The Growing Good Food Awards


Photo courtesy of Texas Health Community Hope
- Tabor Farms in Fort Worth addresses food and community inequalities through cultivating food and transforming the community. Tabor Farms will use funding to repair its wellhouse, which shelters a well that extends 650 feet into the ground. The water supplied by that well is essential for irrigating the urban farm.
- Community Link in Saginaw will develop a freight farm, a community farm that makes farm-fresh food accessible to the community. The freight farm will support Community Link’s food pantry and farmers market, providing up to 1,000 families with fresh greens. Community Link will also sell some of the produce at their own farmers markets and support other pantries serving the larger community.
- Southside Community Garden will address food inequities in the 76104 ZIP code, whose residents have the lowest life expectancy in the state of Texas. Southside Community Garden currently operates 80 gardens at various local residents’ homes so they can grow their own fresh fruits and vegetables. Funding will help revitalize those gardens with fresh soil, mulch, seedlings, fertilizer, and other supplies.
- Timberview Farmstead in Fort Worth educates and empowers young people in Tarrant County and beyond to lead more deeply rooted lives through farm-based learning and the embrace of unreasonable hospitality. Timberview Farmstead will provide monthly subscription boxes of community supported agriculture produce to its neighbors, enabling them to maintain healthier diets.
- Tarrant County Food Policy Council: Urban Agriculture in Fort Worth helps individuals and organizations learn to grow healthy food for themselves and their communities in a sustainable manner. The nonprofit will use its award to provide tours of successful local farms and community or school gardens to offer a greater understanding of how local gardens and farms uplift communities and give attendees opportunities for hands-on learning.
- Ridglea Giving Garden (RGG) in Fort Worth cultivates community garden space to produce healthy food for neighbors in need. RGG, which began operations in early 2024, will purchase supplies and tools as well as fund site improvements needed to sustain its garden.
- New Life Farms in Dallas provides fresh food in the heart of multiple food deserts. Its mission is to empower and nourish its community by cultivating a vibrant and sustainable oasis. In addition to growing fresh fruits and vegetables, New Life Farms offers training for Texas A&M University students and community members. With its award, New Life Farms will provide water and electricity to its urban farm site.
- Grow North Texas in Dallas connects North Texans to food, farms, and communities. It believes that a sustainable regional food system enriches the land, provides economic opportunities, and increases equitable access to healthy, nutritious, culturally appropriate food for all residents. With its award, Grow North Texas will support its Owenwood Farm Project, which provides a living demonstration of what can be done with open, vacant land in Dallas.
- Urban Roots, NTX DBA FunkyTown Food Project in Crowley integrates agriculture, enterprise, and service to offer a rigorous, practical urban farming experience. The nonprofit will purchase a used refrigerated van that will maintain the integrity of its fresh produce during transportation and enable it to expand food delivery service to more communities in need.
- CC Food Project (Compost Carpool) in Grapevine bridges the gap between abundance and hunger through food recovery — the practice of collecting fresh, edible food that would have otherwise gone to waste. The organization also advocates for local farms and teaches food preservation skills. With its award, CC Food Project will rescue more culled produce and show the community how it can extend the life of fruits, vegetables, and other food items.

Photo courtesy of Texas Health Community Hope

Photo courtesy of Texas Health Community Hope