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Feeding and Teaching: The Big Tex Urban Farms Develops a New Garden Project

Big Tex Urban Farms has helped start several gardens and urban farming-related projects across Dallas over the last few years and just last...

NXT Fest would not be possible without the incredible student-centered partners that have worked tirelessly to make it impactful! For the...

NXT Fest would not be possible without the incredible student-centered partners that have worked tirelessly to make it impactful! For the...

Big Tex stands tall only three weeks of the Fair but that doesn't mean that his BIG Texas spirit doesn't live on throughout the year. Did...

The home of Civil Rights icon, Juanita Craft needs our attention to preserve and renovate this critical facility and piece of history....

Since its establishment in 1992, the State Fair of Texas® Scholarship Program has continued to uphold the Fair’s nonprofit mission of...

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...

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...

Do you know what hydroponic growing is? Have you ever seen a hydroponic growing system before? If you haven’t, don’t worry –...

Did you know that Fair Park is home to the official Texas Vietnam Veterans Memorial? Located at the intersection of First and Parry...