If you want to eat, you need to contribute.
Lauren's story starts with dirt under her nails and deep lessons learned on her extended family homesteads.
As a child, she spent summers harvesting fruit, turning compost, and preserving the food her family grew. She experienced a hands-on education in real nourishment and interdependence.
But every time she returned to the city, she felt the jarring disconnect.
Food stripped of flavor, shipped thousands of miles, and sold in sterile aisles. She began to wonder...
What would happen if we could bring the farm to the city?
What would happen if we reimagined how we feed our communities?
That question simmered quietly until 2020, when the COVID-19 crisis hit.
If you want to eat, you need to contribute.
Lauren's story starts with dirt under her nails and deep lessons learned on her extended family homesteads.
As a child, she spent summers harvesting fruit, turning compost, and preserving the food her family grew. She experienced a hands-on education in real nourishment and interdependence.
But every time she returned to the city, she felt the jarring disconnect.
Food stripped of flavor, shipped thousands of miles, and sold in sterile aisles. She began to wonder...
What would happen if we could bring the farm to the city?
What would happen if we reimagined how we feed our communities?
That question simmered quietly until 2020, when the COVID-19 crisis hit.
On the front lines
Lauren found herself on the front lines, leading a USDA-funded emergency food relief team that distributed over 500,000 pounds of food across the Southwest.
The cracks in the system were everywhere. Food waste, logistical bottlenecks, hungry families, ignored farmland, and bureaucratic red tape.
Her childhood spark turned into a fire. Solving these problems wasn’t just about addressing hunger.
It was about power. Who had access to it. And who didn't.
Lauren stepped away from her two-decade career in hospitality and threw herself into learning regenerative agriculture under the mentorship of Sylvain and Sarah Clavieres at Talking Tree Farm.
Lauren didn’t just want to feed people.
She wanted to change the whole system, one seed, one neighbor, one garden at a time.
On the front lines
Lauren found herself on the front lines, leading a USDA-funded emergency food relief team that distributed over 500,000 pounds of food across the Southwest.
The cracks in the system were everywhere. Food waste, logistical bottlenecks, hungry families, ignored farmland, and bureaucratic red tape.
Her childhood spark turned into a fire. Solving these problems wasn’t just about addressing hunger.
It was about power. Who had access to it. And who didn't.
Lauren stepped away from her two-decade career in hospitality and threw herself into learning regenerative agriculture under the mentorship of Sylvain and Sarah Clavieres at Talking Tree Farm.
Lauren didn’t just want to feed people.
She wanted to change the whole system, one seed, one neighbor, one garden at a time.
So... Texas Green Bee was Born
Today, Lauren and her two sons live the mission in San Antonio, tending to their own small garden and foraging along nature trails.
But the bigger story is what’s growing across the city: a rising community of people reclaiming their food, land, and futures.
From urban homesteads to school gardens, from local permaculture workshops to food bank collaborations — Texas Green Bee is building a network of resilience.
We don’t wait for solutions. We plant them. Together.
So... Texas Green Bee was Born
Today, Lauren and her two sons live the mission in San Antonio, tending to their own small garden and foraging along nature trails.
But the bigger story is what’s growing across the city: a rising community of people reclaiming their food, land, and futures.
From urban homesteads to school gardens, from local permaculture workshops to food bank collaborations — Texas Green Bee is building a network of resilience.
We don’t wait for solutions. We plant them. Together.
Texas Green Bee
At Texas Green Bee, we lead with education and thoughtful, sustainable food-growing design.
We provide expert installation services for regenerative, eco-friendly urban food gardens in San Antonio, TX.
Our mission is to reduce carbon footprints while tackling the agricultural challenges that threaten the food, environmental, and health security of future generations.
With a passion for edible landscapes, we design, install, manage, and educate.
Our goal is to empower local communities to create change and embrace sustainable living.
Texas Green Bee
At Texas Green Bee, we lead with education and thoughtful, sustainable food-growing design.
We provide expert installation services for regenerative, eco-friendly urban food gardens in San Antonio, TX.
Our mission is to reduce carbon footprints while tackling the agricultural challenges that threaten the food, environmental, and health security of future generations.
With a passion for edible landscapes, we design, install, manage, and educate.
Our goal is to empower local communities to create change and embrace sustainable living.
