Category: Austin Scene

Elgin Local Food Center Receives Kick Off Funding

1/15/2019

Our friends over at Texas Center for Local Foods and Elgin Local Food Center will receive funding to get their commercial kitchen off the ground. We couldn't be more excited for them - check out the press release!

Austin Foodshed Investors Highlighted in Edible Austin

1/15/2019

We're excited about our new write up in Edible Austin! Find it in the July/August Wellness Issue currently on newsstands. Happy to see AFI Portfolio company Cat Springs Yaupon Tea highlighted in this article, as well as one of our investors. In separate articles, EA also featured AFI's first Portfolio company, Bola Pizza, and speaks with friends of AFI, Rain Lily Farm and Barton Springs Mill

National Geographic Profiles Sustainable Food in Austin

1/13/2019

"The city where cowboys and hippies have long come together over breakfast tacos is breeding a new kind of food pioneer," writes Beth Goulart Monson in a long-form, beautifully photo'd essay hitting all the high points of the Austin sustainable food movement. And she even name checks AFI! Wow!

Buy Fresh, Buy Local

10/31/2016

Buy Fresh, Buy Local Central Texas launches! Find the freshest local produce through a comprehensive listing of CSA's, Farmers' Markets, and Farm Stands.

Local Chicken Ranchers Dewberry Hills Farm Devastated

5/30/2016

On Saturday, April 30th a massive thunderstorm devastated the Dewberry Hills sustainable pastured poultry farm. 75 mile an hour winds and torrential rain destroyed the movable chicken tents and flooded the pastures.

Texas Monthly: The Future of Farming

4/7/2016

An interesting article highlighting issues related to converting to certified organic farms, the age gap of current farmers and lack of clear succession opportunities.

Organic Farms: Growing Industry in Central Texas

12/10/2015

Here's an oldie but a goodie, from way back in October 2014, from the Bluebonnet Electric Coop website by Kathy Warbelow...

A Look at Austin's Composters & Compost Policies

9/29/2015

KUT recently aired an interesting segment about the state of composting in Austin, at both the private and public levels. The federal government has set a goal of a 50 percent reduction in food waste by 2030...

Travel + Leisure Raves about Austin's Food Scene

9/23/2015

It's no secret that the unique style and swagger of Austin's restaurant scene has been gaining the attention of foodies on the national level. And now, the venerable Travel + Leisure has has declared ATX as "America's Next Great Food Town." Click here to read more.

Beetnik-Dewberry Deal a Model for Tech-Ag Ventures

9/9/2015

Addie Broyles writes in today's Austin Statesman how David Perkins of Beatnik Foods invested in local chicken producer Dewberry Farms, to both's benefit. Excellent example of what we hope to accomplish at AFI. Congrats David Perkins and Jane & Terry Levan!

No Unicorns in Central Texas

9/2/2015

A "unicorn" is venture capital slang for a company with a valuation of at least $1B. Conventional wisdom says that one "unicorn" can "make" a fund, or a VC's reputation. One can argue that the majority of the VC industry is built around searching for, and swinging for the fences in hope of, that unicorn.

Farmhouse Delivery buys Austin Meal Kit Company, Plans Expansion

6/27/2015

The Austin Business Journal's Christopher Calnan reports that local favorite Farmhouse Delivery bought Bento Picnic LLC, a maker of prepared food kits, three months after Farmhouse Delivery raised capital from Lion Venture Partners.

Tastes of Success

6/21/2015

Extensive front page Sunday edition story in the Austin American-Statesman by food writer Addie Broyles on the local consumer packaged goods boom.
Story here

Austin "State of the Food System Report"

6/15/2015

We're embarrassed to only be posting this now, an excellent overview of Austin's food system by (relatively) new City of Austin Food Policy Manager Edwin Marty and team, which came out in April.

Benevolence, Purpose, & Profit

5/22/2015

Met with Joe Milam of Austin's AngelSpan the other day. Great meeting, great guy. Here's a blog posting of his from February, that among many great points defines "a good deal is where an entrepreneurial team has identified an opportunity to satisfy an otherwise unmet need that will improve the human condition, and can provide a return for those (in)vested in the successful outcome of that opportunity."

How one company is trying to make 'pasture-raised' the new egg standard

5/3/2015

The Washington Post profiles Vital Farms, whose network of producers supply pasture-raised eggs nationwide...

Profile: The Homegrown Revival Supper Club

4/30/2015

Austin's "The Homegrown Revival" promotes native, local and sustainably grown foods by educating consumers through a series of dinners, videos, and cookbooks on how to find, prepare, and consume fresh and nutritious products in our local communities

Hops & Grain: Austin's Sustainable Brewery

4/11/2015

The Austinot's Bill Tucker profiles one of our absolute favorite Austin companies, Hops & Grain Brewery.

AFI to Host Tables at Capital Area Foodbank "Hunger Heroes" Luncheon

3/31/2015

Austin Foodshed Investors will host not one, but two tables at the Capital Area Foodbank's "Hunger Heroes 2015" Luncheon on Wednesday April 8.

AFI Funds Bola Pizza oven

2/18/2015

Folks all over the state will be seeing more of those white pizza boxes with the big, red “B” on them. Bola Pizza will be adding 15 HEB stores in Austin, San Antonio and Houston to their distribution channel.

Husband and wife team Christian and Jamie Bowers have been making delicious, organic, mostly-locally sourced wood fired pizzas for years now, getting their start catering and at local farmer’s markets.