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State Fair of Texas Awards Nearly $1.4 Million to Texas Students
Since its establishment in 1992, the State Fair of Texas® Scholarship Program has continued to uphold the Fair’s nonprofit mission of...
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Scholarship, Memories, and Opportunities: How the State Fair of Texas Gave Aaron Williford Hope
As a high school student in 2014 at James Madison High School in Dallas, Aaron Williford would often walk out the front doors at the end of...
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Build Your Own Combination Planter with Help from Drew
Most of our blogs from Big Tex Urban Farms have been about farming, but we still do a lot of work on the ornamental side of horticulture as...
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Growing with Hydroponics on the Big Tex Urban Farms
Do you know what hydroponic growing is? Have you ever seen a hydroponic growing system before? If you haven’t, don’t worry –...
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The Texas Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Fair Park
Did you know that Fair Park is home to the official Texas Vietnam Veterans Memorial? Located at the intersection of First and Parry...
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The Role of Social Capital to Create Change
I grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana. When I was a child, Louisiana was ranked very low for its educational outcomes. I attended a...
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Celebrating Texans: T.R. Hoover CDC
As a fan of the State Fair of Texas, you probably already know that our theme for 2017 is "Celebrating Texans." But what does this theme...
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Relational Cultural Theory: The Basis of the Work We Do
I was fortunate to attend an Intensive at the Jean Baker Miller Institute on Relational Cultural Theory for two years. Much of my work at...
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Spring Lawn Care in Texas
With temperatures on the rise, and the days slowly but surely getting longer, it is clear that spring is coming up quickly! We all know...
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