Delve Experiences - Austin

Spend this Saturday evening becoming a honey connoisseur at a lovely local farm! 🐝 Start-to-finish experience learning about local food, and test your tongue on several scrumptious flavors! 🌸

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We're growing our selection of farm events in the Austin area - and our email lists of people who want to know about them! Are you on the list yet for our newsletters? Sign up here!!

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Calling Homeschoolers in ATX! Check out https://www.facebook.com/groups/atxfieldtripfridays, now live in the Austin area!!!

This active homeschoolers network started in the DFW area and has has grown to over 11,000 homeschoolers, and it offered almost 150 homeschool field trip opportunities last fall alone. Their field trips include a selection of Delve farm field trips as well as museums, sports, coding ... and many more opportunities. Meet other homeschoolers and explore the world - often at bargain prices. If you're curious, follow their new FB page and see what's cooking ...

https://www.facebook.com/groups/atxfieldtripfridays

Next public tour at the San Antonio Missions farm is Saturday, March 15! Good time to plan a trip ... ? 🤔

Did you know we have a UNESCO World Heritage site as one of our farms? The farm tour at the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park walks visitors through demonstration gardens of agriculture through history. 🌾

Bonus! Ticket proceeds help the San Antonio Food Bank fight hunger. How cool is that?!🤩

We're working on a lineup of spring field trips for homeschoolers in the Austin area! Each event connects your kids with fun and education at local farms. 🤠🌱🐮
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Happy 2025, everyone! We've been hard at work on some updates to help you find more cool stuff to do at local farms, and we're excited to start rolling out our 2.0 website this month! https://delveexperiences.com

We're kicking off with a focus on groups booking spring field trips and other group bookings. Take a look and let us know what you think!

This Veterans Day, we invite you to virtually walk with Veterans engaging in "dirt therapy" here in Texas through Farmers Assisting Returning Military - FARM. Take 10 minutes to watch the video below, hear these human stories, and see how these Veterans are reclaiming wellness and purpose, growing food and community at in Crowley.

We so appreciate the ability of the documentary crew to capture their story in such a powerful way, as well as the work of FARM to connect so many with so much good. 🇺🇸🌱

Farmers Assisting Returning Military- Who we are A glimpse into our work and new home!

It’s November! And in Texas that means MARIGOLDS. Marigolds are an important part of Day of the Dead festivities. But they also benefit yards, pollinators, and growers. Learn more from our friends at the Sustainable Food Center.

We're at the State Fair of Texas today in the GO TEXAN Pavilion, sharing the love of connecting with local farms! If you're there, swing by and see us in Building 18, and enter for a chance to win free event tickets!

🍄🍄🍄 Mushrooms, anyone? 🍄🍄🍄

Join us October 17th for an interactive, guided tour of an indoor Mushroom Farm where knowledgeable staff will walk you through the entire process, from spawn to mycelium to fruit.

Participate in steps like cooking spawn, inoculating the substrate, and harvesting fresh mushrooms in the fruiting chambers. Plus, you'll see the in-house liquid mycelium spun into a unique vortex, demonstrating the science behind the mushrooms.

Discover how fungi are being used for groundbreaking environmental solutions, from biofuels to pollution control.

Tickets include an opportunity to learn to harvest live mushrooms you can take home!

MUSHROOM FARM TOUR DETAILS:
Thursday, October 17th
1:00-2:30pm
Suitable for ages 8+

Reserve your spot today!

Fun Mushroom Farm Tour in Buda October 17 - Age 8+ Join us for a guided Mushroom Farm Tour and learn all about the magical world of fungi!

::Farm Fact Friday::

Livestock Guardian Dogs can help save sheep, goats, and other livestock from predators.

Have you seen the Livestock Guardian Dogs (LGDs) around at local farms and ranches? (Maybe even on a tour with Delve) They're cute, they're furry, and they're incredibly effective at keeping livestock safe.

But LGDs weren't always part of the Texas ag scene - they were only introduced in the 1970s and 1980s, and after some initial bumps in the process, they have really revolutionized the keeping livestock here in Texas.

Learn more from the experts at Texas A&M (which even has a dedicated LGD research center!)

Livestock guardian dogs unsung heroes of livestock protection - AgriLife Today Livestock protection is a serious job for livestock guardian dogs. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension has a program dedicated to helping them.