DALLAS INNERCITY GROWERS
REIMAGINING THE NORTH TEXAS FOOD SYSTEM
We are Dallas InnerCity Growers’ (DIG), our initiative strives to play a vital role in uniting, supporting, and encouraging collaborations among community change makers from diverse backgrounds: growers, academics, activists, scientists, theologians, filmmakers, funders, and more!
DIG Summit 2025: Resilient Food Ecosystems
This community-hosted North Texas Resiliency Food Systems summit is back for the 3rd annual Dallas InnerCity Growers’ Summit (DIGS). DIGS is a collaborative forum for producers, food system stakeholders, and backyard enthusiasts looking to improve the way our region feeds itself. The summit hosts networking sessions, expert insights, hands-on workshops, farm tours and more.
including networking sessions, expert insights, hands-on workshops, farm tours and more!
bringing together a collaborative network of food system stakeholders.
to increase understanding of food-system related challenges facing North Texas and develop participant agency.
focusing on 2 content tracks – Food Systems Resiliency and Growing Together to Benefit Everyone.
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Join growers, community activists, investors, educators, and food system practitioners for a brain boosting, boots on the ground experience with hands-on resources and darn good networking! Full details and shareable flyer here!
We are beyond grateful to welcome Dr. Lyla June as a keynote speaker at this year’s DIG Summit.
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DIGS | Building resilient FOOD SYSTEMS
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The call for proposals for the 3rd annual Dallas InnerCity Growers’ Summit is officially open. Practitioners or Researchers working on projects that involve DIG Summit relevant topics are encouraged to submit an abstract. Please follow the link below to submit your proposal. The review committee will consider all submissions. Presentation proposals must be submitted using the required submission form by August 1 at 11:59 p.m. CST. At this time, the proposal submission platform will close, and no other submissions will be accepted. For questions or assistance, please email friends@digsummit.org.
Meet the sponsors behind dig summit 2025
Our 2025 sponsors’ unwavering commitment to equity, sustainability, food justice, and community power isn’t just aligned with DIG’s mission—it actively shapes the future we’re building together. Their support makes it possible for DIG to convene the doers, the dreamers, and the disruptors who are growing what’s next.
We don’t just thank them—we stand with them. Scroll on and get to know the people and organizations who make this summit more than just a moment.
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DIG currently offers a range of experiential programs:
The first-ever Dallas InnerCity Growers’ Summit – a collaborative forum for producers and food system stakeholders looking to improve the way our region feeds itself. The Summit features networking sessions, expert speakers, workshops, and more.
Farm tours to gain first-hand insights into regional practices and entrepreneurship.
Newsletter packed with event updates, education, and funding sources.
Interactive workshops, and much more to come!
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THE AGE OF PLASTIC FOOD
We live in an urban concrete jungle where mass produced food is the norm. For many of us, the idea of a more localized food system is often met with discouragement and a loss of hope. In a disconnected world that’s business as usual, it leaves us in a space of anxiety over rising costs, climate disruption, aging farmers, degrading soil, and the lost art of growing food.
GET A SEAT AT THE TABLE
Through the power of our Urban Regenerative Food collective, YO[UR] Food Collective, DIG’s mission is to give food system stakeholders a voice in a safe space to discover and find solutions to the obstacles within our urban food system. It’s about challenging existing belief systems and mindsets, pushing boundaries to reconnect urban and environmental systems.
LET’S GROW OUR MOVEMENT
DIG goes beyond cultivating food; it cultivates human connection. Through interactive experiences, networking opportunities, and collaborative growing, we’re creating spaces where knowledge and unique perspectives are shared to improve the health and wealth of our cities so everyone can thrive.
In August 2022, the Dallas InnerCity Growers’ Network organized a dozen folks who set their site on building a more resilient food system in North Texas. As we’ve been growing into this space so have our dedicated collaborators!
Join us in celebrating the folks who have helped grow the DIG movement!
Ashley Hutto, Rabekha Siebert, Claire Howel, Brad Boa, Meghna Tare, Nilesh Morar, Blaine Rogers, Bev Shelby, Helen Dulac, Kelly Varga, Lauren Tankersley, Maggi Molina, Maleke O’Ney, Vanessa Conley, Jeff Bednar, Michaela Ensweiler, Lexi Macmillian Uribe, Katerina Graham, Ashlynn Fix, Wilma Tichelaar, Jordan Jent, Mike Bell, P. Wade Ross, Hallie Casey, Kathryn Bazan, Helena Banks, Froswa Booker-Drew, Jaynie Schultz, Gene Wisakowsk, Kim High, Amber Williams, Terance Jenkins, Theresa Daniels, Joel Orsini, Ross Deotto.
Thanks for your interest in the Dallas InnerCity Growers’! If you have any questions or comments, please share them with us at friends@digsummit.org.
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