LOAM Agronomics is a farm located in Richmond, Texas that offers weekly memberships and delivers…read moreCSA boxes at various pickup locations across Greater Houston. Dunno what CSA means? Community Supported Agriculture ...By getting a subscription, you're supporting small, local, organic farms; and you reap the benefits of getting fresh, seasonal veggies and probiotics. Local dirt is good for ya! I pick up my weekly share at Eastside Farmers Market each Saturday. An easy ritual that gets me out of bed and meal prepping for the week by Saturday afternoon (or sometimes Sunday). My sister gets her share out in Katy. Again, multiple pickup locations. About your membership: :: You can share with a friend, which is exactly what I do. At $30 week ($15/person with my buddy) we both get more than enough fresh and seasonal veggies for the week. :: The longer you subscribe, the better the discount you get. :: They let you swap out veggies for others when you pick up your box, in the case you're not feelin' a certain veggie. :: Need to skip a week due to travels or whatever life throws your way? They make it easy to skip a week (there are limits to how many times you can do that.) The farm itself is 288 acres of all sorts of seasonal veggies and herbs. before each week's pickup, members get an email with a photo and list of veggies for the week, along with storage/preservation tips and shared recipes. I've had my membership for 3+ months, and since then I've turned my kitchen into somewhat of a culinary lab. I've made carrot top pesto with my leftover carrot tops, kale chips. pickled watermelon radish, whipped kohlrabi.... I had NO idea what kohlrabi was before LOAM, and now I notice it on restaurant menus and even iin-the-know food trucks. It's amazing how much LOAM has opened me up to not only trying new vegetables, but cooking them. It's not too scary thanks to Pinterest. LOAM also has farm events for members. I wasn't a member back during Thanksgiving, but I saw on their website they had a day of green bean picking for families - what a fun way to educate the kiddos where their food comes and excite them about vegetables and cooking. Love ya, LOAM.

Spent Sunday picking Okra $10 per person for all you can pick and fill up a burlap tote bag. Green…read moreand crimson okra. Cool weather, off and on rain, heavy mud stuck to the soles of our feet, grasshoppers and the smells of a farm here on Richmond, Texas. I believe they said it was 288 acres. It used to be prison land but was sold. It's adjacent to a prison. The prison still grows corn. Apparently the prison grew their own produce. They were going to sell some of the land for development I was told. The land wasn't able to be developed. This farm was able to get a lot of acres and farm it. This farm grows radishes, wasabina, cilantro, etc. They sell their produce at Farmers Markets in And around Houston such as the Urban Harvest (which I frequent) It was a great day picking Okra. The farm dog Nikita is about 13 years old, friendly and full of life. They offer memberships. Learn more about Loam in their own words by checking out their website. The link is below. https://www.loamagronomics.com/

Came here to drop off some organics for their compost! A cute little farm in the middle of the…read moreurban second ward. Got to taste the best banana of my life too.

From the owner: We're Houston's only privately-owned farm in the 610 loop. We offer a CSA - which stands for…read moreCommunity Supported Agriculture. It's a model that was established to help communities invest and connect with their local farmers in a real and direct way. We host school groups from all over Houston and students of all ages to learn more about where their food comes from. Our outdoor venue is a great space for dinners, fundraisers, wedding receptions, birthday parties, and endless special events.

This is an EXCEPTIONAL place. We attended their Mornings in the Country event on a Saturday. Each…read moreevent is different so our experience may not be identical to yours. The event was from 10-2 and we were greeted and invited to roam and explore the grounds. Their farm is EXQUISITELY designed. Later, the on-site farmer, Becca, took us on a tour and we learned about organic gardening and the balance between plants and soil. It's all about the soil :) Becca was on hand to explain her farming techniques and answer our questions. We were served a delicious lunch outdoors in the large covered patio. This is a MUST SEE/VISIT place. My pics don't do it justice. Our group was a four year old and her grandparents and we all had fun!

My daughter loved Blackwood Nature Camp for five summers. It was the one place she felt she could…read moretruly be herself. She dreamed of becoming a counselor. Even after she was interviewed and selected to their Counselor-in-Training program, this year she was removed from the training based on a year‑old accusation we were never told about, never shown documentation for, and never given a chance to discuss. She was confronted alone as a minor, her belongings were searched without her knowledge, and she was later told not to ever speak about the incident. Even after multiple attempts to discuss the incident with Camp leadership, including their Board members, I never received a response. The way this was handled has caused her significant emotional distress and destroyed her trust in the adults running the camp. I hope Blackwood reevaluates how it treats children under their care. I cannot recommend Blackwood Nature Camp. This review reflects my personal experience and opinions as a parent.

Lovely farm in Houston! We came here for some adult and children cooking classes which were super…read morefun and informative. We tried the fresh focaccia bread in the Pop Up Shop and it was delicious! Highly recommend you look up various events and check it out on a nice day!

I was volunteering in the area on a Saturday morning and stumbled upon this magical place.. I'm so…read moreglad I did! Hope Farms is a beautiful 7 acre farm that has a stand every Saturday from 9am to 12pm and they sell fresh produce picked that same morning. We came towards the end of the market so there wasn't much left but they gave us some great deals! We got 3 boxes of peppers for only $5- they were so fresh and delicious! We walked around the property and there's a lot to see. There's flowers with lots of butterflies, rows and rows of leafy greens, chickens (apparently not enough to sell eggs, but maybe in the future), and even bees in the very back! There is also a gorgeous barn that would be nice to host a gathering at- not sure if they rent it out or plan to in the future. It was such a nice surprise to find Hope Farms- much needed to address the food desert in the Southeast community! I would love to come back earlier in the day to see the whole selection of goods to choose from.

I have been using Jim's store for almost 20 years. He will do whatever he can to take care of his…read morecustomers. You won't find a better person. I read another review that did not like the attitude of one of their employees, if you had a problem you should have told Jim and he would have fixed it, whatever it was. Owners are not always present at a business, and can't fix what they don't know about. I have never had a bad experience at his store, and as one of the few privately owned feed stores out there, he still keeps his prices low and his quality at the very top.

I've been in this store several times. I went in a month or so ago to buy horse feed and had a…read morecoupon. The woman looked at it and at me, didn't say a word to me, turned away and went to make several phone calls. I don't know if she ever got an answer, but she eventually honored the coupon. She never spoke a civil word to me throughout the entire transaction. I thought it was all very strange. The coupon was for a feed she sold from a reputable company. I decided to try again recently. They would not honor my coupon unless she (and apparently no one else could do this) called the company first. She was consistently rude. I didn't buy feed there - nor will I again. I really wonder how she stays in business. I went to Tractor Supply where the same feed is sold. They were happy to see me and had no problem with the $3 coupon. Guess I'll be sticking to Tractor Supply.