People

A+S

By Terrence HenryPhotography by Jody Horton The adventures of A+S Farm began on a drizzly morning in the spring of 2008 with “The Great Chick Run,” as Amy and Shaun Jones—a newly ...

Of Tomatoes and Time

By Carol Ann Sayle It’s spring—our 21st as vegetable farmers. A lot of seasons have passed, and many tons of vegetables have come off of our two farms.In 1991, as “commercial ...

The Dirt On John Dromgoole

Interview By Laura McKissackPhotography by Marc Brown John Dromgoole has been Austin’s iconic organic-gardening guru and radio personality for the last 30-odd years. His business, The Natural ...

Montesino Farm

By Elizabeth WinslowPhotography by Jody Horton The sun comes up much earlier on a farm—at least it sure feels that way. With the first crow of the rooster on Sunday morning, my children ...

Fredericksburg Grassfed Beef

By Helen CordesPhotography by Andy Sams When Chuck Schmidt hollers for his young charges on a recent afternoon, the placid Angus and Herefords moo back and start ambling toward him in a languid ...

Grow Forth and Conquer

By Rob Hodges Five-fifty a.m. I reach for the alarm, roll out of bed and throw on ragged clothes. Climbing down in the dark from the bamboo-and-thatch tree house, I make a pit stop at the compost ...

By Elizabeth WinslowPhotography by Morgan Weber Growing up in Yoakum, near the family farm, Morgan Weber wanted little else but to escape to the big city. In 2000, with hardly a backward glance, he ...

Lay of the Land

By Jessica DupuyPhotography by At first glance, Elgin is one of those quaint small towns east of Austin with a historic district and a laid-back feel. And thanks to companies Meyer’s and ...

Robert Mayberry

By Roberto OntiverosPhotography by Marc Brown Third-generation Texan and executive chef of the University of Texas’s Jester Hall, Robert Mayberry loves the grounds of his beloved South Austin ...

Johnson's Backyard Garden

By Jeremy WaltherPhotography by Jody Horton For many small businesses, growth is an angel one day and a devil the next. And many owners have a conflicting attraction to, and hesitancy about, ...