Tooting your own horn is sometimes frowned upon...
best left to the provinces of PR firms—but as we measure the success of our business in ways other than purely bottom-line economics, this is the time and place for it!
We have tallied the results from our 2011 Eat Drink Local Week fundraiser for local food nonprofits Sustainable Food Center and Urban Roots, and we are properly impressed with ourselves. This event raised more money than in any of our previous four years—in a tough economic climate, with pocketbooks stretched and resources limited. Raising over $52,000 during a weeklong celebration of local food could only have happened with an outpouring of support from the community.
Our community appreciates the value of investing in their food growers, producers, chefs and markets—and having a rollicking good time in the process. This is both gratifying and essential to our continued efforts to transform the way we relate to our food and choose a conscious way to eat. We are happy and humbled to be part of this movement.
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Cilantro Lime ice cream from Lick. Photograph by Dustin Meyer.
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Notable Edibles
Lenoir, Salt & Time, the side bar, Drought Resource Center, 5 Mile Farms, Wholly Cow Burgers.
Marketplace
Get your Licks
Creating ice cream with a Texas flair.
Edible Ed
eat our homework
Connally High School Culinary Program introduces students to foodservice careers
People
Hoover Alexander
Going back to his roots with a new trailer and food garden.
Edible Endeavors
Red Caboose Winery.
Embracing Local
It's all in the words.
Farmers Diary
Boggy Creek Farm
Food has always been important here!
Edible Economics
Budget Cuts
Discover innovative cuts of beef to help your budget.
Cooking Fresh
Savoring Spring
Capture the moment with inspired recipes from Austin chefs.
Edible Gardens
A slice of life.
Eat Wild
Foraging basics.
Behind the Vines
Doc Russ, Texas Wineslinger.
Seasonal Muse
Power of two.
Tipsy Texan
Imbibing improv.
Seasonal Plate
BC Tavern.
La Casita de Buen Sabor
Spring desserts garnished from the garden.
Root Causes
The birds and the bees.
When We Eat and Why
What comes first at Free Minds.
Department of Organic Youth
Little hands, big plans.
Back of the House
SFC Chef Series.
Art de Terroir
Art on the Green.
