Food

Selecting, planting and caring for fruit trees. 

Expand your home grown produce possibilities with fruit trees. Learn about what fruit trees do well in the area from City of Dallas arborist Preston Willms who will also demonstrate how to plant and prune your trees.

Preston is an East Dallas native and studied horticulture at Texas State University after a stint in the Marines. He dabbled in farming and was a horticulture manager at the Dallas Arboretum before joining the City of Dallas as the Northeast District Arborist.

This program teaches you how to become more water-efficient in your “urban orchard,” what plants and varieties work best in our area, the basics of pest control, proper pruning methods and other practical ways to increase production. Branch out and join us for a fruitful program! Fort Worth staff will be attending the live online seminars in case you have questions pertaining specifically to Fort Worth outdoor irrigation restrictions and programs.

Free. Register on the link below.

Learn proper soil preparation, garden design and layouts, disease and insect identification, as well as the proper planting times for getting the most production out of your favorite vegetables in the challenging climate of North Texas. Fort Worth staff will be attending the live online seminars in case you have questions pertaining specifically to Fort Worth outdoor irrigation restrictions and programs.

Free. Register on the link below.

Class Includes:

Reasons for Becoming a Vegetarian

Meeting Nutritional Needs

Shopping as a Vegetarian

Ideas for Making the Transition

RSVP your spot!

Join our next cooking class/demo to learn how to prepare some staples and to make some of our most popular sauces! We will show you how to make:

Quinoa
Roasted Rosemary Potatoes
Nacho Cheese
Cheese Sauce
Lemon Tahini Dressing
Ranch Dressing
Lime Cilantro Dressing

Then, we will all put together bowls and eat!

 $65/per person

Our new Number 29 Burgers! A truly whole food, plant-based burger that tastes great and holds together in a bun or on the grill!

Creamy Dill Potato Salad + Red Cabbage Slaw
and our Blueberry Apple Crisp!

The class is demonstration format:

We’ll show you how each recipe is made
Class size limited to 10 participants 
Dinner included
BYOB – we provide cups/glasses.

You leave with a copy of the recipes!

$65.

The Dallas VegFest seeks to diminish food insecurity by educating the Oak Cliff community about proper nutrition and holistic health. Above all, we are invested and committed to building the future of Oak Cliff.

This unique cooking class will not only introduce you to practical cooking techniques and locally grown nutritious ingredients, but it will help power our Soup It Forward programming to create food security for all! Any you too will become a Soup SOULdier! Aug. 28 

MENU: Thai Basil Blast - a delicious herbal refreshment Passed blistered Okra with Olive Oil Drizzle & Parm Lavanga's Tomato Basil Soup Soup It Forward Cucumber Salad Herb Butter Guests will also plant and take home a Thai basil plant for their kitchen! 

$35.

Libertine is well-known for their great vegan food, including seitan tacos, portobello fries, and the Beyond Burger! We love their great beer selection and aquafaba-based cocktails!

Presented by Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance, the Small Producers Initiative, and the Council for Healthy Food Systems.

Tracks include public policy, homesteading, crop production, business practices and small producers. Pre-conference workshops cover sustainable practices, forming co-ops, food safety, farm capital and SNAP programs. 

Early bird pricing until July 19.