On the Farm
Farm Stand Offers Baby Chicks & Food From Friends
Baby Chicks hatched all spring and adoptions were a popular all the way through summer by families hankering to build their own backyard flock, like the Gonzales family who have decided raising chickens is the perfect distraction for their quarantined family. And...
Fourth Generation Texas Farmer Takes the Reins
We are delighted to report that Tyler Froberg, who first joined our team to run our Veteran Farmer training program, has now taken the reins of the entire Hope Farms operation as our Managing Director. At only 28, Froberg’s agricultural bona fides are solid. A...
Earth Day Goes Virtual in Pandemic
We had planned to welcome all our neighbors to Hope Farms as usual to celebrate Earth Day with classes and makers, music and food, but a pandemic got in the way. Rather than completely cancel, we invited our collaborators to come on out and join us in a live...
Cutting the Ribbon on our Love Tito’s Community Garden
This past summer, Tito’s and Recipe for Success broke ground on a new garden located in Hope Farms in Houston’s Sunnyside neighborhood, building raised garden beds, and installing a nearby native pollinator garden. The project is part of the Love, Tito’s Block to...
Welcome 2019 Greenhands!
Our nation has a long history of welcoming our troops home and bringing them back into a life where they can work and study out of harm's way. We are honored to provide a unique career opportunity to these four outstanding veterans as they embark on their life's next...
Wells Fargo Does it Again!
Our friends at the Wells Fargo Foundation are continuing their support by contributing to our Hope Farms Veteran Program workforce development! Wells Fargo has been a long-standing partner of Recipe for Success Foundation and we value their partnership as we work...
Welcome Farmer Nick!
While we say goodbye to some, we welcome others to the team! You may have seen him around Hope Farms for the last month getting to know us. Hello Nick! Nick DeBrock, our new Farm Manager, moved from Connecticut where he ran vegetable production for The...
USDA Gives A Vote of Confidence
We are very excited to share the news of our selection for the largest grant in the nation conferred by USDA in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs to support our program to teach Veterans to farm and incubate their new new urban agribusinesses in...
Megan Dickerson, Budding Farmer
Talk about dedication. Megan Dickerson, Hope Farms' summer intern, wakes up every morning at 5 a.m--4:30 on Saturdays--to make the one-hour journey from her home in Wallis, Texas, to the farm. You will see her digging, watering and harvesting produce alongside...