Commissioner Calvert joined SA Food Bank CEO Eric Cooper and Rev. Food Tank presents ten urban agriculture projects in San Antonio that are leading the charge for a better food system. The San Antonio Food Bank's farms are vital to the organization's mission, with a goal of producing 300,000 pounds of food each year. It will help grow vegetables for the San Antonio Food Bank and for other local pantries. The San Antonio Food Bank is carefully monitoring developments regarding the community spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus). The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio is currently planting an urban farm around First Children’s Hospital as part of a new program … That number has doubled since the pandemic reached San Antonio in March. At times, officials weren’t sure if they had enough. The expansion will also double the size of the parking lot and relocate the five-acre urban farm to a larger space. Depending on the event's privacy settings, an event can be promoted by any group, or may be restricted to promotions within their network. At Urban Farm U, we teach how to easily grow food no matter where you live. 1 was here. SAN ANTONIO- The first phase of the "Greenies Urban Farm" in Bexar county is ready. Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, the San Antonio Food Bank was feeding about 60,000 families per week in South Texas. Courtesy Show More Show Less 2 of 3. Working through food and farming to strengthen South Africa’s urban communities and … We are partnering with Feeding America, the network of 200 food banks, and local partners to ensure the safest handling of food and distributions to our communities while assessing innovative ways to meet the evolving needs. “The new Greenies Urban Farm will assist the San Antonio Food Bank in helping families experiencing food shortages in San Antonio,” said Calvert, who represents the county precinct where the urban garden is located. Thursday morning, the first plants were introduced to the soil at Bexar County's new Greenies Urban Farm, a plot of land that will provide produce to the San Antonio Food Bank and local food … SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Food Bank serves thousands and thousands of families a year and during the pandemic the need has only grown more and more. Dr. Kenneth Kemp and former Precent 4 Commissioner Adkisson along with several community leaders to announce the urban farm is ready for its inaugural harvest. You gain the understanding, the tools and terrain-tested techniques to be successful. 1. You gain the understanding, the tools and terrain-tested techniques to be successful. And by growing hundreds of thousands of pounds of food, the food bank farms are vital to the mission. Eric Cooper, president and CEO of the San Antonio Food Bank, speaks during the Bexar County AgriLife Urban Farm Planting Ceremony for Greenies Urban Farm in San Antonio … Lines of cars stretched down the freeway as people waited their turn to receive boxes of food. San Antonio Food Bank expansion. The goal for the farm is 300,000 pounds of food every year.