Apartment Therapy, November 2012
Glenn and Paula's New Life Farmhouse
In life one thing often leads to another. One day the kids get old enough to move out and you find yourself with extra free time. Maybe, you think, now is the right time to build the house you've always wanted. Perhaps, it's also time to start that small community garden project you've been thinking about. Then before you even know it, you're not only living in a new traditional take on the farmhouse, you're living on an actual farm! That's precisely how suddenly and unexpected it all happened for Glenn and Paula Foore of Springdale Farms. Come take a tour of the house that started it all.
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In life one thing often leads to another. One day the kids get old enough to move out and you find yourself with extra free time. Maybe, you think, now is the right time to build the house you've always wanted. Perhaps, it's also time to start that small community garden project you've been thinking about. Then before you even know it, you're not only living in a new traditional take on the farmhouse, you're living on an actual farm! That's precisely how suddenly and unexpected it all happened for Glenn and Paula Foore of Springdale Farms. Come take a tour of the house that started it all.
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New York Times, September 2012
Championing the Farm to Table Food Movement
On a mission to advance the local food movement, a Democrat from Austin is finding common ground with Republicans and rural Texans.
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When Republicans hear a Democrat saying there is “too much regulation, their ears perk up,” State Representative Eddie Rodriguez, that Democrat, said with a smile. Mr. Rodriguez founded the Farm to Table Caucus, the nation’s first bipartisan legislative caucus to focus on advancing the local production of healthy food.
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On a mission to advance the local food movement, a Democrat from Austin is finding common ground with Republicans and rural Texans.
Expanded coverage of Texas is produced by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit news organization. To join the conversation about this article, go to texastribune.org.
When Republicans hear a Democrat saying there is “too much regulation, their ears perk up,” State Representative Eddie Rodriguez, that Democrat, said with a smile. Mr. Rodriguez founded the Farm to Table Caucus, the nation’s first bipartisan legislative caucus to focus on advancing the local production of healthy food.
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Austin Monthly, July 2012
There's No Place Like Home
From Allandale to Zilker, check out the city’s top 15 neighborhoods (according to data provided by the Austin Board of Realtors, based on home sales from March 2011 to March 2012), and learn what makes each area so special directly from the residents themselves. You’ll also find out what kinds of homes you can buy for less than $500,000, whether it be a condo with an amazing view or a grand house...
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From Allandale to Zilker, check out the city’s top 15 neighborhoods (according to data provided by the Austin Board of Realtors, based on home sales from March 2011 to March 2012), and learn what makes each area so special directly from the residents themselves. You’ll also find out what kinds of homes you can buy for less than $500,000, whether it be a condo with an amazing view or a grand house...
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Central Texas Gardener
Austin 360, November 2011
Paula and Glenn Foore of Springdale Farm: What’s in Your Fridge Friday?
Hardly a week goes by that Paula and Glenn Foore aren’t hosting an event on their East Austin farm.
Springdale Farm hasn’t been around as long as many area farms, but as is the spirit in the Austin food community, the Foores have been welcomed with open arms .
Since 1985, they’ve done landscape work around Austin with their business, Texas Trees and Landscape, but once their three girls started graduating and moving out of the house, they got the bug to start a full-fledged farm.
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Hardly a week goes by that Paula and Glenn Foore aren’t hosting an event on their East Austin farm.
Springdale Farm hasn’t been around as long as many area farms, but as is the spirit in the Austin food community, the Foores have been welcomed with open arms .
Since 1985, they’ve done landscape work around Austin with their business, Texas Trees and Landscape, but once their three girls started graduating and moving out of the house, they got the bug to start a full-fledged farm.
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Austin American-Statesman, June 2010
New kids on Austin's urban farm block
Within one square mile off East Seventh Street in East Austin, you'll find four urban farms. Almost 20 years ago, Carol Ann Sayle and Larry Butler paved the way with Boggy Creek, and in the past three years, Rain Lily, HausBar and now Springdale farms have followed.
But the farms and the farmers who run them aren't just geographically close. Paula and Glenn Foore, who planted the first seeds at Springdale Farm in January of 2008, say their neighbors have been nothing but supportive as they've cultivated their 5 acres and that the camaraderie ends up benefiting everyone involved. "We're happy to point people their way, and they are happy to point people our way," Glenn Foore says.
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Within one square mile off East Seventh Street in East Austin, you'll find four urban farms. Almost 20 years ago, Carol Ann Sayle and Larry Butler paved the way with Boggy Creek, and in the past three years, Rain Lily, HausBar and now Springdale farms have followed.
But the farms and the farmers who run them aren't just geographically close. Paula and Glenn Foore, who planted the first seeds at Springdale Farm in January of 2008, say their neighbors have been nothing but supportive as they've cultivated their 5 acres and that the camaraderie ends up benefiting everyone involved. "We're happy to point people their way, and they are happy to point people our way," Glenn Foore says.
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Austin American-Statesman, May 2012
Urban farmers fight to be treated like their country cousins
Just a couple of hundred feet from rumbling cars on a busy city street, several domesticated ducks live on an unexpected patch of countryside in East Austin. Their days are spent walking rows of crops, occasionally nibbling on leaves of beet plants but mostly doing their job ridding Springdale Farm of troublesome insects.
The more difficult parts of running the urban farm are left to Paula and Glenn Foore, co-owners of the 5-acre property. The couple are struggling to make a living by selling fresh vegetables and eggs to the public and several Austin restaurants.
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Just a couple of hundred feet from rumbling cars on a busy city street, several domesticated ducks live on an unexpected patch of countryside in East Austin. Their days are spent walking rows of crops, occasionally nibbling on leaves of beet plants but mostly doing their job ridding Springdale Farm of troublesome insects.
The more difficult parts of running the urban farm are left to Paula and Glenn Foore, co-owners of the 5-acre property. The couple are struggling to make a living by selling fresh vegetables and eggs to the public and several Austin restaurants.
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Austin Monthly, February 2012
Edible Austin, 2012
2012 Local Hero Awards
Last fall, we asked readers to vote for the farm, restaurant, food shop, food artisan and nonprofit who they felt are making a major contribution to our local food community. Here we proudly present the winners—and their reactions to the news.
Farm/Farmer: Springdale Farm, Paula and Glenn Foore. “What a HUGE surprise! We are thrilled beyond words and humbled to be in such great company as other current and past award winners. The support we have received from the Austin local food community continues to boggle our minds. Thank you, Austin. We love you!”—Paula and Glenn Foore
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Last fall, we asked readers to vote for the farm, restaurant, food shop, food artisan and nonprofit who they felt are making a major contribution to our local food community. Here we proudly present the winners—and their reactions to the news.
Farm/Farmer: Springdale Farm, Paula and Glenn Foore. “What a HUGE surprise! We are thrilled beyond words and humbled to be in such great company as other current and past award winners. The support we have received from the Austin local food community continues to boggle our minds. Thank you, Austin. We love you!”—Paula and Glenn Foore
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Culture Map Austin, September 2011
A look inside 15 homes featured on the 25th anniversary of the AIA Austin Homes Tour
The Springdale Farmhouse, designed by Rauser Design, could very well win the award for most charming, wish-I-could-get-away-to-this-place-when-things-get-hectic home on the AIA Homes Tour this year. An 800 square foot home on an organic urban farm in East Austin, this home is small and seemingly traditional-looking, but don’t let it fool you: it’s modern and sassy, calming and sweet. A small footprint and a big, wraparound porch hit your senses first, and inside white walls and traditional details make for a clean space. Lots of light-colored wood balances out the home, and simple furnishings leave plenty of open space for an airy feel. A modern, woodsy porch has an outdoor dining table that will make you wish all you had to do in life is have dinner parties on cool autumn nights with friends.
Pay special attention to: How you might feel like running away from your hectic job and city house to tend vegetable and chickens in a gorgeous, charming little home and farm like this.
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The Springdale Farmhouse, designed by Rauser Design, could very well win the award for most charming, wish-I-could-get-away-to-this-place-when-things-get-hectic home on the AIA Homes Tour this year. An 800 square foot home on an organic urban farm in East Austin, this home is small and seemingly traditional-looking, but don’t let it fool you: it’s modern and sassy, calming and sweet. A small footprint and a big, wraparound porch hit your senses first, and inside white walls and traditional details make for a clean space. Lots of light-colored wood balances out the home, and simple furnishings leave plenty of open space for an airy feel. A modern, woodsy porch has an outdoor dining table that will make you wish all you had to do in life is have dinner parties on cool autumn nights with friends.
Pay special attention to: How you might feel like running away from your hectic job and city house to tend vegetable and chickens in a gorgeous, charming little home and farm like this.
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