Category Archives: Food is Free Blog

• New Video: How to Build a Wicking Bed Garden with the Johns

  Posted on October 4, 2012 by foodisfreeproject in Food is Free Blog

  We had a blast filming this video with our friends EcoJaunt. They are a traveling duo on a mission across the country sharing videos on how to live a more sustainable lifestyle and making the information open and available to anyone. We were honored to be documented as they made their way through Austin, and […]

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  Edible Austin features Food is Free

  Posted on September 27, 2012 by foodisfreeproject in Food is Free Blog

  http://www.edibleaustin.com/content/editorial/editorial/1109?task=view The Food is Free Project started in November 2011 with a single four-by-four-foot raised bed of winter greens in John VanDeusen Edwards’s front yard and a whiteboard and marker inviting people to post contact information if they considered access to natural, fresh food a human right. “Within two weeks, we had to erase that […]

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• NPR Story on Foodscaping

  Posted on August 27, 2012 by foodisfreeproject in Food is Free Blog

  Check out this great story on NPR about the new trend of replacing that green lawn with edibles. Farmscaping or front yard farming, is seeing a big uptick these days. In economic hardships, growing your own food actually sees more interest and participants. Over 1/3 of households grow a garden and when times improve, those […]

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  Local High School Football Players Meets our Chickens

  Posted on August 24, 2012 by foodisfreeproject in Food is Free Blog

  Members of the McCallum High School football team stopped by Food is Free Project today raising money door-to-door, we ninja-ed them into touring the farm, eating some fresh veggies and chicken wrangling. It was a blast sharing fresh okra, tomatoes, kale and other goodies with them. They were hesitant at first, but we peaked their […]

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• Bessie the bus goes on her first mission!

  Posted on August 8, 2012 by foodisfreeproject in Food is Free Blog

  We took the Food is Free bus, Bessie on her first gardening mission to a local boutique and gallery that just opened in our neighborhood. Wanderlust Boutique and Gallery is fired up about their Food is Free wicking bed garden! Lots of cars drive by it everyday too. 🙂 We’re getting so many waves and […]

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