Help Support Local Food Hubs
Launch a Bastrop Intervale
Bastrop Intervale Agricultural Zone
Farmers are struggling to succeed in Central Texas as they are priced out and pushed out by haphazard development. While such organizations as Farmshare Austin and ACC Elgin grow new farmers, more must be done to ensure their success.
One way to do this is to create dedicated agricultural zones where farmers can concentrate on growing good, clean, safe, and fair food.
Other dynamic cities like Nashville, TN and Burlington, VT have created thriving foodsheds for new and beginning farmers. We want to do the same for Bastrop and Austin beginning with Wilbarger Bend, just 8 miles west of Bastrop and about 20 miles east of Austin.
Wilbarger Bend, identified as a Conservation Priority since 2009, is already home to several certified organic vegetable farms and ranchers as well as successful restauranteurs and food entreprenuers. By adding more farmers and ranchers here, we can build a strong food hub that provides our neighbors with the highest quality food possible, while allowing farmers to work together as needed.
It’s time to create a dedicated area where farmers can thrive and focus on growing the best food and flowers possible for Central Texans. Please contact us to discuss how you can help, email: farmererinflynn@gmail.com.
DID YOU KNOW?
Other states have well-funded, strategic conservation funds to protect working farms. Texas does not.
No Texas county or state agency ensures that you have access to a local supply of good, clean, safe, fair food.
Texas counties have little or no control over land use in their area.
Texas farmers do not have guaranteed access to water due to the 1904 Rule of Capture.
Protected Farmland
Saving and Protecting our most fertile and productive farmland before it’s too late. The Intervale Center in Burlington, VT, is a model for other cities to grow and sustain local food economies and communities. Sited on a river bend, the Intervale could easily be replicated on Wilbarger Bend, Bastrop.