Local Impact

Houston Farms and Food Banks Reel from Trump’s USDA Funding Cuts

Houston’s food charities and agriculture sectors are left spiraling after budget slashes and policy changes OK’d by the Trump administration.

09/02/2025 By Erica Cheng

Healthful eating

Central City Co-Op Supports the Community and Promotes Healthy Eating

Since 1998, this co-op has helped support local farmers, all while giving Houstonians healthier food options.

07/02/2025 By Sofia Gonzalez

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

Where the Bees are

Hive Mind: Inside Houston's Buzziest Honey Collective

This local honey collective will introduce you to the wonderful world of backyard beekeeping.

09/23/2022 By Daniel Renfrow

From the Ground Up

Farmers Unite to Talk Challenges, Curate Dinner

A photography exhibit is helping to spread knowledge about the lives of our providers.

11/11/2019 By Brandon Summers-Miller

Origin Stories

Do You Know Who Grew Your Food?

'The Hands That Feed Houston' photo exhibit will introduce you to our region's local farmers.

10/28/2019 By Timothy Malcolm

Fowl Play

Houston Chicken Farmers Pitch a Reality Show

Mike and Nicole Graham of the Garden Hen are making a bid to popularize urban farming.

11/12/2018 By Alice Levitt

Farm Fresh

An Idyllic Farm Dinner Inside the Loop

The young tillers at East End urban farm Finca Tres Robles invite you to enjoy the fruits of their labor.

05/13/2016 By Jenna K. White

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Planted Houston Is Growing a Feast

Check out the urban farming progress that Planted Houston has made at a one-night-only dinner on March 20.

03/12/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Plant It Forward

Give the Gift of Fresh Foods

Farm-fresh vegetable delivery makes a great Christmas present for anyone who eats.

12/12/2014 By Natalie Harms

Sweet Charity

A Different Dinner for Mother's Day

Support an urban farm league and a Houstonian in need with one farm-fresh dinner.

05/06/2014 By Katharine Shilcutt

Houstonia Magazine

Urban Farming