On the Farm

UH Architects Design Urban Farm for Sunnyside

UH Architects Design Urban Farm for Sunnyside

 Story From The Houston Chronicle by Nancy Sarnoff.   There are few places residents to buy fresh fruits and vegetables in of Sunnyside, a part of Houston considered to be a food desert. But a nonprofit group's proposal to develop an urban farm in the neighborhood...

Urban Ag is Booming and Hope Farms is Onboard

Urban Ag is Booming and Hope Farms is Onboard

 Farmers markets are booming with numbers increasing to more than 8,500 from up from the 5,274 in 2009! Recipe for Success and Hope Farmsare right on track with that growth and the USDA knows it! We are delighted to be the recipient of one of their awards that will...

UofH & Rice Partner On Hope Farms Design Plan

UofH & Rice Partner On Hope Farms Design Plan

 Students, professors, architects and sponsors gathered in Rice University's Anderson Hall on September 17 to peruse designs by twenty University of Houston and Rice architecture students who created site plan ideas for Hope Farms, a new urban agriculture project by...

A Decade in the Making

A Decade in the Making

 The first time Gracie met Glen Boudreaux in the fall of 2005, he approached her after a presentation about her vision for a new organization called Recipe for Success, which included the idea of Hope Farms to bring fresh produce into underserved Houston...