A tomato as big as my hand hides under leafy green as I look at the derelict industrial buildings in the backdrop. The healthy-looking rows of vegetables, herbs and fruit trees are a vision of agricultural green in the heart of the city.
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.
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