Urban American FarmerTrisha Bates

Trisha Bates is the founder of Urban American Farmer, based in Austin, TX with the mission to cultivate passionate participants in our local food system. Trisha grew up in the rich midwest soil, bottle-feeding lambs and digging in the garden. After a degree in City Planning and a decade working in restaurants, Trisha now builds networks between city and country, farmer and chef, human and land. She is an advocate for every piece of our local food community, and invites you to join her on this journey. Trisha recently launched Field Guide Festival, a food system festival for Austin, expanding the farm to table movement into an interactive community experience.