Hub of Prosperity Farm

06/21/2024

Join us next Saturday to celebrate mesquite abundance!

06/06/2024

Last Hub tomato harvest of the 2024 season was this morning! Grand total of 1097 pounds over the last 8 weeks.

Also announcing this year's Tomato Fest flavor winners!!

Large Tomato Category:
1. Prairie Fire (7.5/10)
2. Early Choice Black (7.2/10)
3. Apricot Zebra (7.0/10)

All 3 best tasting large tomatoes are new to the Hub for this season! Each had heavy production and added great color, shape, and size diversity to the mix. They'll be back next season for sure.

Cherry Tomato Category:
1. Sungold (8.1/10) - 4x returning flavor champ!
2. Black Opal (7.7/10) - an improved offspring of black cherry with denser flavor and fewer splits. Will replace black cherry in our rotation next season
3. Large Jasper (6.8/10) - the original Jasper is a hybrid tomato but we've been saving seeds selectively from the hybrid offspring for 3 years now to dehybridize it into something that grows consistently from saved seeds and doesn't need seed repurchased each season. This breeding line seems to be almost there.

Catch your last tomatoes of the season at this Saturday's Hub market! Then they'll be gone til next April!

05/25/2024

Thank you so much to everyone who came out to our 4th annual Tomato Fest! We had a blast celebrating 23 different varieties of tomatoes with you all grown with love at the Hub. Congratulations to our Pico de Gallo contest winners, what a delicious way to kick off summer :)🍅

05/08/2024

It’s that time of the year! 🍅👀 Our 4th annual Tomato Fest is coming up on May 18th 6PM- 8 PM, so get ready for a tasty celebration. 🎊

📍Bring your own dish to our tomato-themed potluck for all to enjoy, or showcase your finest Pico De Gallo recipe in our competition. ❤️‍🔥🍋‍🟩All are welcome to join!

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05/06/2024

Last 2nd Saturday workshop of the season! This Saturday May 11, 10a-12p! We'll walk the farm and discuss harvest and storage strategies for warm season crops including peppers, tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, okra, beans and more. Then we'll hear all about value-added products from Katie Lavallee with ! Workshop is free, no pre-registration required.

04/08/2024

April workshop is all about pest management! Join us Saturday morning at the Hub, 10-12 for a farm tour that will cover the most common insect, disease, w**d, and other plant issues here in the RGV. Workshop is free, no registration required!

03/27/2024

03/15/2024

Come join us for a showing of Wallace and Gromit with popcorn! We do have limited seating so feel free to bring a chair or blanket! We hope to see you there!

03/07/2024

We are so ready for goat yoga at the Hub! And to celebrate all the powerful women farmers in our community. Event is free but please register at the link! See you there!

It's International Women’s Month!

Join the We are… Women in Ag workshop on March 28th in Edinburg. We will start our program at the UTRGV farm, known as the Hub of Prosperity, and then walk over to the church for more sessions and lunch. The event is free and open to the public, but please register to help us plan for lunch.

Registration link: https://forms.office.com/r/Yzq3tsWawA

03/04/2024

Lots of native plants at the Hub are blooming beautifully right now and this month's workshop will celebrate them and the many benefits they bring to our urban farm! Join us Saturday morning 10a-12p for a native plant walk with urban ecologist John Brush and reforestation expert Gisel Garza . We'll learn together about the important roles that native plants play in our local food system and how to support native plants and insects!

03/02/2024

Hub community garden is planted up and ready for spring! A beautiful day thanks to the hard work of all the gardeners and volunteers and the careful planning and expertise of garden manager Ali!

02/19/2024

Hello everyone!
We have community garden bed openings at the Hub of Prosperity ! We are doing applications this season which can be found in our linktree located in our bio! Applications will be closing Feb 23rd at 5pm :)

02/15/2024

Introducing our new Mobile Agricultural Learning Lab! This trailer will help us take our sustainable agriculture trainings and activities on the road! The inside still needs some set-up, but keep an eye out for our big orange trailer coming soon to a community near you!
Thanks so much to for the funding, for the trailer donation, and everyone along the way who's helped with the planning and design!

02/13/2024

Come join us at the hub for volunteer hours this spring!🌻

02/10/2024

Beautiful workshop this morning on urban livestock! Thanks to Taylor, Fátima, and Misty for sharing their wisdom on quail, chickens and goats and to the Hub chickens for putting on a good show, as always.

Free Hub workshops every 2nd Saturday of the month, 10 am-12 pm. Next month's workshop will cover native plants into agroecosystems, so mark your calendar for March 9!

02/05/2024

Urban livestock workshop this Saturday, 10a-12p! We'll hear about goats from UTRGV SARA staff expert Misty Cornejo and Hub alumni Taylor Snowden and Fátima Garza will share their expertise on quail and chickens! See you there!

01/27/2024

Farm Stand tomorrow from 10AM-12PM🥬 We hope to see you there!!🥕

01/05/2024

Next workshop coming up Saturday January 13! We'll hear from local experts Juan Raygoza and Desi Romero about all the tools and equipment that make small farms and gardens efficient, functional and fun! We'll start off the workshop with a show and tell of all our favorite hand tools so be sure to bring your favorite hoe, pruners, planting tool, etc from home!

01/04/2024

Special feature for this week's market - winter greens tasting medley!!

The greens are all looking glorious and this is your chance to try 5 of our best, all in one bunch!

1-swiss chard
2-bok choy
3-curly kale
4-rainbow toscano
5-tatsoi
6- bunched tasting medley 2-4 leaves each of all 5

Try them all, find your faves, and enjoy as long as the cool weather lasts!

Markets every Saturday, 10-12, at 107 & MonMack in Edinburg

01/03/2024

Are you thinking about starting a Farming or Ranching project?

01/03/2024

Opportunities for agricultural business technical assistance from UTRGV Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Advancement!

Happy New Year! 🎉

Did you make a list of this year's goals? 📝

Did it include expanding or starting a business? 💼

Is your business a farm, ranch, cooperative or rural business? Check out our services perhaps we can help you.

Follow the link to set up an appointment to speak to one of our experts. ===> https://forms.office.com/r/ABgr1k0NWc

12/27/2023

Hi!! Our last farmers market of the year ❤️ come by to check out or awesome sustainably grown produce :)

12/09/2023

We 💚 SOIL!!
Beautiful day at the soil health workshop! We got our hands in the dirt doing soil texture by feel with Dr. Engil Pereira and put lots of good yard waste to use with a hugelkultur build led by Janet Schofield with Cameron County Master Gardeners. Finished up the day with a walk-around the Hub discussing our soil building practices like cover cropping, composting local waste streams, incorporating chickens, and tillage reduction through tarping that have helped improve our soil conditions over the last 4 years.
Thanks to all you joined us!

12/02/2023

December workshop topic is soil health! Saturday Dec 9, 10a-12p at the Hub outdoor classroom! Don't forget to bring a quart size bag or so of your own soil sample from home for the workshop activities and for free nutrient analysis!

11/21/2023

Testing out new harvest bins this morning! Lots of cucumbers and squash rolling in!

11/11/2023

Learned so much about creativity, community, and resilience from this powerful group of farmer panelists this morning!
It was also a great launch to our farmers market season, despite the rains. Thanks to all who joined us!

Markets continue every Saturday 10 am - noon and our next farm workshop will be at the same time on Sat. Dec. 9 on Soil Health and Composting.

Veggie pre-orders and subscriptions also available weekly through Sentli Center for Regenerative Agriculture with farm-fresh goodies from other local farmers as well, including several of our panelists. No better way to support local farms!

11/08/2023

Our first farmers market of the season!!! We have okra, cucumbers, tomato sauce, squash, bok choi and tomato sauce all grown here on the farm :)

11/07/2023

Workshop this weekend! The panel will feature , .farm, and and include so much hard earned farm starting wisdom!
There is some rain in the forecast, so we'll be inside the First United Methodist Church if the weather gets rough.
First Hub farm stand of the season is also Saturday - 10 am - 12 pm!

10/17/2023

Blossoming!

10/12/2023

Fun morning planting our first research trial of the season with UTRGV's Plant Pathology Lab ! Robin and Christian soaked half the cowpeas with Bacillus subtilis (a plant growth promoting rhizobacteria) and will compare their growth and production to untreated cowpeas. Excited to see how they grow and for all the nitrogen the cowpeas will add to the soil over the next few months.