Local Food Businesses offering Butternut Squash near Franklin, Texas 77856 (2)

Established in 2009, Howdy! Farm is a student-run organic urban farm located within Texas A&M University's West Campus. This passionate group of Aggie students created the farm to champion sustainable agriculture, facilitate experiential learning, and drive interdisciplinary research while fostering a deeper connection between the community and its food source. Today, Howdy! Farm yields a rich variety of crops and vegetables, which are distributed throughout the campus dining services and made available at local farmers markets in Houston and Bryan. Their dedication to sustainable farming practices and community outreach has made Howdy! Farm an essential part of the A&M campus and the Bryan-College Station Brazos Valley community.

The Farmery, which is located in Temple, Texas, provides fresh, farm-to-table locally-grown fruits and vegetables. They have many different kinds of beans that are available in bulk (Butter Pea, Christmas Lima, Fava Broad Windsor, Green Snap, Lima Beans, Purple Pod Snap, Italian Flat, string beans, and yellow snap). They also have beets, a variety of bell peppers (yellow, gold, white, orange, purple, red, green, and chocolate bell peppers), black-eyed peas (in hull and shelled), broccoli, Brussel sprouts, green cabbage, red cabbage, Cabbage Violaceo, carrots, collard greens, cucumber and gherkins, dill, okra, onion, potato, squash, tomato, cantaloupe, cauliflower, eggplant, garlic, corn, cilantro, honeydew, horseradish, hot peppers, kale, kohlrabi, leek, lettuce, parsnips, radish, shallots, spinach, tomatillo, turnips, watermelon, and rutabaga.