Tarrant County Food Policy Council

02/21/2025

The Tarrant County Food Policy Council would like to invite you to our Public Meeting & Networking Event on Thursday, March 13th from 5pm-7pm at Resource Connection, Magnolia Room 2300 Circle Drive, Fort Worth, 76119.

This event will be a great opportunity to network with food system professionals, community organizations and other like-minded people on all things relating to food in Tarrant County.

This particular meeting will help reintroduce our organization to the community and provide information on how individuals can participate in our working groups. Our working groups focus on several different areas of the food system including Community Gardens & Urban Agriculture, Children’s Health, Food Recover and Policy.

We will have a guest presentation on the current state of the food system from Susie Marshall, enjoy refreshments, vote on board member positions for 2025 and have ample time to chat and connect with other people and organizations. See the complete agenda below for more details.

We hope you will be able to join us for this valuable networking opportunity. Feel free to invite others and bring materials about your current programs to share with others.

Agenda:

Tarrant County Food Policy Council Public Meeting and Networking Event
When: Thursday, March 13th from 5pm-7pm
Where: Resource Connection, Magnolia Room 2300 Circle Drive, Fort Worth, 76119

5pm-5:30pm Networking and Refreshments
5:30-6:30pm Official Meeting
Welcome & Introductions
Overview of TCFPC & Working Groups
Voting for 2025 Board Members & Officers
Guest Presentation: Susie Marshal, Grow NTx, State of the Food System
Q&A
Announcements & Open Discussion from Attendees
6:30pm-7pm Networking and Refreshments

02/19/2025

SAVE THE DATE!

We know we've been absent for a little while, but we're getting back in the swing of things and will be hosting more regular meetings & networking events this year!

For now, plan to attend our first General Council Meeting & Networking Event on March 13th from 5-7pm!

We are nailing down a location but plan to have plenty of time for networking, some info tables about local organizations, an official meeting with voting for new board members, and refreshments!

Our guest speaker will give us an update on the state of the food system and our working group leaders will share about opportunities to participate in local projects.

We'll be right back with more info - see you soon!

09/04/2024

Join us for our next community meeting hosted by our amazing Child Health Working Group!! Details above!

06/10/2024

Join us for the next garden tour in our Garden Tour Series!

We'll be at Diamond Hill Elementary School Garden on Saturday, June 15th from 8am to noon.

Visit with the students and teachers who use this beautiful space and get ideas on what you can do in your educational space!

All are welcome. Tickets are not required.

See you soon!

05/16/2024

Join us for an Open House at the Ridglea Giving Garden to learn more about this well-established and productive community garden located at Ridglea Christian Church. Leaders of the garden will be on site giving tours, answering questions and sharing the story of the garden space.

Sunday, June 2nd from 11am-1pm - OPEN HOUSE

The Ridglea Giving Garden (RGG) is located on a ¼ acre lot in a residential neighborhood in West Fort Worth. It began in January 2024, when its team of care takers took it over from what was formerly the Tarrant Area Food Bank Learning Garden.

The RGG is transitioning to a production garden that grows healthy food for our neighbors in need. All of the produce is donated to WestAid and other local food pantries. A large compost area is using regenerative practices and partnering with Compost Carpool to save food scraps and plant waste from the landfill and creating rich compost for the garden. Made Greene, a company that adds and supports gardens in local schools also has a presence in the RGG. Twice weekly workdays are well attended and corporate workdays have added to the vital group of volunteers.

The RGG depends on donations and grants to keep growing.

We look forward to welcoming you to the open house to tour our garden and compost area and learn about all of the wonderful crops that are growing!

Ridglea Giving Garden
3251 Sappington Place
Fort Worth, TX 76116

Parking is available in the Glass House parking lot that is located at 6713 Hemsell Place, next to the Ridglea Giving Garden.

Tickets not required to attend.

This open house & tour is hosted in partnership with Tarrant County Food Policy Council and their Community Gardens & Urban Agriculture working group.

11/03/2023

What a FANTASTIC meeting we had tonight!

Thank you to everyone who attended and participated in our Public Meeting & Networking Event!

What a great turnout of folks doing great work in our local food system.

We had delicious food!
We voted in new board members!
We learned about local school garden projects!
And we had time and space to connect with each other and meet new people!

What a great night - thank you!

Our next networking meeting will be on March 7th, 2024. Save the date! We'll post information and details as soon as we have them.

10/30/2023

IT'S MEETING WEEK - JOIN US!

ALL are invited you to our newly restructured Public Meeting & Networking Event on Thursday, November 2nd from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at Tarrant Area Food Bank (2525 Cullen St., Fort Worth, 76107).

This event will be a great opportunity to network with food system professionals, community organizations and other like-minded people on all things relating to food in Tarrant County.

This particular meeting will highlight our Community Gardens & Urban Agriculture working group and the current work of our member organizations. While all are welcome at this meeting, it will be particularly beneficial to those interested in gardening, growing food, farming, farmers markets, school gardens, and community gardens.

We will have a guest presentation from the NTx School Garden Network, enjoy refreshments from local businesses, vote on board member positions for 2024 and have ample time to chat and connect with other people and organizations. See the complete agenda below for more details.

We hope you will be able to join us for this valuable networking opportunity. Feel free to invite others and bring materials about your current program to share with others.

10/19/2023

We would like to invite you to our newly restructured Public Meeting & Networking Event on Thursday, November 2nd from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at Tarrant Area Food Bank (2525 Cullen St., Fort Worth, 76107).

This event will be a great opportunity to network with food system professionals, community organizations and other like-minded people on all things relating to food in Tarrant County.

This particular meeting will highlight our Community Gardens & Urban Agriculture working group and the current work of our member organizations. While all are welcome at this meeting, it will be particularly beneficial to those interested in gardening, growing food, farming, farmers markets, school gardens, and community gardens.

We will have a guest presentation from the NTx School Garden Network, enjoy refreshments from local businesses, vote on board member positions for 2024 and have ample time to chat and connect with other people and organizations. See the complete agenda below for more details.

We hope you will be able to join us for this valuable networking opportunity. Feel free to invite others and bring materials about your current program to share with others.

10/17/2023

In 2023, the TCFPC board has been strategizing on how we can better facilitate conversations and collaborations around food systems work. We hope that our newly restructured quarterly, public Meeting & Networking Events will be one great option that anyone working in the food system can participate in.

What to expect from our Quarterly Meeting & Networking Events:
A gathering of food systems professionals, advocates and individuals who want to collaborate with like-minded people.
Opportunities to network, chat and gather more information from local organizations and businesses.
Inspiring presentations about the current work going on in our community.
Open discussions about current issues, concerns and successes.
Refreshments from local food establishments.

Save the Date - 2023 to 2024 Public Meeting & Networking Events:
November 2nd from 5:30-7:30pm at Tarrant Area Food Bank
March 7th
May 2nd
September 5th

Meeting time and location will be announced once we have the details figured out for each meeting. Stay tuned for more information!

We hope you will join us!

04/27/2023

01/23/2023

An announcement and meeting reminders from Tarrant County Food Policy Council!

The TCFPC Board is taking 6 months to do some strategic planning to evaluate how we want to move forward as an organization. We are going to review our values, goals and plans for meetings and events going forward. That being said, we will NOT have General Council Meetings until at least July 2023...and they might look a little different. Stay tuned for more info!

During this time, please continue to participate with our working groups!

Upcoming Working Group Meetings:

- Community Gardens & Urban Agriculture Working Group
Next Meeting: Thursday, January 26th from 3pm-4:30pm
Email Dave for meeting location - [email protected]

- Children's Health Working Group
Next Meeting: Wednesday, February 15th from 10am-11am
Zoom link available on our calendar at http://www.tarrantcountyfoodpolicycouncil.org/news---events.html

See y'all soon!

12/07/2022

For some time now, TCFPC's Community Gardens and Urban Agriculture Working Group has been wanting to host tours of local community gardens and urban farms. Our goals are both educational and social: share good gardening & farming practices, and encourage networking among participants.

Our first event in the series will be happening:
Sunday, December 11
2:00-4:00pm
Hollow Trace Market Farm in Azle, tour led by farmer-owner Becca Knutson

Because this is a small farm, and parking and bathroom facilities are limited, this event is strictly limited to no more than 20 attendees.

Tickets for this tour cost $20.00. Half of that donation will go to the farmer to reimburse her for her time, and half will provide seed money for TCFPC CGUA's Good Grower Grants Program, which will provide limited application-based funding for local community gardens & urban farms that feed underserved populations. (Scholarships for low-income participants are available; Please reach out to [email protected].)

To reserve your spot for the tour, please sign up here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/farm-garden-tour-series-hollow-trace-market-farm-tickets-475761273777

12/03/2022

12/01/2022

Don't forget to join us for our last General Council Meeting of 2023!

Learn about what our working groups are up to, hear about council business and network with like-minded folks around food systems work in our county!

Join us via Zoom on Thursday, December 1st at 4pm.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckfumopj8rEteWApndXrne8T6n-wCw4uL1

See you soon!

11/29/2022

Join for our first Winter market.
Seasonal delights and heart warming community space. We got you, Funkytown.

11/27/2022

Are you interested in improving our local food system? Do you already work with food and want to network with like-minded people?

Everyone is welcome to join our last council meeting of the year!

We will hear from our working groups, have a guest presentation and discuss plans for the upcoming year - join us!