Animal Farm

Cas & Gita Vanwoerden

Animal Farm is located in Cat Springs, sixty miles West of Houston. In the Summer of 1992, owners Cas & Gita Vanwoerden decided to get out of the city and be close to nature. They now have seventy wooded acres with vegetables, horses, chickens and even a few emu's! The Farm also has a Learning Center to provide ongoing workshops and courses, from Organic Gardening, Straw Bale construction and Earth building to Renewable Energy and Eco-Design courses.

What they're raising...

Vegetables, chickens and even a few emus!

Bella Verdi Farms

Darrell Joseph

Bella Verdi Farms (Italian for "Beautiful Greens") is located in Dripping Springs just outside of Austin. It was conceived in 2003 out of the desire to leave the high tech world and do something revolving around a passion for fine food while also being involved with the local community. They are dedicated to providing the finest quality product and varieties to their customers.

What they're growing...

The finest micro greens, culinary herbs and specialty greens. Popular micro greens: Argula, Cabbage, Kohlrabi, Mustard, Tatsoi to name a few.

Bradshaw Farm

Arthur and Erika Bradshaw

The Bradshaws grow seasonal local goodness all year around, especially okra and beautiful leafy swiss chard.

What they're growing...

Broccoli, okra, peas, squash, carrots, melons, eggplant, hydroponic tomatoes and more

Caskey Orchards

Cliff and Sylvia Caskey

Caskey Orchards is a small family owned and operated orchard specializing in sweet, tree-ripened freestone peaches. They are located in Hays County, Texas about four miles south of San Marcos. In addition to the many varieties of peaches that they produce throughout the growing season, they also grow plums, nectarines, apricots, apples, pears, figs, and pecans.

What they're growing...

Peaches, plums, nectarines, apricots, apples, pears, figs, and pecans, homemade jams and preserves, and raw honey.

Comanche Oaks

Leon Caldwell

One of the early architects of the Texas organic food movement, Leon often sleeps in a cot out in his field. He tends 4 to 5 acres at a time of his 22 acres farm- all on his own! We get all kinds of seasonal vegetables from Leon, including the rare and coveted squash blossom!

What they're growing...

Seasonal organic vegetables

Elliot Family Farm

Sam Elliot & family

Farmer Sam Elliot will tell you his produce has a certain sweetness due to the sulfur content in his soil. The Elliott family has been living and farming in the Grapeland / Percilla area for generations, specializing in southern peas, especially purple hull and cream peas. Seven generations of the family have grown them, so we'd say they have it down pat. You can try these delectable peas from June to September. They also grow English peas in the Winter and other seasonal veggies such as sweet potatoes and green beans in the Fall, all sustainably grown with no chemical use.

What they're growing...

Summer peas, onions, sweet potatoes, bok choy & other seasonal produce

Engel Farm

John Engel

John Engel grows more diversity at his farm than most. His grandfather started their Fredericksburg farm back in 1861 and today his two kids Grant & Mikayla can sometimes be seen helping him at one of the many Farmers Market stands they run. He’s not afraid to try new varieties and has developed orchards of several tree fruits, including the Asian Pear.

What they're growing...

Seasonal organic fruits and vegetables

G&S Groves

The Strohmeyer Family

David Strohmeyer planted G&S Groves in McAllen, Texas in 1994. His son, David II, took over operations in 2006 with his wife Bonnie. The grove's slogan, "From our Texas trees to your table" signfiies the Strohmeyer's commitment to bringing the finest organic citrus to homes across Texas.

What they're growing...

Organic grapefruit, lemons, mangos, avocados, and navel oranges.

Generation Farms

Generation Farms in Rice, Texas, grows over 60 types of culinary herbs and edible flowers on their 50-acre farm. Many herbs, like basil and dill, flourish in the Texas sun while others are nurtured in the shade of the operation's numerous greenhouses. Instead of chemical pesticides, guinea hens roam the certified organic farm to keep the grasshoppers out, and beneficial insects like ladybugs are used to keep pesky aphids away.

What they're growing

Culinary herbs, edible flowers

Good Earth Organic Farm

Paul and Lynn Magedson

One of the first farms in Texas to be certified organic, Good Earth Farm has been a working family farm in North Texas since 1984. The Magedson family grows organic fruits, vegetables, eggs, and grass-fed lamb, and their farm has been designated as a demonstration farm by the Texas Organic Grower's Association. In addition to growing delicious organic food, they offer classes, seminars, tours, and education about the importance of sustainable growing practices in North Texas.

What they're raising and growing...

Organic fruits and vegetables

The Greer Farm

The Greer Farm is a beautiful piece of land at Rocky Branch, Texas, just north of Daingerfield. Their land has been in continuous operation for farming since the first Anglo settlers arrived in this part of Texas in the mid-1840s. The Greer Family purchased it in 2005 and set up a lovely fruit operation - using sustainable methods to raise blackberries, blueberries, figs, and plums. They also raise chickens for free range eggs and grassfed beef from Maine-Anjou fullblood cattle. Their goal is to be a Center of Excellence in Sustainable Agriculture, demonstrating that a family farm can be profitable, practice environmental stewardship and produce a stable food supply and timber in perpetuity without degrading the natural resources that support the production processes.

What they're growing and raising...

blackberries, blueberries, figs, and plums; eggs and grassfed beef

Groovy Greens

Groovy Greens, located in Blanco, Texas, is committed to producing the most nutritious sprouts, greens, and raw foods. They apply organic principles to all of their products.

What they're growing...

Just about every kind of sprout you can think of!

Green Gate Farm

Erin Flynn and Skip Connett

Green Gate Farm is a small farm just eight miles east of downtown Austin. They just took on some more land and are expanding in to all kinds of veggies and animals. They are Certified Organic and their produce is all local, all the time!

What they're raising and growing...

Veggies, meat, eggs, milk

Gundermann Acres

Stacie and Garrett Gundermann

Garrett and Stacie Gundermann met in 2002 in high school and have been together ever since. They started Gundermann Acres in 2009 after years of working with Garrett's parents at Gundermann Farms. Today they supply Greenling with some of the tastiest, sustainably produced fruits and vegetables in the state! 

What they're growing...

Fruits, vegetables, and herbs of all kinds!

Kitchen Pride

The McLain Family

Kitchen Pride Mushroom Farm is located in Gonzales, Texas, the cradle of Texas independence. The McLain family consistently produces a quality mushroom and provides a high level of commitment to all their customers. They enjoy offering Texans a nutritious and tasty product to add to their meals.

What they're growing...

All kinds of mushrooms

Lightsey Farms

The Lightsey Family

Lightsey Farms is a third generation family farm in Mexia, Texas. The Lightseys specialize in that specializes in growing persimmons, pears, peaches and plums. They also grow other vegetables and fruits using sustainable practices.

What they're growing...

Organic fruits and vegetables

Lundgren Farm

Kevin Wayne Lundgren

Wayne Lundgren is a 5th generation farmer with a pioneering vision. He has restored the several hundred acres in eastern Travis County that have been in his family since 1903. They began revitalizing the soil and became certified Organic in 2007. Though his certification is recent, he has been farming organically since his teenage years (he's in his 40s now), before it was cool or there was any certification.

What they're growing...

Organic veggies galore!

Montesino Ranch

Scott and Brenda Mitchell

The Farm at Montesino Ranch is a certified organic farm located along the Blanco River, just outside of Wimberley. They plant about 75 varieties of vegetables, fruits and herbs each year.

What they're growing...

Livestock, organic fruits and vegetables

My Father's Farm

Pedro Schambon

My Father’s Farm is located in Seguin, 35 miles from San Antonio. They provide organically grown vegetables and are planning to add cherry tomatoes, lettuce, and strawberries to their upcoming crops.

What they're growing...

Organic fruits, vegetables, culinary herbs

Naeglin Farm

Sonny and Doris Naeglin

Naegelin Farm is a true family farm. Doris and Sonny Naegelin’s family has been farming in Lytle, TX for five generations. The Farm sits on 300 acres in the Winter Valley region south of San Antonio. Along with their seven children, the Naegelin’s are keeping the family farming tradition alive by utilizing sustainable growing practices to bring customers over 30 different seasonal crops including fruits, herbs, and vegetables.

What they're growing...

Seasonal, sustainably-grown produce

Orange Blossom Farm

The Laxson Family

Orange Blossom Farm is Certified Organic and was founded in 1974 by Bay & JoAnn Laxson. The farm has since become a family tradition. A seasonal farm, we get juicy citrus from them in the Fall and sweet melons in the Summer.

What they're growing...

Citrus and melons

Rio Grande Organics

Bob Ackerley

Rio Grande Organics has 1200 acres of trees that produce pecans consisting of three varieties, and they operate two orchards: the Quemado orchard along the Rio Grande River and the Crystal City orchard along the Nueces River. They are a certified to bring you organic and all natural pecans.

What they're growing...

Organic pecans and produce

Spring Creek Organic Farm

Kari Gates

Right down the road in Plano, Kari Gates is running a small, certified organic farm. A family-owned operation, they're working on 3 acres and growing some beautiful produce. Their tomatoes even won 1st place in a local tasting content for "best quality & taste" - we believe it! You can find Kari and her herbs most Saturdays at the Collin County Farmers Market, which she helped organize! 

What they're growing...

lettuce, salad greens, herbs, seasonal produce

Tecolote Farm

David Pitre and Katie Kraemer

Tecolote Farm is a small, family farm located on the blackland prairie just east of Austin. David Pitre and Katie Kraemer began farming there in 1993, following their time working on small farms in Alaska and Santa Cruz and San Francisco, California. They started the first CSA in Texas. Eighteen years in Central Texas have refined their growing list to the tastiest and most climate-tolerant varieties available.

What they're growing...

Over 150 varieties of vegetables, including lots of unusual Old World varieties and heirlooms.

Texas Organic Mushrooms

Texas Organic Mushrooms is a family-owned organic shiitake mushroom farm located in Denison, Texas. Their mushrooms were first marketed in Texas in 1991. Their shiitakes are grown indoors in environmentally controlled rooms and hand picked throughout the day, seven days a week so that they are always picked at the peak of freshness and flavor.

What they're growing...

Organic shitake mushrooms

The We Over Me Farm at Paul Quinn College

Andrea Bithell

The WE Over Me Farm at Paul Quinn College currently consults with, creates, and maintains restaurant, school, and home gardens in Oak Cliff and the greater Dallas area. They are dedicated to working organically, for your health and our Earth. Andrea Bithell, aka "The Garden Lady," says, "I love gardening, and am very enthusiastic about doing it organically! I've never seen plants and seedlings take off like they did when I when I went organic." The farm was created to help address the lack of affordable, healthy food options available to economically depressed areas in the City of Dallas. The second goal is to create a replicable model for achieving sustainable urban re-development built around providing safe food options to economically depressed communities. The Farm is located on the two acres of campus that at one time housed the College football program. 

What they're growing...

Culinary herbs, corn, tomatoes, blueberries, squash, herbs, bees, and greens

Top of Texas

Top of Texas Orchard contains over 72,000 trees, with several varieties of apples. Who said you can't grow apples in Texas? They grow some of the sweetest Gala apples from September to November every year.

What they're growing:

Apples!

Uncertain Farms

Bob Mishler

Bob opened Uncertain Farms in 1998 having little more growing experience than a few backyard gardens growing up. Since then his farm has grown to 17 acres and he's been finding innovative, natural ways to grow fruits and vegetables and get them to your dinner table. He also has a canning division named M Circle M for his Mom, Carol, who has been passing down the traditions of canning in amazing recipes like candied jalapeños, his best seller and about 60 other preserves.

What they're growing...

Bok choy, strawberries, peas, watermelon, mixed greens, squash, tomatoes and more

Urban Roots

Urban Roots is a youth development program that uses sustainable agriculture as means to effect lasting change for youth participants, and to nourish East Austin residents who currently have limited access to healthy foods. Young people will cultivate a local 2 - 5 acre, diversified organic farm, selling a portion of their harvest in the Austin area and donating a portion to local hunger relief programs.

What they're growing...

Organic veggies

White Brook Farm

Mark Weisenbach

Just barely across the Texas / Oklahoma border and only 100 miles North of us, Mark Weisenbach is growing a variety of sustainable goodness. He's actually a Texan living with his family in Dallas County, who heads to the farm on the weekends and splits his time during the growing season. Mark says he started out farming as a hobby but each year they've taken on more ground and expanded, and hope to add livestock soon. His goal is to be full time farmer within 2-3 years, and we hope we can help him meet that goal by sourcing his great produce for our customers!

Having a history of deaths in the family due to diet related disease, the Weisenbach family has a deep commitment to sustainable agriculture and take great pride in their produce. They grow a variety of veggies and beautiful sweet melons. 

What they're growing...

onions, melon, potato, squash, cucumber and other seasonal vegetables

Meat, Dairy, Egg, Honey Producers

6J Ranch

Calvin Jechow

Calvin's grandfather bought the 187-acre 6J Ranch back in 1934. Calvin was born on the farm and has been involved with the business ever since. His animals are treated with respect and care and have plenty of room to roam and fresh grass under their feet. In 2008 Calvin ventured into the poultry side of farming, supplying Greenling with duck eggs. Word has spread that duck eggs are especially great for baking. Their higher protein content creates additional loft. According to Calvin, “You don’t hardly see a cake sink with duck eggs.”

What they're raising...

Duck eggs, beef

Bastrop Cattle Company

Patti Jacobs

Bastrop Cattle Company is a local company. Together with ranching partners, they want to share great beef, while they keep Texas grass-fed beef ranching alive as it is meant to be - produced by local farmers and ranchers humanely with no additives. The best beef comes right off your local ranches!

What they're raising...

Grass-fed beef

Betsy Ross

The Ross Family

The Ross Family is committed to producing healthy meats for their family, friends, and customers, with a vision to return the land to a balanced state in terms of soil fertility, quality forages, animal health and enhanced quality of life.

What they're raising...

Grass-fed beef

Brazos Valley Cheese

Brazos Valley Cheese is dedicated to crafting all-natural, high quality, healthy cheese using traditional methods and no artificial flavors, preservatives or coloring. Their milk comes from grass-fed cows that graze freely on three local dairies that do not use growth hormones or antibiotics. The high butterfat content of this milk makes rich, yellow, creamy cheeses that you'll be proud to serve. Every Brazos Valley Cheese is made with raw cow's milk and all the hard cheeses are aged in their underground cheese cave, the only one in Texas.

What they're making...

Artisanal cheeses

County Line Farm

County Line Farms has a herd of happy Holstein and Jersey cows, who are always free to roam on their certified organic pastures in Earth, Texas.
Organic dairy products from County Line are free of any added hormones, antibiotics, toxic chemical pesticides or herbicides. The County Line Farms mission is to run a family dairy farm that provides other families with clean and great tasting milk from sustainable, organic certified, West Texas native grass pastures of contented, happy, and humanely treated cows.

What they're producing...

Organic milk & other dairy products

Dewberry Hills Farm

Jane and Terry Levan

In 1999, Jane and Terry Levan purchased 20 acres approximately 50 miles from Austin and Bastrop. Shortly after they moved, they received a copy of Smithsonian magazine that featured Polyface Farm in Virginia. After reading Joel Salatin's books on beef and poultry, they agreed to follow the Polyface Farm model by rotating their pastures, moving the tents daily and processing chickens on site.

What they're raising...

Pastured chicken

Full Quiver Farms

Michael and Debbie Sams

Michael and Debbie Sams operate this organic family farm, which includes cows, chickens and pigs. They are best known for their fresh organic cheeses and pastured pork products, and offer five different cheese spreads as well as several raw milk aged cheesed including Gouda, feta and gruyere.

What they're raising and growing...

Cows, chickens, pigs, pork products, cheese spreads, Gouda, feta and gruyere.

Genesis Beef

Matt and Heather Hamilton

The Hamiltons handle the processing of their beef from weaning all the way to each individual order. Their cows are raised in a sustainable manner and live in the open air and sunshine, free from growth stimulants and antibiotics. Meat is then custom cut and packaged by a local artisan butcher. Farmer Matt says, "We truly see that we have 'happy cattle.' To us, 'happy cattle' is not a marketing scheme; it’s our reality."

What they're growing...

Grass-fed beef

Hudspeth Farm

Dale and Linda Hudspeth

Farmer Dale Hudspeth will be the first to tell you that good meats starts from the ground up. "Healthy soils and grass make healthy animals," he says. The chickens, turkeys and beef on his farm eat a steady diet of "salad mix": bermuda grass pastures inter-seeded with clovers, wheat and ryegrass. And you won't find any toxic chemicals or pesticides here! The farm's tagline is "No drugs. Just grass," and as you would expect, the Hudspeths use only organic and natural methods to care for their fields.

What they're raising...

Grass-fed beef, pastured chickens and turkeys

Menzie's Farm

George Menzie

Menzie's is a family-owned sustainable farm raising grass-fed and pastured Texas lamb.

What they're raising...

Grass-fed lamb

Pure Luck Farm and Dairy

Located in Dripping Springs, Texas, Pure Luck Dairy is known for their award winning goat cheese, as well as other cheese such as feta, bleu and chevre. Founded in 1979 by Sara Bolton, the farm became one of the first Certified Organic Farms recognized in the state of Texas.

What they're raising and growing...

Goat cheese, feta, bleu and chevre cheese, organic culinary herbs.

Round Rock Honey

Konrad and Elizabeth Bouffard

In 2002, owners Konrad and Elizabeth Bouffard started Round Rock Honey to bring local and pure wildflower honey to Texas. Each bottle is 100% honey and has been unheated or altered from it’s natural state. Their focus is on quality – quality of the processes, the packaging, the customer's experiences, and of course, the honey!

What they're raising...

Pure, local wildflower honey

Texas Honeybee Guild

Brandon and Susan Pollard

As founders of the Texas Honeybee Guild, Brandon and Susan Pollard maintain micro-apiaries at dozens of urban properties in Dallas. The bees thrive in the city, and the Pollards harvest honey unique to specific ZIP codes in Dallas. ZIP code honey is flavored by local flowers and trees, and it tastes sweeter than ever since it's supporting local ecosystems and sustainability. Best of all, it's free of the chemicals and toxins that are found in too many imported honeys these days. When they're not harvesting honey, the Pollards are busy advocating on bee-half of honey bees everywhere and building new apiaries in North Texas.

What they're raising...

Honey, raw honey

Three Happy Cows

Edgar Diaz

Three Happy Cows makes amazing dairy products using organic milk from County Line Farm. Drinkable, probiotic yogurts from Three Happy Cows come in several yummy flavors, along with creamy Greek yogurt and sinfully good caramel. Their hand-crafted yogurt has won several awards from the American Cheese Society.

What they're producing...

drinkable yogurts, Greek yogurt & caramel

Thunderheart Bison

Hugh and Sarah Fitzsimons

Thunderheart Bison is an award winning farm that provides grass-fed and naturally raised Bison to customers in the Texas area. By adhering to the path of the natural world in raising their animals, they are creating a model for long term sustainability and biodiversity.

What they're raising...

Bison

Veldhuizen Family Farm

Stuart and Connie Veldhuizen

Located in Dublin, Texas, the Veldhuizen Family Farm is owned and operated by Stuart & Connie Veldhuizen. In 2003 they began to sell a variety of cheeses, with every family member involved in the process—from tending to cows, milking, or helping in the aging room.

What they're making...

Artisinal cheeses

Vital Farms

Matt O'Hayer and Jason Jones

Vital Farms, whose first farm was located in South Austin, produces the only Organic, Pasture Raised Eggs in Travis County. Vital Farm is home to some of the happiest hens in the world. Their story begins with healthy, green, organic pastures. Every few days their chickens are moved onto fresh native grass. The health of their pasture is reflected in our happy hens and their delicious, healthy eggs.

What they're raising...

Organic chicken eggs

Windy Meadows Family Farm

Mike and Connie Hale

Mike and Connie Hale and their children have raised pastured chicken and grass-fed beef and lamb on their 40 acres of Windy Meadows Family Farm in northeast Texas for nearly twenty years. Their concerns for food safety for their own children led them to the decision for raise natural meats without added hormones, antibiotics or feed stimulants. They now have a state-inspected poultry processing facility on their farm that produces pastured chicken and sausage for taste-discriminating palates in the Dallas area.

What they're raising and growing...

Pastured chickens, grass-fed lamb and beef

Other Local Food Heroes

Fresh Life Foods

Jeremy and Katy Standifer

Fresh Life Foods was founded in 2010 by Katy Standifer and her mother Lynda Ahlen. The organic coffee shop grew from Katy's love of cooking, and from the pair's commitment to find simple organic ingredients to serve their families. Today they make hand roasted coffee using FairTrade beans produced without pesticides and chemicals.

What they're baking...

Hand roasted coffees

Barefoot Botanicals

Amanda Love

A few winters ago, while hobbling around with a broken knee and a perpetual fever, Amanda Love brewed an herbal concoction in her kitchen: a simple medley of African Rooibos (for stress relief), Lemongrass (for anti-oxidants), Lemonbalm (for pain reduction), Spearmint (to cool my fever), Raspberry Leaf (for digestive health) & Stevia (for sweetness). The cold tea was so refreshing, she memorized the recipe and starting serving it to thirsty house guests & visitors. The tea became very popular, and today Amanda is living the dream, sharing her healing, soothing infusion with friends around the world.

What they're making...

Herbal iced tea

Beanitos

Doug and Dave Foreman

Beanitos were born in 2010 at the hands of brothers Doug and Dave Foreman. They created the corn-free, gluten-free bean chips after a two-year quest fo a great tasting snacks that won't spike blood sugar. Beanitos are loaded with non-GMO vegetable fiber, 4 grams of complete protein and are rich in Essential ALA Omega 3s all which are packed into one great tasting serving!

What they're making...

Gluten-free, corn-free, GMO-free snack chips

Boundless Nutrition

Trevor Ross

Boundless nutrition bars are chock full of tasty and awesome goodness. You'll love their great taste and will be hooked on their health benefits in no time!

WHAT THEY'RE MAKING...

100% whey protein, high in fiber, half the sugar of the average bar, antioxidants from 3 cups of green tea, all natural and organic ingredient nutrition bars

Busy B's Market

The Beachy Family

The Beachy family moved to Grandview, Texas, from Iowa, where they got started as organic farmers. Their hens are free to roam the farm, eating grass and enjoying the sunshine. Busy B hens are fed 100% organic feed grown without pesticides, fungicides, herbicides or artificial fertilizers. All that fresh air and feed makes for rich, delicious eggs and happy hens! We think you'll taste the difference!

What they're raising...

Organic chicken eggs

Dad's Premium Granola

Don Moore

Not satisfied with store-bought granola, and in search of a healthy breakfast alternative, Dad started a quest to create a delectable gourmet granola. Once he found quality ingredients, he started the process of experimentation, fine tuning each batch and offering samples to family and friends as his focus groups. Enough people were clamoring for his granola that they all finally convinced Dad to turn his passion into a business.

What they're making...

All natural granola and gourmet nuts!

Deborah Kaye's Cookies

Deborah Kaye

The recipe for Deborah Kaye's gourmet gluten-free cookies came from her grandmother. After over 25 years of baking them as a hobby, Deborah and her husband built a new kitchen specifically for the purpose of making our popular gourmet cookie gluten-free.Says Deborah, "We now have what we believe is one of the best all natural, organic and gluten free oatmeal cookies on the market today. From our family to yours we hope you enjoy!"

What they're baking...

Gluten-free oatmeal cookies

Doctor Kracker

Based in Dallas, Texas, Dr. Kracker produces a line of deliciously wholesome, stupendously satisfying organic Flatbreads, Snacker Krackers, Snack Chips and Snack Flats. Dr. Kracker bakes with organic grains and seeds, in support of sustainable farmers and their mission to preserve the soil for generations to come.

What they're making...

Organic flatbreads and crackers

Dude, Sweet Chocolate

Katherine Clapper & Redding May

Dude, Sweet Chocolate products don't need an introduction... they've already built a reputation for producing some of the most amazing and innovative chocolate products around. After working as a pastry chef for 20 years, Katherine Clapner, along with her partner Redding May, launched the Dude, Sweet Chocolate shop in the heart of Oak Cliff in 2009. Their cutting-edge, artisanal line of chocolates include products like "Crack in a Box," - chocolate bark with candied nuts, sea salt and raw cocoa nibs, plus pure dark chocolate bars, amazing toffee, chocolate tea and more. Voted Best of Big D by D Magazine in 2010, you've just got to try it!

What they're making...

Empire Baking Co.

Robert & Meaders Moore Ozarow

Empire Baking Co. is an artisan bakery, making homemade, natural breads. Robert and Meaders Moore Ozarow started Empire in 1994. Both had a love of good food and saw a void in Dallas for European style crusty natural breads. Shortly after creating their line of artisan breads, they created a sandwich bread line as well to highlight how important the bread is to a good sandwich. Their commitment to making everything from scratch with high quality ingredients is evident in their tasty breads!

What they're making...

fresh artisan breads

Grapevine Grains

Steve Smolek

Founded in 2009, Grapevine Grains produces super fresh grain products, all made from freshly ground whole grains and rolled oats. Owner Steve Smolek only uses raw honey to sweeten his granolas and muesli. The mission of Grapevine Grains is to provide the healthiest and freshest products as well as educate our customers about the benefits of fresh milled and rolled grains.

What they're making...

granolas, muesli, oatmeal and more from fresh ground whole grains and rolled oats

Homestead Gristmill

Homestead Gristmill's historic timberframe mill was originally built in New Jersey around 1760. Homestead Heritage found the mill in 2000, neglected and in disrepair, and brought it to Texas, where it has found a new home and renewed life as a working building at Homestead Heritage. All of Homestead Gristmill's grains are ground the old-fashioned way, using a water-powered grindstone. Their gluten-free products are ground using a separate millstone to protect against cross-contamination.

What they're making...

Whole grain flours, baking mixes, gluten-free flours, gluten-free baking mixes

Impact Foods

Benjamin Hurt and Blaine Iler

Impact Foods was started to eradicate hunger. For every product sold, they provide a hungry child with a hunger pack. Hunger packs are fortified with micro and macro-nutrients to treat severe malnourishment in children ages 6 months to 5 years old.

Today they sell delicious granola, which is baked with all natural ingredients in small batches to ensure maximum freshness. The Original Blend granola is made with olive oil and has a salty-sweet taste that you're sure to love.

What they're producing...

Delicious granola!

Kala's Kuisine

Kala Uprety

Owner and founder Kala Uprety offers up a unique twist on traditional Nepalese dishes by combining them with flavors from around the world. Kala’s Kuisine is dedicated to providing healthy and delicious vegetarian food that contains the best ingredients and no preservatives.

What they're making...

Salsas and chutneys

Kohana Cold Brew

Victoria Lynden

Fair Trade, Organic, and shelf stable? Kohana has hit the bean on its head! While in Hawaii Lynden found the beauty in the finest coffee beans, roasted in small batches, to produce the best tasting coffee. They then brought it back to Austin and started Kohana Coffee. Here at Greenling we are big fans of their Cold Brew Coffee Concentrate; mix it with ice, water, milk, or even ice cream for an elegantly smooth and naturally sweet coffee drink.

What they're roasting:

Cold Brew Coffee

Lone Star Kettle Corn

Lone Star Kettle Corn is a family owned business in Kyle, TX. They use GMO-free corn to make their salty and sweet kettle popped corn. Watch out, though-- it's so tasty some might say it's addictive!

What they're making...

GMO-free kettle corn

The Mediterranean Chef

Nikki Kaya

Nikki Kaya, the Mediterranean Chef, emigrated from Istanbul in 1995 after studying Chemical Engineering and working in both Swiss and American nutritional analysis laboratories.  She is dedicated bringing authentic Old World Mediterranean cuisine to your dining room, using only the freshest organic ingredients.

What they're making...

Organic hummus, babaganush, tabbouleh 

Nurturme

Caroline Freedman & Lauren McCullough

Freedman came up with the nurturme when pregnant with Nurturme celebrity toddler, Audrey. She realized she needed a healthier way to feed her baby and came up with the nurturme idea with long time friend, McCullough. Nuturme uses organic ingredients, that are then dehydrated to retain their nutrients. The end result is an easy and healthy way to feed babies and toddlers!

What they're making:

Baby Food

Oak Cliff Coffee Roasters

Shannon and Jenni Neffendorf

In March 2008, Shannon and Jenni Neffendorf began roasting coffee on a converted gas grill in their back garage. Their desire was to create a great coffee experience for people in Dallas, and to create a better quality of life for coffee farmers around the world. As the business has grown, they've moved out of the garage and acquired a couple of commercial roasters along the way. They remain committed, though, to bringing the best and freshest coffee possible to the DFW Metroplex.

What they're making...

Whole bean and custom blended coffees

Penn Roast Coffee Company

JP and Bree Penninger

PennRoast Coffee Co. is a family owned micro-roastery located in the heart of North Texas. JP has thirteen years of coffee experience under his belt, and has always dreamed of starting his own roasting company. JP and Bree met in 1999, while both in college, working at the local coffee shop.Today they hand roast traditional and flavored coffees, and even a decaf for those who love the taste but not the twitch!

What they're roasting...

Whole bean and ground coffee

SASS Dressing

Lauri & Carol Raymond

SASS, short for Season All Stuff Sauce, started up in 1988 by twin sisters, Carol and Lauri Raymond. The all natural sauces should be used for everything from dressing a salad to marinating meat to saucing a pasta. We get especially SASSy when we haven't had their Sesame Garlic for a hot minute!

What they're making:

Flavorful dressings, marinades and sauces including their award winning Sesame Garlic!

The Tamale Co.

The Tamale Co. is a crowd favorite at the local farmer's markets, and we're so happy we can deliver them to your doorstep also! With flavors to satisfy carnivores and veggies alike, their lard-free, gluten-free and MSG-free tamales are authentic and delicious. Cooking is simple too, with vacuum sealed packaging that allows you to boil in the bag to perfection. 

What they're making...

tamales!

Texas Hill Country Olive Oil

John Gambini

The Texas Hill Country Olive Company is a family owned and artisanal organic olive orchard located near Dripping Springs. The Texas Hill Country, rich with limestone, has been compared to central Italy, making it ideal for growing olive trees. The orchard contains multiple varieties of olive trees, that can actually be adopted by you! It is a treat to have access to award winning local extra-virgin olive oil!

What they're making:

Olive Oil

Texas Olive Ranch

Jim Henry

Jim Henry planted his first olive tree more than a decade before he finally harvested a crop from his 60-acre olive orchard in the heart of Texas' Rio Grande Valley. In addition to the Spanish arbequina olive variety, the ranch grows the arbosana, also Spanish in origin; and a Greek variety, koroneiki.They use a modified grape press to produce their renowned olive oil.

What they're growing...

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Village Baking Co.

Clint and Kim Cooper

The Village Baking Co. was established in March 2004 by Clint and Kim Cooper.
Clint is a graduate of Texas Tech University and San Francisco Baking Institue where
Clint understudied baker, Jeff Yankyellow, winner of the 2005 Gold Metal Coup
du Mond in Paris, France. After graduating, Clint returned with his San Francisco
Sourdough to Dallas Fort Worth to begin his artisan bread baking company.

What they're baking...

Artisinal breads, pastries, sourdough, baguettes, rolls

Wackym's Kitchen

Paul Wackym

Don't blame us if you can't have just one of Paul Wackym's famous Wackym Cookies. They're crunchy, sweet, and taste amazing thanks to his fresh, natural ingredients. Paul has a knack for developing one of a kind flavors like salted caramel, chocolate snickerdoodle, and rosemary cornmeal shortbread that always leave you wanting more. And if you ask Paul, he'll tell you to go ahead and have another cookie. After all, "Life is sweet, eat great treats!"

What they're baking...

Cookies made with all-natural ingredients, with no artificial flavors or preservatives