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AJ Beard
Executive Director of the Texas Center for Local Food and beginning farmer in Smithville, TX.
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Oct 8, 2026
Hello Houston – The Commuter Cut (October 8, 2026)
19:32

Tessa BarreraHOST
So can you talk about maybe how it got started, why it was necessary for Texas Center for Local Food?
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19:39A.J. BeardGUEST
So as I mentioned, Sue Beckwith was one of the farmers that was working in the Central Texas group of small-scale farmers.
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19:47A.J. BeardGUEST
They were producing food that nourished humans, right? And they were struggling to scale up.
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19:53A.J. BeardGUEST
So getting started, going to farmer's markets, selling to neighbors, right? Selling to people they could talk to one-on-one was great.
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Hello Houston (October 8, 2026)
62:17

Tessa BarreraHOST
So can you talk about maybe how it got started, why it was necessary for Texas Center for Local Food?
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62:25AJ BeardGUEST
So as I mentioned, Sue Beckwith was one of the farmers that was working in the Central Texas group of small-scale farmers.
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62:30AJ BeardGUEST
They were doing organic, they were doing regenerative, they were producing food that nourished humans, right? And they were struggling to scale up.
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62:38AJ BeardGUEST
So getting started, going to farmer's markets, selling to neighbors, right? Selling to people they could talk to one-on-one was great.
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62:46AJ BeardGUEST
So everyone listening, definitely go support your local farmer through a farmer's market or a farm share box or something like that.
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