Historic moments and positive momentum!

Historic moments and positive momentum!

With your support, on August 28, City Council approved the Festival Beach Food Forest (FBFF) as part of the Holly Shores Park Master Plan! We’re excited and hope you are too. Be on the look out, volunteer opportunities coming soon! In other news, we’re...
Austin City Council approves edible landscaping on public parkland

Austin City Council approves edible landscaping on public parkland

Austin, TX ­- It may sound far-­fetched, but the newly­-passed, 99­-acre Holly Shores Master Plan includes an edible forest garden, free and open to the public, on a patch of parkland just east of I-­35. Adding to the already bustling local food movement in Austin,...
Council approves Phase One of food forest at Festival Beach!

Council approves Phase One of food forest at Festival Beach!

WAHOO! We’re moving along, folks! Council voted 7-0 to approve an amended version of the Holly Shores Master Plan, which includes <1 acre of initial food forestry on a patch of public parkland on the east side of Waller St. East Feast would like to thank all...
08/28 City Council vote on Holly Shores Master Plan

08/28 City Council vote on Holly Shores Master Plan

THIS THURSDAY at 700 Lavaca St. – this should be the ultimate meeting on the Holly Shores Master Plan, in which the Council votes to approve or deny the Plan. The Festival Beach Food Forest is an addendum to the Master Plan, and we can move forward as the Plan...
Movie Time – Food Forest 101 at the Sustainble Food Center!

Movie Time – Food Forest 101 at the Sustainble Food Center!

Come out and join us for movie time at the SFC! When: Sunday, August 17, 2014 at 2:00pm – 4:00pm Where: Sustainable Food Center 2921 E. 17th Street, Building C, Austin, TX What is a food forest, and what does it look like in our backyard? Our neighborhood? Our...