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Sustainable Food Center, 2921 E 17th Street, Bldg C, Austin, TX (2025)

11/21/2025

Big news from our friends Wheatsville Food Co-op: shoppers paying with SNAP receive a 💲75% discount💲 on fresh and frozen fruits and veggies until December 31, 2025! This additional discount is only available at Wheatsville Food Co-op’s two locations in Austin .

When the government shut down, SFC and our community partners stepped up. 💚 Thanks to Wheatsville for adapting the Double Up Food Bucks Texas program to make an even bigger impact as families and farmers continue recovering from the government shutdown.

Questions? Call SFC’s bilingual Help Desk at (512) 730-1807 for information about this special offer at Wheatsville and other food access resources near you.

11/20/2025

Fresh at SFC Farmers' Market: Pick up $30 in Double Up Fresh Bucks / Double Up Dólares Frescos at both SFC Farmers' Market locations to spend on any food or drink this weekend! 💚

How to Participate:
1️⃣ Visit SFC Farmers' Market Downtown or at Sunset Valley
2️⃣ Stop by the market information booth
3️⃣ Ask to receive Double Up Fresh Bucks / Double Up Dólares Frescos
4️⃣ Shop the market

Did you know that every $1 in SNAP benefits provides essential AND generates up to $1.80 in economic activity? (via Harvard Kennedy School) The government shutdown is over, but Texas families who rely on SNAP to put food on the table and farmers who earn income by accepting SNAP for payment are still feeling its effects.

That’s why Sustainable Food Center created Double Up Fresh Bucks / Dólares Frescos, a temporary relief program that provides market dollars for shoppers to buy any food or drink item.

ANY market shopper affected by loss of services and/or income due to the government shutdown can receive Double Up Fresh Bucks / Dólares Frescos. Double Up Fresh Bucks / Dólares Frescos expire on December 31, 2025.

Funding for Double Up Fresh Bucks / Dólares Frescos is limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Learn more about Double Up Fresh Bucks / Dólares Frescos at the link in bio.

11/18/2025

📍Austin – Join SFC for HEB Feast of Sharing next Tuesday, November 25 4-8 PM at Palmer Events Center! We can’t wait to connect with our community and take part in this community Thanksgiving feast! 🙏🍽️

Feast of Sharing is free and open to the public. Stop by the SFC table to learn more about our programs like Double Up Food Bucks Texas, which DOUBLES your SNAP benefits for more fresh fruits and veggies.

Thanks to our H-E-B for hosting and for all they do to support food access and community care in Texas.

11/14/2025

When Sarah, a mom of two, discovered Sustainable Food Center’s (SFC) The Happy Kitchen / La Cocina Alegre®’s Cooking After Cancer class, she felt a moment of clarity and hope. ““It felt like a lightning bolt—I thought, ‘That’s me! That’s what I’ve been searching for,’” Sarah said.

Following her sister’s breast cancer diagnosis, Cooking After Cancer gave Sarah tools to support her sister through her cancer treatment and her whole family through proactive nutrition. 💚

Cooking After Cancer is one of several FREE cooking and nutrition education courses offered by The Happy Kitchen / La Cocina Alegre® that give Texans the skills and knowledge to manage their health through fresh, local nutrition.

Will you help more Texas families find the nutrition resources they need? Your gift to SFC this holiday season supports The Happy Kitchen / La Cocina Alegre® reaching more families like Sarah’s. Give today: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/fy25aha/ 💝

Thanks to the generosity of our partner The Austin Wine & Food Foundation, every donation made by December 31 will be matched, doubling your impact.

11/13/2025

Sustainable Food Center is excited to announce the launch of Double Up Fresh Bucks / Double Up Dólares Frescos, a temporary relief program to support families and farmers affected by the federal government shutdown. 💚 The government is reopening and benefits will soon be distributed, but many families are still facing gaps in access to food and income.

Double Up Fresh Bucks / Double Up Dólares Frescos provides $10-30 to use on any food or drink at 42 participating markets in Texas. Double Up Fresh Bucks / Double Up Dólares Frescos are available to any market shopper affected by loss of services and/or income due to the government shutdown. All Double Up Fresh Bucks / Dólares Frescos expire on December 31, 2025.

How to participate:
1️⃣ Visit a participating market (list https://bit.ly/4oGbo3i and slides 5-10)
2️⃣ Stop by the market information booth
3️⃣ Ask to receive Double Up Fresh Bucks / Double Up Dólares Fresco
4️⃣ Shop the market

Funding for Double Up Fresh Bucks / Dólares Frescos is limited and dollars will be issued on a first-come, first served basis. Learn more about Double Up Fresh Bucks / Dólares Frescos: https://bit.ly/4oGbo3i

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Sustainable Food Center (SFC) está emocionado por lanzar Double Up Fresh Bucks / Dólares Frescos, un programa temporal para apoyar el ingreso de agricultores y el acceso a alimentos para familias afectadas por el cierre de operaciones del gobierno. 💚

El programa Double Up Fresh Bucks / Dólares Frescos brinda $10-30 en vales de mercado para que los clientes compren cualquier comestible en 42 mercados participantes en Texas.

Cualquier cliente afectado por falta de servicios o ingresos debido al cierre de operaciones del gobierno podrán recibir vales llamados Double Up Fresh Bucks / Dólares Frescos. El Dólar Fresco vence el 31 de diciembre de 2025.

Cómo participar:
1️⃣ Venga un mercado participante (lista https://bit.ly/4oGbo3i y páginas 5-10)
2️⃣ Visite el puesto de información del mercado Double Up
3️⃣ Solicite el Double Up Fresh Bucks / Double Up Dólares Fresco
4️⃣ Haga sus compras!

Los fondos para Double Up Fresh Bucks / Dólares Frescos son limitados y se otorgarán por orden de llegada. Aprende más sobre Double Up Fresh Bucks / Double Up Dólares Fresco : https://bit.ly/4oGbo3i

11/10/2025

Farm visit to Lowlands Farm 🚜🌱 When Farmer Alice moved from Seattle to Austin, agriculture became a way to put roots down in the community, literally!

Collaborative farming programs like the Farmshare Austin Farm Incubator are a creative solution to
✅support affordable access to land for small-scale farmers
✅create a farmer support network
✅ & produce delicious, nutritious food.

Thanks to the Farm Incubator program at Green Gate Farms, Alice connected with other Austin farms like fellow incubator Mud Nap Farm.

Shop Lowlands Farm at SFC Farmers' Market at Sunset Valley (3200 Jones Rd.) every Saturday 9 AM - 1 PM for a selection of leafy greens, herbs, roots veggies, and more.

11/04/2025

📍Brownsville is hub for Texas culture and food systems leaders in the Rio Grande Valley. Sustainable Food Center (SFC) is proud to partner with Latinx Voces in support of the VOCES Health Summit & Cultural Festival 2025!

Join on 📅 Nov 6 in downtown Brownsville for ☀️ a health summit by day and🌙 festival by night : one inspiring day uniting Latino health, culture, and community! Register: https://givebutter.com/ltxsummitfest-2025🎟️

11/03/2025

From monarch butterflies 🦋 to Canadian geese 🪿, it’s migration season in Texas! In addition to nourishing Texas communities, regenerative Texas farmers support migrating wildlife. How? Big hint: BUGS! 🪲

🌱GROUNDCOVER🌱

Regenerative farming and ranching prioritize soil health by covercropping between harvest or on uncultivated land. Grasses, grains, and native flowering plants provide food for pollinators and habitat for insects. Migrating birds and other wildlife depend on healthy insect populations for food on their journey.

The insects that live in the groundcover at True Bird Farm feed the chickens, too!

🌱PESTICIDES / HERBICIDES🌱

When dragonflies, butterflies, and other migratory insects stop to refuel, chemical insecticides reduce their chances of a successful journey and herbicides reduce habitat to rest and eat. By using organic pest control that targets crop pests, regenerative farmers leave water and non-crop plants available for traveling wildlife.

Pedernales River Farm uses beneficial insects like ladybugs and assassin bugs to control crop pests.

When you eat regeneratively produced food, each bite nourishes you, Texas land, and the wildlife we share our state with.

10/30/2025

📣Austin: Support SFC in November by Eating at Citizens All Day! 📣

Cheers to Citizens All Day, Austin’s new go-to for all day brunch, “fluffy” juices, and giving back to Austin. Every month, Citizens chooses three Austin nonprofits to be part of Local Legends, a voting-based donation campaign. 🎫

Support Sustainable Food Center (SFC) all November by eating at Citizens and dropping your after-meal token into SFC’s Local Legends jar. When you give your token to SFC, you’re supporting our work increasing access to locally grown food to nourish Texan health and support farmer livelihood. 💚

Citizens make it easy to give back with delicious Aussie-style breakfast, lunch, dinner, and everything in between. Dine-in this November at 4818 Burnet Rd. Monday - Wednesday 7 AM - 9 PM and Tuesdays 7 AM - 4 PM.

10/29/2025

We’re hiring! Join Sustainable Food Center (SFC) as a full-time Central Texas Education Coordinator. 👨🏽‍🍳

As the Central Texas Education Coordinator, you’ll be part of SFC’s longest-running program, The Happy Kitchen/La Cocina Alegre ® (THK/LCA), providing free, bilingual cooking and nutrition courses in the Central Texas region. 💚 Full job description and application directions🔗: https://sustainablefoodcenter.org/get-involved/careers/

About the role:
The Central Texas Education Coordinator provides coordination, implementation, and support for all activities of THK/LCA in Central Texas (office in Austin). The Coordinator works closely with the Education team to plan and execute classes in the community, including scheduling, preparation of class materials, and on-site coordination as needed.

SFC offers competitive benefits and generous PTO. Join us in !

10/28/2025

📢 SNAP Update: What You Need to Know

As the federal government shutdown continues, SNAP benefits will not be distributed for November at this time. When SNAP stops, families go hungry, and farmers lose income.

More than 3.5 million Texans, including 1.7 million children, rely on SNAP to put food on the table.

💬 We’re calling on Congress to protect SNAP.

➡️ Tell your representatives why SNAP matters to you, your family, and your community. Find your State Senator and House Representative: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member.

Whether you use SNAP or simply believe everyone deserves access to healthy food — your voice matters.

For Families Using SNAP:
🔹 Texas HHSC will issue SNAP benefits as soon as it receives new federal guidance.
🔹 You can still spend any remaining SNAP benefits in your account.
🔹 Visit YourTexasBenefits.com or call 2-1-1 for updates on your SNAP benefits.
🔹 Double remaining SNAP benefits at participating Double Up Food Bucks Texas locations.
🔹 Visit the blog page on our website for an updated list of food access resources across Texas, including food banks and community organizations offering immediate relief.

For Families Using WIC:
🔹 Texas WIC remains open and will continue distributing benefits through November.
🔹 Receive three times your monthly WIC benefits at SFC Farmers’ Markets.

🌻 SFC Farmers' Market remain open every Saturday, 9 AM – 1 PM, ensuring continued access to fresh, local, and affordable food.

We’re actively adapting our programs to support families facing food insecurity and Texas farmers during this uncertain time — more updates to come soon.

Let’s keep food on tables and dollars in our communities. Tell Congress: Protect SNAP. Protect Texans.

Last updated: Oct. 28 @ 12:00 PM

10/27/2025

Fall is for getting grounded 🌱💪 Earlier this month, the Sustainable Food Center (SFC) team spent a beautiful fall morning volunteering at Farmshare Austin. Fall is a busy season for Texas farmers as they continue to harvest crops and begin preparation for fruitful seasons to come.

Thanks to Farmshare for all they do to support the local food system. Austin residents can access food at reduced prices at Farmshare Fresh for Less Mobile Markets. Fresh for Less markets accept SNAP, WIC, cash, and card payments. You can also spend yellow WIC market dollars and red SNAP market dollars at Fresh for Less. Find mobile market locations and hours at Farm Share’s website: https://www.farmshareaustin.org/mobile-markets

During times of uncertainty, we know this for sure: there is strength in community. Together, we can lay the groundwork for resilience and a Better Food Future.

10/24/2025

Following the federal government shutdown that began on October 1, 2025, many Texans are facing uncertainty about access to essential food resources. At Sustainable Food Center (SFC), our priority continues to be supporting Texas families and farmers with fair and affordable access to local food
Click the link http://bit.ly/4qpxgRx for a regularly updated list of food access resources across Texas, including regional food banks and community organizations providing immediate food relief. This is not a complete list and more help may be available in your area.
In the meantime, we are closely following the situation and will continue sharing updates as more information becomes available.

Our programs continue without interruption, and SFC Farmers’ Markets remain open every Saturday from 9 AM – 1 PM, offering:

🥦Triple WIC - three times monthly WIC benefits for fresh fruits and vegetables. WIC yellow market dollars do not expire.

🍎Double Up Food Bucks Texas - double the value of SNAP benefits for fresh fruits and vegetables. Yellow Double Up Food Bucks and SNAP red market dollars do not expire.

For questions about available SNAP benefits:
🔹Visit YourTexasBenefits.com or the Your Texas Benefits mobile app
🔹Visit the Texas Health and Human Services website
🔹Call 2-1-1 for the latest updates
For a list of food access resources across Texas, click the link: http://bit.ly/4qpxgRx

Together, we’ll keep nourishing our Texas communities with fresh, healthy, local food.

10/21/2025

50 years ago, a seed was planted when Sustainable Food Center (SFC) broke ground as Austin Community Gardens. 🌱 What began as a neighborhood goal to provide fresh fruit and vegetables has grown into a statewide movement to transform the food system through fair access to local food for every Texan.

By connecting farmers to families through our programs including Double Up Food Bucks Texas, SFC Farmers' Market, and The Happy Kitchen / La Cocina Alegre®, SFC is closing the gap between small-scale farmers and the Texas families they nourish. 💚

What seeds will you plant? When you give through SFC’s recurring donation program Seeds of Change, you provide consistent funding that supports our ability to adapt to changing needs both within the communities we serve and within our organization.

It’s your seed to plant: choose the donation amount and frequency and change either selection at any time. Become a member today and receive exclusive offers: https://bit.ly/4g09rLB

Video by Cevallos Brothers Productions

10/20/2025

SATURDAY – Join us for 🎃👻Fall Fest👻🎃 this Saturday October 25 at SFC Farmers' Market at Sunset Valley (3200 Jones Rd.) 9 AM - 1 PM. This year’s festivities include a petting zoo with Tiny Tails to You, pumpkin painting, and a Fall photo booth!

On top of these family-friendly extras, you can also expect the excellent selections of local food you know and love: fill your bags and bellies with local fruits, veggies, dairy products, and sustainably raised meats.

Don’t forget: this is the LAST day to spend WIC Vouchers at SFC Farmers’ Markets before WIC Vouchers expire on October 31. Don’t miss out on $30 of more fresh produce! Your family and your local farmer will thank you. 💚

10/17/2025

Thank you Wheatsville Food Co-op and Wheatsville shoppers! This July, Wheatsville shoppers rounded up at the register to support Sustainable Food Center’s (SFC) mission to transform the food system through local food. Thanks to Wheatsville’s Community Action Partner program and the generosity of Austinites, SFC received a check for over $4,000. 💚

Wheatsville also partners with SFC year-round to offer Double Up Food Bucks Texas. With Double Up Texas, shoppers spending SNAP receive DOUBLE their benefits to spend on more fruits and vegetables.

Anyone spending SNAP is automatically eligible to receive Double Up Food Bucks at Wheatsville and any one of the 100+ Double Up Texas farmers’ markets and grocery stores across Texas.

10/15/2025

Farm glamor shots are a whole MOOd! 🐄 Imagine if we paid as close attention to where our food comes from as we do to the latest celebrity trends? 🤔 Sourcing your food from a small-scale local farmer has a BIG impact on:

Farmer Livelihood 💚 – Small-scale farms and ranches that use regenerative practices face barriers from the cost of farm infrastructure, extreme weather, and insurance options that favor industry-scale production. The best fan mail a local farmer can get is selling YOU their lovingly hand-raised food.

Health of Land 🌱– Buying from a small-scale farmer gives you knowledge about the natural resources used to produce your food. When you buy from farmers who use sustainable and regenerative practices, you buy more than food, you buy a Better Food Future.

Your Nutrition 💪 – Local food doesn’t have to travel far to reach your table, keeping nutrient content and fresh flavor intact. Look for Texas-grown options in grocery stores and become a regular at your local farmers’ market to make a positive impact that ripples across the food system.

Beyond supplying mood-boosting close ups, farms are the force that keeps Texas fed. It seems like local food just might be worth paying attention to!

Featured farms: Lowlands Farm (Slides 1 and 3), Bali Family Farm (Slide 2), and Milagro Farms (Slide 4)

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