Yes, Austin has developed quite the reputation as a “foodie” city, but what we eat is about more than just the best avocado toast recipes. That’s why we write stories about the impact of our local food system on the environment, culture, and equity.
About the Org Keep Austin Together is an initiative to provide prepared meals to Travis County residents who have been impacted by COVID-19. Action Box Help distribute meals to Austinites impacted by COVID-19. Click this box to sign up to volunteer. Remember when we told
Summary The Austin Common has partnered up with The Grower’s Guild to support the Austin1Farm Initiative, which encourages Austinites to celebrate Earth Day by planting backyard gardens. Action Box Start a garden of your very own! Share your bounty with friends, family, and neighbors (in
Summary In this post, we highlight two businesses that are working to increase Austin’s local, sustainable, and affordable food supply – Good Apple and Lettuce Networks. Action Box Donate to Good Apple’s Stay Home, Stay Healthy program, which is working to raise $20,000 to make
Summary The need for emergency food resources has put a strain on Austin’s traditional food network, forcing the city, entrepreneurs, and nonprofits to get a bit more creative. Action Box If you want to help the growing number of Austinties in need of food, consider
Summary The Festival Beach Food Forest is a public, fence-free piece of land in east Austin, where residents are invited to harvest and eat fresh fruits, herbs, and greens. Action Box The Festival Beach Food Forest is entirely volunteer-run. If you’d like to get involved,
Summary Kourtney Elaine (Austin Common Visual Designer + Staff Writer) shares her anxiety over changing up her zero waste lifestyle during the COVID-19 pandemic and wonders what sustainability lessons we can all learn from this crisis. Action Box Help ensure everyone has enough food to
Sponsored Post – from the City of Austin Office of Sustainability As Thanksgiving approaches, menu planning, trips to reconnect with family and friends, and Black Friday shopping lists can be front-of-mind. We propose shifting your perspective to slow down and simplify this year. Since
A big, hairy, audacious goal. What’s the one big, bold thing you’d like to achieve in the next 15 years? That’s the question the folks at the Sustainable Food Center sat down and asked themselves about nine months ago. And this was their
Sponsored Post – from Austin Resource Recovery Written by Susanne Harm Today’s backyard chickens are pampered pets… especially when compared to my Grandma’s hens. My Gram raised chickens out of necessity to feed her family. Raising chickens was about not going hungry. Gram’s chickens did
Especially here in Austin, we talk a lot about local food. It seems like there’s a farmers market or a farm-to-table restaurant everywhere you look. But the truth is, less than 3 percent of what we spend on food in the Austin area (which includes
Let me tell you a little story. Once upon a time, there was a group of Austinites who were really concerned about the lack of access to healthy food in their community. Thirteen zip codes in Travis County don’t even have a grocery store and
Sponsored Post – from the Central Texas Food Bank Looking to make a difference in the community? Here’s a way you can go the extra mile by rescuing food and delivering it to relief agencies so they can quickly get it to the one in