Amerigroup and Urban Harvest Help Houston Families Access More Fresh and Nutritious Food Thanks to this partnership, Urban Harvest continuesto delivering access to healthy food in Houston, Texas Amerigroup Texas…
What Are They? The common onion is scientifically known as Allium cepa. It is classified under either the Lily, lilaceae, or the amaryllis family (scientists differ). Edible alliums include shallots…
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…
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…
Edible Academy 2020: That's a Wrap! Kellie socially distances while giving an Edible Academy participant her supplies for the workshop Every year, Urban Harvest hosts Edible Academy (EA), a summer…
Paula Balbontin Urban Harvest Program and Development Manager Paula Balbontin grew up on a farm in Chile. She is passionate about using our creative human capacity, affordable technologies, and innovative…
While growing and enjoying the bounty of my garden, my primary focus at any time of the year is on building even more fertility for the next season. The low-cost…
A pickling cucumbers ready for harvest. When soil temperatures start to warm up above 60 degrees starting in mid-March, it is time to plant cucumbers. Cucumbers are gratifying to grow,…
Bob Randall with his May 2020 Harvest of backyard tomatoes. By Bob Randall, Ph.D. At our house we taste the wonderful bounty tomatoes offers us very spring. The reason is…
While different from true beans or peas, these summer-hardy legumes nonetheless add nitrogen to the soil, and are high sources of vegetable iron and folate. I like filling in all…