Featured ‘Going local’ challenges chefs, farmers (David Kaplan – Houston Chronicle, 1/28/2014) A handful of Houston restaurants are “going local,” serving up menus sourced entirely from small farms and ranches in the area, or as close to Houston as the chefs can find. But that can turn a modestly priced meal into a credit-card stretcher, adding 50 percent or more…
Houston Environmental News Update January 28, 2014 COALITION NOTES 2014 HAUFC Tree Planting Competition. The Houston Area Urban Forestry Council, Harris County Flood Control District, CenterPoint Energy and Trees For Houston are once again sponsoring the Great Texas Tree Planting Competition to be held in conjunction with local Arbor Day celebrations. Each team will consist of 10 planting members and…
Featured Planned highway could cut into prized Katy Prairie (Matthew Tresaugue, Houston Chronicle, 1/23/2014) Mary Anne Piacentini’s dream is for the Katy Prairie, a wide-open grassland some 40 miles west of Houston, to become a living reminder of a once common and bountiful landscape. For decades, her Katy Prairie Conservancy has purchased land here with the goal of preserving it…