/tags/community-gardens community gardens en-US Copyright Mon, 25 Nov 2024 17:33:27 GMT /news/2024-11-25/community-garden-tells-a-story-of-healing-and-resilience-for-cambodian-refugees ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº's Recovering the Stories video series chronicles historic communities of color across Dallas, taking a closer look at how subjects like police brutality and gentrification have disproportionately affected these neighborhoods. Mon, 25 Nov 2024 17:33:27 GMT /news/2024-11-25/community-garden-tells-a-story-of-healing-and-resilience-for-cambodian-refugees ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº Staff /environment-nature/2023-05-19/4dwn-skate-park-dallas-sustainability-food-desert 4DWN Skatepark in South Dallas has grown into a community hub with weekly healthy, zero-waste food rescue and distribution. Fri, 19 May 2023 10:00:00 GMT /environment-nature/2023-05-19/4dwn-skate-park-dallas-sustainability-food-desert Yfat Yossifor /news/2021-04-13/community-garden-at-dallas-homeless-encampment-has-some-residents-worried-about-unwanted-attention To help combat food insecurity among the homeless population in Dallas, volunteers came together over the weekend to build a community garden for Camp Rhonda. But not all of the encampment's residents are happy about the project. Tue, 13 Apr 2021 23:00:53 GMT /news/2021-04-13/community-garden-at-dallas-homeless-encampment-has-some-residents-worried-about-unwanted-attention Bekah Morr /news/2021-03-07/nurtured-with-faith-a-community-garden-in-san-antonio-springs-back-from-the-devastating-winter-storm The St. Phocas Garden in San Antonio’s historic West Side supplies a local food pantry with the only fresh vegetables many of its clients get, but it suffered major freeze damage during the winter storm. Sun, 07 Mar 2021 17:00:36 GMT /news/2021-03-07/nurtured-with-faith-a-community-garden-in-san-antonio-springs-back-from-the-devastating-winter-storm Alexa Ura | Texas Tribune /texas-news/2018-06-18/from-seeds-in-their-pocket-to-food-on-your-table-refugees-bring-tastes-of-home-to-texas It’s an overcast spring morning at the East Dallas Community Garden. Voeun Tath is preparing this weekend’s harvest: heirloom lettuce and Cambodian… Mon, 18 Jun 2018 20:25:00 GMT /texas-news/2018-06-18/from-seeds-in-their-pocket-to-food-on-your-table-refugees-bring-tastes-of-home-to-texas Megan Zerez /texas-news/2016-09-14/community-gardens-in-vickery-meadow-connect-refugees-to-the-land-and-each-other Finding fresh food can be tough in neighborhoods without easy access to grocery stores. Residents of Vickery Meadow, a refugee-rich neighborhood in… Wed, 14 Sep 2016 21:08:41 GMT /texas-news/2016-09-14/community-gardens-in-vickery-meadow-connect-refugees-to-the-land-and-each-other Stella M. Chávez | The Texas Newsroom /health-science-tech/2015-05-06/bumblebee-toes-help-unt-researcher-track-bee-population If you like chili peppers, tomatoes or blueberries, you like bumblebees. The larger, hairier cousin of the honey bee is a social insect, and especially… Wed, 06 May 2015 05:00:00 GMT /health-science-tech/2015-05-06/bumblebee-toes-help-unt-researcher-track-bee-population Lauren Silverman /government/2015-03-24/urban-gardening-could-get-easier-in-dallas-this-week For the first time since 2010, the Dallas City Council this week is considering new rules around agriculture within the city limits. The new ordinance was… Tue, 24 Mar 2015 23:21:36 GMT /government/2015-03-24/urban-gardening-could-get-easier-in-dallas-this-week Jeff Whittington