If you eat any vegetables at all, you've likely heard of Urban Roots, which gets Austin youth farming; kids who have limited access to healthy foods are given the opportunity to cultivate a local organic farm, and sell/donate a portion of their harvest in the Austin area. more ›

In conjunction with the Let’s Retake Our Plates campaign, both Austin locations of Whole Foods Market will be contributing 5% of their net sales today to one of five local food organizations: more ›

Edible Austin's Eat Local Week continues through this weekend. All week long, area restaurants are serving locally sourced meals with proceeds from the sales of those items going to support Urban Roots. Eat Local Week events are taking place all over town; here's a rundown of what's going on today and tomorrow... more ›

Edible Austin's winter fundraiser, East Local Week, starts tonight with a multi-media celebration of sustainable food hosted by BookPeople from 6-8pm. Pamela Walker, the author of Growing Good Things to Eat in Texas will be joined by Ana Sofia Jones, director of the film FRESH, and Chef Alain Braux the classically trained chef who holds the unique distinction of cooking delicious, healthy food at Peoples Rx. more ›

Logo from Edible AustinEdible Austin’s first annual Eat Local Week celebration runs from Saturday December 8th through Saturday December 15th. While you’re nourishing body and soul with locally-grown and handmade foods from an extensive list of participating restaurants and markets, a portion of proceeds will go to Urban Roots, a program which teaches sustainable agriculture fundamentals to East Austin youth. 15-20 participants aged 14-18 will be awarded a paid internship to grow food on an... more ›

Hangover shmangover! Come weed it away at the Crack of Dawn Garden Party at Eastside Cafe (2213 Manor Road) this Saturday from 7:30-10:30am. Help them start their fall garden and then stay for mimosas, sparkling garden punch, artisan bread, an assortment of cheeses, and fresh fruit salad. Bring garden gloves and tools if you have them, a lawn chair if you'd like to lounge later, or just a smile and yourself! The event is free,... more ›

Conventional wisdom holds that watercolor paintings are often small to medium-size pictures depicting an urban or rural landscape, offering a visual narrative of an old neighborhood or perhaps a lovely snapshot of a seascape in winter. "Quaint," "homey," "charming,"—such are the words and phrases that come to mind. Not so for the new collection of works by watercolor artist Jan Heaton, currently on exhibit at the Wally Workman Gallery. Heaton’s over-sized watercolors are giant effervescent... more ›

It's the hot Astanga instructor at Yoga Yoga South, or the girl in the cutoffs at El Chilito. It's the smoking UPS guy or your favorite Lone Star Rollergirl. It's your local secret crush. Our column returns with an interview with one of Austin's local gallery owners and artists: E. Moises Diaz of Urban Roots Gallery. We received a request to interview him by a married lady (gasp!) who wrote not just on her behalf,... more ›

It's the handsome downtown gallery owner with curly hair or the hot Astanga instructor at Yoga Yoga South. It's the girl in the cutoffs at El Chilito or your favorite Lone Star Rollergirl. It's your local secret crush. Just in time to scope him out while you're hopping among downtown venues for SXSW, Austinist brings you this edition's interview: Drew, The Cute Pedicab Driver With the Slightest Southern Accent. Drew continues the streak of awesome... more ›