Urban Harvest launches its Adopt-A-Garden program providing on-going education and materials to community gardens in underserved areas. Adopt-A-Garden will focus on gardens in the following Complete Communities: Acres Homes (Wesley…
The heart and soul of which are local farms and gardens. As a result of Harvey, farms at our farmers market experienced everything from loss in crops to minor property damage to…
Since the launch of our SNAP benefits program in mid-November, the Saturday Farmers Market at Eastside has seen an exciting growth in SNAP sales and customers. SNAP offers nutrition assistance to…
by Bob Randall, Ph.D. Originally published in the Houston Chronicle One big advantage of planting seeds is seeds rarely transmit diseases the parents had. Also, seeds take far less labor…
Reprinted from The New York Times, February 11, 2016 How the ‘Dirt Cure’ Can Make for Healthier Families BY ANAHAD O'CONNOR Dr. Maya Shetreat-Klein has a message for the parents…
Tis the season to shop local stocking stuffers for your friends and family. You can find all these at our Eastside Farmers Market every Saturday! Blue Heron Reaper & Ghost Pepper Salt,…
Together, Piggy Bank and The Butcher’s Ball collected monetary contributions for relief and recovery efforts in support of heritage breed pig ranchers in Texas impacted by Hurricane Harvey in 2017.…
A fully-functioning donation garden prior to Harvey, Challenger 7 was flooded out and completely devastated. The Challenger 7 Community Garden was started in the early '90s in the Challenger 7 Park…
Our SNAP benefits program at the Saturday Farmers Market at Eastside successfully kicked off on November 18. SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits cover fruits, vegetables and herbs; cheese, eggs and…
The beautiful weather on Saturday, November 11 provided an ideal environment for the 18th Annual Harvest Celebration. This community celebration of our 133 garden affiliates was held at the Westbury Community…
