Pollination not only occurs in nature but also at Urban Harvest.
Pollination not only occurs in Nature but also at Urban Harvest 🐝 With the idea of building an organization that mimicked nature, in the early days of Urban Harvest, our…
What’s Growing On, Houston?
What’s Growing On, Houston? Like Audrey Hepburn said, “To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow”. At Urban Harvest, we resonate with this phrase as we believe in the…
2021 Harvest Celebration Award Winners
2021 Harvest Celebration Award Winners On Saturday, November 13th, we held our annual Harvest Celebration recognizing community gardens across the Greater Houston area. A special thank you to Centerpoint Energy for…
Winter Storm Stories: Three Sisters Farm
By Marisa Whitenton Spring time is an important season at Three Sisters Farm. As a pastured egg, chicken, pork and beef farm, the idyllic temperatures and easy going weather produces…
Winter Storm Stories: Laughing Frog Farm
By Marisa Whitenton Glen Miracle is on a mission. Owning and operating Laughing Frog Farm is more than a business. It’s about putting real food onto people’s tables while remaining…
Winter Storm Stories: Addy’s Flower Farm
By Marisa Whitenton Amidst the storm clouds of a global pandemic, Addy’s Flower Farm found itself in a unique position. There wasn’t the desperate reach for survival that plagued so…
On a farm built on being able to control the uncontrollable, what happens when you can’t?
By Marisa Whitenton On a farm built on being able to control the uncontrollable, what happens when you can’t? As the team at Verdegreens, a hydroponics farm in Acres Homes, worked…
Winter Storm Stories: The Berry Best
By Marisa Whitenton Herschel Hobson looked out over his blueberry farm, an approximately 16 acre expanse near the southeast town of Silsbee, Texas. The farm was just weeks away from…
Grow Healthy Food in a SNAP!
Grow Healthy Food in a SNAP!By Kanisha Hagans As a mother and garden educator, I know that gardening creates a perfect opportunity to engagechildren in meaningful learning activities at home. Digging…
Joint Award Announcement
Urban Harvest and the Kinder Institute for Urban Research receive funding to expand access to affordable, healthy food in the midst of COVID-19 Map of Double Up Houston Sites In…