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"...forward-thinking people were becoming aware of the benefits of organic, locally grown food. Thirty years later, the greater nutritional..."
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April 18, 2008 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry
Victory Gardens Redux
A Resurgence of Urban Agriculture
"...Victory Gardens offer a way to enlist Americans, in body as..."
Feb. 20, 2009 Food Feature by MM Pack
Cook Globally, Grow Locally
"...1998. The goal of the organization is to build organic food gardens for low-income families, disabled, or elderly citizens..."
Oct. 12, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood
Green Corn Project Grow Local/Eat Global
This once-a-year event provides nearly all of the funding the Green Corn Project needs to help install sustainable organic gardens
"...affordable food by helping those in need install sustainable organic vegetable gardens. Since its inception in 1998, the Green..."
Oct. 23, 2009 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry
Veggie Heaven
A visit to Angel Valley Organic Farm
"...you might expect to see a lush, self-sufficient, certified organic farm would be among the scrubby hills and limestone..."
March 24, 2006 Food Feature by MM Pack
Food-o-File
Virginia B. Wood corrects a mistake she made in a previous column and uncovers some news in the process.
"...while that she would lose the lush and productive organic gardens so lovingly tended by her preschool-age gardeners for..."
Jan. 19, 2001 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood
Common Ground
Alice Waters and Carla Marshall Promote Vegucation
"...radicals finally met last month at Austin's premiere urban organic farm, Boggy Creek Farm. It was fitting that these..."
June 28, 1996 Food Feature
The Hightower Report
Make 'Em Shudder: Go Organic; and Rick Scott's Latest Fraud
"...Make 'Em Shudder: Go Organic..."
June 12, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower
After a Fashion
There's always room at the inn for Stephen
"...Hill and Brenham – 300 acres of manicured lawns, gardens, trails, and ponds, to be exact. Our experience there..."
April 18, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
Food-o-File
Considering the date, it's likely all your Christmas shopping is already done, but Cuisines Editor Virginia B. Wood has some ideas for gifts that keep giving long after the wrapping paper has been thrown away.
"...farmers' markets, and the Jardin Alegre Youth and Community Gardens... Texas Folklife Resources (1317 S. Congress, 441-9255): Every year,..."
Dec. 22, 2000 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood
TOFGA-Palooza
Celebrating 20 Years of education, organics, and attitude
"...The Texas Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (TOFGA) celebrated 20 hard-fought years..."
Feb. 13, 2013 Food Post by Anna Toon
Mrs. Claus Delivers
Food Gifts for the Holidays
"...someone on your list is passionate about fresh produce, organic citrus fruit from the Texas Rio Grande Valley will..."
Dec. 15, 1995 Food Feature
Food-o-File
Rachael Ray enjoys herself in Austin, and wholesale and online custom bakeries proliferate
"...Dai Due chef/owner Jesse Griffiths at our favorite urban organic garden, Boggy Creek Farm (3414 Lyons, 926-4650, www.boggycreekfarm.com). The..."
March 27, 2009 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood
Food-o-File
You can tell it's October in Austin by the number of food and wine-related events packed into the coming week. Chronicle Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood informs readers of all of them.
"...an all-volunteer organization dedicated to helping disadvantaged people grow organic foods at home. They supply the materials, seeds, plants,..."
Oct. 13, 2000 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood
Event Menu
A bounty of places to be
"...Corn Project is a local nonprofit that installs free organic gardens for deserving Austinites. They finance these gardens with..."
Oct. 6, 2006 Food Column
Sambhar in the City
Anjore redefines Indian cuisine
"...always had a big garden and we were eating organic and local before I knew that was a thing..."
June 5, 2015 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes
Live Oak Market
Not your average corner store
"...to gluten-free doughnuts. They even sell low-temperature-pasteurized local milk, organic pet food, and biodegradable motor oil made in Detroit...."
April 15, 2011 Food Review by Rachel Feit
The Year in Food
The 2014 tastes we just couldn't stop thinking about
"...underserved communities learn the magic of building and maintaining organic gardens – demonstrating that fostering a love between children..."
Jan. 2, 2015 Food Feature by Jessi Cape
Vive la Résistance
Joshua Long talks about Austin's evolution of weird, from organic to institutionalized
"...a cookie-cutter landscape of Pottery Barns, REIs, and Olive Gardens, cities stop looking like individual places and instead start..."
June 4, 2010 Books Feature by Wells Dunbar
Peace Through Pie
A sweet honoring of Martin Luther King
"...library of rare cookbooks, artist-led workshops and demonstrations, and organic gardens. Within three years, the plan is for the..."
Jan. 15, 2010 Food Feature by Toni Tipton-Martin
Food-o-File
TRIO at the Four Seasons' Todd Duplechan won the Texas Chef Showdown last week during Go Texan Restaurant Round-Up, and the event's produce proved that even corporate restaurants are supporting local food sources
"...ask about seasonal specials. Even restaurants with their own organic gardens, such as Eastside Cafe, Madam Mam's, Vespaio, or..."
Oct. 9, 2009 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood
Cumbia de la Pachanga!
Nine hours at Fiesta Garden's Latino Music Festival on Saturday turns into a rock en Español empanada
"...success of Saturday’s Pachanga! Latino Music Festival at Fiesta Gardens occurred during nearly every performance of the second-year event...."
June 2, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
Green Corn Project Fundraiser
Sunday, Oct. 21, noon-4pm
"...Lyons Rd.). GCP is an all-volunteer nonprofit that installs organic gardens for disadvantaged and disabled Austinites. The majority of..."
Oct. 19, 2007 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood
Developing Stories: Neighbor Power
Why neighborhood plans work better in Seattle
"...together to design and build new parks, plant community organic gardens, and do public art projects," he noted. Applications..."
May 18, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor
Food-o-File
Everything is still happening in October!
"...plenty of free parking. All proceeds go into the organic gardens Green Corn volunteers provide for their clientele. Call..."
Oct. 15, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood
Naturaltown
Vegetarian and Vegan Spots in Austin
"...nestled in front of an acre of lovingly tended organic gardens. Diners can relax in one of the cozy..."
March 9, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood
Food-O-File
"...by a beautifully landscaped outdoor seating area and extensive organic gardens. This time of year, there would be a..."
Dec. 19, 1997 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood
Cuba's AIDS Embargo
Cuba's Policies May Be Correct, Not Cruel
"...something to keep themselves stimulated. Patients toil in the organic gardens, help in the offices, and a few even..."
Sept. 27, 1996 News Feature by John Davidson
Planting a Seed
Local schools see students not only eating all of their vegetables but growing them, too
"...count produce that was in a mason jar). Victory gardens during World War II were considered patriotic, and even..."
March 23, 2007 Food Feature by Mick Vann
Climbing Mount Compost
Austin's next big zero-waste project is feeding nature's recycling program
"...its past life, the steaming pile of compost at Organics "By Gosh" was jack-o'-lanterns and Christmas trees, pizza boxes..."
