Food

COLLIN COUNTY 

Collin County Farmers Market: http://www.collincountyfarmersmarket.org 

Fairview Farms Marketplace, Plano: http://www.fairview-farms.com

Frisco Rotary Farmers Market: http://www.friscorotaryfarmersmarket.com

McKinney Farmers Market at the Adriatica: http://www.chestnutsquare.org/programs/farmers_market.asp

DALLAS COUNTY 

Carrollton Square Community Farmers Market, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Carrollton-Farmers-Market/150017371728897

Coppell Farmers Market: http://www.coppellfarmersmarket.org  

Cox Farms Market, Duncanville: http://www.coxfarmsmarket.com 

Dallas Farmers Market: http://www.dallasfarmersmarket.org  

Eden’s Organic Garden Center, Balch Springs: http://edensorganicgardencenter.com

Four Seasons Market, Richardson: http://www.fourseasonsmarkets.com

Good Local Markets (formerly White Rock Local Market), three locations in Dallas: http://www.goodlocalmarket.org

Grand Prairie Farmers Market: http://www.gptx.org/farmersmarket

Dallas Green Drinks hosts their July mixer at Green Grocer.

Editor's Note: This local green market has been reaching out to the community for support to stay in business. Read about Green Grocer in Green Source DFW.

Why buy mulch or compost when you can make it at home?

Composting is the process of recycling nature's organic materials into a rich soil amendment. Participants will learn how to turn their leaves & grass into mulch. They'll also learn how to turn their food scraps into nutrient-rich compost through vermicomposting.

Fee includes 30-page workbook.

$15.

Info: Lori De La Cruz, ldelacruz@dcccd.edu

Want to grow some of your own food?

Come be inspired and learn how you can grow veggies with less labor, less time and in less space in your own backyard!

You will see lots of photos and actual demonstrations on:

• How to set up a simple garden box or a Square Foot Garden

• No Digging, No Weeding, No Kidding!

• Blend the perfect soil mix

• When and what to plant for our North Texas area

• How to plant and maintain your garden in minutes a day

• Vertical gardening to save space

• Growing through all 4 seasons in Texas

$15.

Info: Lori De La Cruz, ldelacruz@dcccd.edu

A basic primer to everything you would need to operate your own aquaponic system. Everything from components and basic biology to water chemistry and planting density will be explained clearly. The session includes a hands-on build, where you will construct a system from an IBC Tote. Participants will receive a printed manual.

Instructor: Adam Cohen, founder Green Phoenix Farms. 

$65.

Info: Lori De La Cruz, ldelacruz@dcccd.edu

A basic primer to everything you would need to operate your own aquaponic system. Everything from components and basic biology to water chemistry and planting density will be explained clearly. The session includes a hands-on build, where you will construct a system from an IBC Tote. Participants will receive a printed manual.

Instructor: Adam Cohen, founder Green Phoenix Farms. 

$65.

Info: Lori De La Cruz, ldelacruz@dcccd.edu

The city is full of food ripe for the picking. Learn how to identify (and legally acquire) more traditional foods like edible fruits, nuts and naturalized vegetables, as well as wild edibles, edible flowers and even edible weeds that are well adapted to our extreme climate and commonly found in North Texas neighborhoods. Bring a hat, a camera and wear your walking shoes. Plant list provided. Free.

Info: Daniel.Cunningham@ag.tamu.edu

Designer coops? Daily fresh free-range eggs? City chickens are definitely in right now. Bring the barnyard to your backyard with the always-entertaining John Ramos from Urban Chicken Ranching. He will show pictures of the stylish homes city chickens live in and how you can raise your own. Come have fun as we cluck about city chickens. $25. Register in advance.

Free program. 

Info: gaylesouth2@gmail.com  

Free program.

Info: gaylesouth2@gmail.com