Sweet. Create a carbon-neutral model of sustainable development? Wrap the ugly Austin Energy transformers in an..."

May 30, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Point Austin: Good, Bad, and Ugly
Sustainability Project snap-shoots our present, future
"...the information necessary to support a regional effort at "sustainable development," a term the authors define as "providing for..."

Dec. 29, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Spring Into Organic Growing!
"...series of events this spring known collectively as the Sustainable Shopper's Ball (www.sustain-a-ball.org). The events are presented in conjunction..."

March 24, 2006 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

At Adagio Salumi, Patience Is a Virtue
The butcher, the engineer, their passion, and their hog farm
"...years ago grew a multigenerational family tradition into a sustainable hog farm, a salumeria that is the first of..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Food Feature by Evan Rodriguez

Waning Interest Doesn’t Slow UT’s Roll in Petroleum Program
Investing young minds in a moribund industry or training those who will lead transition?
"...fluctuations parallel to changing oil prices, the future of sustainable energy usage is likely behind the nosedive...."

Jan. 6, 2023 News Feature by Ali Juell

Feed Your Dog Tasty Crickets
New local dog food company promotes canine health and sustainability
"...company that utilizes the benefits of crickets as a sustainable and nutritious primary protein source for dogs...."

Oct. 9, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Rep. Donna Howard on the 86th Texas Legislature
“Let’s target some new money toward childhood literacy, toward high school success, toward teacher quality – the kind of things that research shows make a difference”
"...means that we find a way to provide a sustainable revenue stream that supports adequate funding for the delivery..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

SXSW Eco: A Better Milk When You Mind Your Peas
Sustainability + alternative milk = two peas in a pod
"...Plant-based milks tend to be more sustainable, but Lowry says pea milk significantly raises the bar...."

Oct. 7, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Making Reuse Mainstream
Austin needs a combo of government leadership, corporate responsibility, and individual commitment to meet reuse benchmarks
"...ranks reuse third on the list – behind both sustainable product redesign and waste reduction, and ahead of recycling..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

March Hares
Hopping on the rabbit bandwagon
"...cultures and countries throughout the world, as it's accessible, sustainable, and delicious. In Austin, chefs, diners, and home cooks..."

March 27, 2015 Food Feature by Anna Toon

The Farm Report: Both Sides Win, Lose
After a bruising debate, urban farmers and neighborhood activists pick up the pieces
"...question. While urban farm advocates argued the benefits of sustainable agriculture and their positive community impact, opponents argued that..."

Dec. 6, 2013 News Feature by Anna Toon

Slow Money Austin Celebrates Earth Day
Connecting the green dreams of Slow Food champions to financiers
"...structures. Agricultural economic policies are particularly cumbersome, with small, sustainable food enterprises facing large foes in fast food and..."

April 19, 2013 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

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