Cold Press

How Winter Storm Uri Nearly Destroyed Texas’s Olive Oil Industry

Texas was on track to become America’s second-largest olive oil producer—then Uri hit. Five years later, farmers are still counting their losses.

05/06/2026 By Pamela Agbu

Little Swimmers

Why Semen Is the Hottest Commodity at the Houston Rodeo

We mean from bulls, of course.

02/24/2026 By Meredith Nudo

Small Ag

Urban Farmers Want to Stay in Houston. All They Need Is Land.

Developers opt for ventures that turn a profit, leaving farmers to rely on public and private benefactors to donate land.

09/09/2024 By Meredith Nudo

Fresh As Can Be

During Pandemic, Plant It Forward Memberships Soar

Can community-supported agriculture organizations scale as demand ramps up?

05/14/2020 By Meredith Nudo

DIY

Where to Pick Your Own Fruit This Spring

These five farms offer fresh berries for the picking and much more.

03/24/2017 By Katharine Shilcutt

Eat Fresh

Star Ingredient of the Season: Okra

How to eat (and cook) the South's most polarizing vegetable.

09/21/2016 By Victoria Haneveer

Eat Fresh

Star Ingredient of the Season: Oranges

How to eat (and cook with) a beloved Texas fruit now in its prime.

09/15/2016 By Victoria Haneveer

Eat Local

Made in Houston: Laughing Frog Farm

How Glen Miracle went from treading the boards to working the soil.

06/08/2016 By Ellie Sharp

Growing Hope

Recipe for Success Breaks Ground in Local Food With a New Farm

Sunnyside will be a food desert no more when veggies start growing.

05/13/2016 By Ellie Sharp

CSA in the City

Plant It Forward Farms Brings Urban Ag Home

A new Montrose farm stand is making it easier to get fresh, local veggies.

04/08/2016 By Ellie Sharp

Porkavore

Of Pigs and Their Origins

The forefront of the burgeoning pig-to-table movement

09/01/2014 By Mai Pham

Dept. of Agriculture

Rising Costs Keeping Younger Farmers Out

As the average age of the American farmer rises, so does the cost of getting into the game.

02/05/2014 By Katharine Shilcutt

Charity

How Much Longer Can One Man Feed Millions?

A Brazoria County rice farmer has been quietly feeding the poor for decades—but his crops won't be around forever.

02/02/2014 By Katharine Shilcutt