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"Trails to Swales" Watershed Regeneration Launches @ Sovereignty Ranch
After several years of conversations, planning, and shared visioning around what a holistic Hill Country watershed regeneration effort could look like, a new collaboration has taken shape on the ground at Sovereignty Ranch. This month, Terra Advocati's Jess Mayes joined forces with Bryan Hummel of Water Ranching, Pete Van Dyck of Drought Proof Texas, and Mollie and Ryland Engelhart of Sovereignty Ranch to launch the first phase of a Trails to Swales demonstration project. At
Terra Advocati
Apr 43 min read
CREA Fellows Visit Gardopia Gardens on San Antonio’s East Side
Our second CREA visit of the season brought fellows to the east side of San Antonio, where we were warmly welcomed by Dominic Dominguez and the team at Gardopia Gardens. Dominic and a CREA student currently internining shared the story of how Gardopia Gardens came to life and how it has grown into a deeply rooted community organization. Today, their work reaches roughly 60 schools across the San Antonio area, helping students engage with food, soil, and the natural systems th
Terra Advocati
Mar 191 min read
2026 CREA Program Kicks Off at the San Antonio Food Bank
This year, we are proud to welcome 20 new CREA fellows from the University of Texas at San Antonio and the Alamo Colleges District. These students bring energy, curiosity, and a shared commitment to understanding how food systems, land stewardship, and community resilience all come together in practice. Our first visit of the season brought us back to the San Antonio Food Bank, where we were generously hosted by Farm Coordinator Torin Metz. This visit continues a growing seri
Terra Advocati
Mar 33 min read
Year-in-Review: Artistic & Transformative Practice
It’s been one year since our launch of Huertos Familiares and over the course of that time we have seeded and supported several gardens in San Antonio, Austin, Cedar Park, Houston, Tucson, Chicago, and Dallas. We have shared lessons, photos, and fruits from our gardens. We’ve deepened our commitments to each other, to the land, to gathering in community. In the Spring of 2025, we hosted our first Harvest Sobremesa with everyone that participated in the pilot launch of the pro
Marissa Ramirez
Feb 53 min read
Growing Together: Evolution of the Huasteca Regenerative Agriculture Center
Rooted in Place, Oriented Toward the Future The Huasteca Regenerative Agriculture Center is an intentionally local project with a global lens. Located in Ejido El Chino, in the municipality of Tamasopo in San Luis Potosí, the Center was born from a simple but urgent question: how can rural communities restore land, health, and livelihoods after decades of extractive agricultural practices, while remaining economically viable and culturally grounded? Ejido El Chino sits withi
Terra Advocati
Jan 256 min read
In Memory of J. David Bamberger: A Legacy of Regeneration
J. David Bamberger was an inspiration to me, to us, to our contributors and allies across the Texas Hill Country, and to people far beyond it. His work did not just change a place. It changed how many of us understand what land can become when it is given time, patience, and respect. Bamberger showed the world that degraded land is not a lost cause, but an opportunity. He showed that hydrological systems have value, that water remembers how to move through a landscape, and th
Jess Mayes
Jan 194 min read
What’s on the Line: Howard–Solstice and the Texas Hill Country
Almost every Texan carries a fond memory of the Hill Country. For some, it’s swimming in a clear river on a hot summer day. For others, it’s a drive along winding roads lined with live oaks and limestone bluffs, or a quiet morning watching deer graze in the distance. The Hill Country is not just a place on a map. It is part of Texas’s shared identity, tied deeply to water, land, and the rhythms of nature that sustain both. Today, that landscape faces a serious and largely avo
Terra Advocati
Jan 163 min read
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