The Clock is Ticking: Help Urban Roots Grow Our Impact Before The Year Ends! Dear Urban Roots Friends, Did you know that 18 zip codes in Travis County do not have a grocery store? 14% of our Travis County neighbors experience food insecurity, and the percentage of food insecurity is slightly higher among children, amounting […]
We here at Urban Roots wish you a happy and reflective holiday season! We’re happy to say that we’re deep into harvest season, and sharing with our food access partners. This newsletter we’re excited to share with you what we’ve been up to on the farm; we’ve shared over 2,000 lbs of food with 7 […]
The South Austin Interns have been deepening their knowledge of food equity in workshops and familiarizing themselves with different parts of Urban Roots. The youth attended our November Community Lunch and led visitors on a farm tour. They celebrated Thanksgiving with a Friendsgiving potluck and shared their food stories as they made fig leaf and […]
We’re excited to share that we’re knees deep in our harvest season and were able to work with our food access partners at Farmshare, Vivent Health, Caritas, Keep Austin Fed, Manos de Cristo, Ghisallo, and Sunday Lunchbox. In just this past month, we’ve sent out over 2,000 lbs of food to our food access partners […]
Since 2008, Urban Roots has worked with more than 650 youth leaders to grow fresh food and to build a community dedicated to achieving food equity. As the new year approaches, we have our sights set on growing our impact so we can serve even more youth and put more fresh produce in the hands […]
Urban Roots wants to thank each and every one of you who supported us this #GivingTuesday! We are so grateful to share that we raised $4,321! Thanks to your support, we’re able to grow our impact in 2023 and continue working with youth leaders to grow fresh food and build a community dedicated to achieving […]
Give the Gift that Keeps on Giving this Giving Tuesday! Today is Giving Tuesday! Urban Roots is working to raise $5,000, and we can’t do it without you. Giving Tuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. Join the Urban Roots team and […]
We at Urban Roots have a lot to be grateful and thankful for this year. It’s been a true year of growth, and we couldn’t have done it without the support of our Urban Roots community, from each volunteer, donor, youth, food access partner, and staff member who altogether create the heart of what we […]
We hope your October has been full of treats and some spooky fun! We’ve been planting up a storm and preparing for the eventual harvest season, including working compost from Organics by Gosh into our farming process for more nutritious and delicious veggies. Our youth also learned about composting, visited our food access partners, and […]
