In Houston, Young Urban Farmers Are Champions Of Change

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A company leased them the 1.2 acre vacant lot, and the pair transformed it into a farm for organic herbs, fruits and vegetables.

By Sally MacDonald
My Fox Houston
May 25, 2015

Excerpt:

Texas has more farms than any other state, but most of farm country is getting older. The average age of a farmer is 58. Sally MacDonald reports on the recent increase in people under age 34 who are trying out their green thumbs with hopes of changing communities.

In the middle of Houston’s East End, sits what many see as Houston’s first private farm inside the 610 Loop.

Finca Tres Robles is Spanish for Three Oaks Farm.

“I was really amazed at the situation when it came to Houston and the lack of producers for quality produce. It’s very limited,” said Tommy Garcia-Pratts, owner of the farm.

The urban farm is a welcome contrast as much as the farmers themselves, two brothers in their 20s and self proclaimed city boys.

“I feel like there’s this perception that farming is for old people out in rural middle of nowhere, but I think it can be something a lot more,” said Dan Garcia-Pratts, owner of the farm.

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