Notable Edibles
by Edible Staff
Good 2 Go Taco
Located in The GreenSpot
702 N. Buckner Blvd
Dallas, TX
214.668.0831
Making Food Work for You.
Lake Highlands Community Garden has teamed up to provide fresh
fruit and vegetables to the North Texas Food Bank for their Operation Frontline classes offered to community members in order to
educate them about the benefits of healthy eating.
The Donation Garden at Lake Highlands is dedicated to growing
fresh organic veggies, herbs and fruits. Their donations in turn help
to promote long and short-term solutions to hunger. The North Texas
Food Bank organizes volunteer chefs and nutritionists to help teach
and educate people how to make healthy food choices and how to
turn these healthy choices into delicious, affordable meals.
To find out more about this program visit the Lake Highlands Community Garden website at www.lhgarden.org and click on the Donation
Garden tab or The North Texas Food Bank. www.ntfb.org. Lake Highlands Community Garden is located at:
7901 Goforth Rd
Dallas, TX
REAL School Gardens
REAL School Gardens is a grassroots gardening program that helps children by supporting elementary
school communities as they design, install and sustain outdoor classrooms (gardens). The inclusive
approach embraces a shared belief that the best way to embed learning into life is to experience it outdoors. The gardens aren’t just pretty places on school campuses but rather are learning labs that raise
hope, spark imaginations and connect children to nature. The group’s support also extends beyond the
garden installation, as it leads schools through an extensive community design process before installation day and conducts ongoing teacher training and networking opportunities throughout the year.
In North Texas alone, REAL School Gardens supports 66 schools, ensuring that more than 40,000 children and 2,300 educators have daily access to nature, and the movement is growing. To learn more or to
participate in an upcoming event, please visit www.realschoolgardens.org.
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Photos: Top, courtesy of North Texas Food Bank;
bottom, courtesy of Real School Gardens
Good 2 Go Taco has a lot of fans—1,196 to be exact on my last Facebook count. After eating one of their tacos, it’s easy to understand
why. Located inside the GreenSpot on the corner of Buckner and
Northcliff, this new taqueria focuses on using local, grass-fed beef,
pork and chicken combined with organic produce. Good 2 Go Taco
sells tasty, from-scratch soft tacos that satisfy the appetite without
overloading the stomach. Veteran chefs Jeana Johnson and Colleen
O’Hare saw a need to give the public what they wanted, and their
business was born. GreenSpot supports the local food scene with
their healthy convenience foods, locally produced products and even
a farmers market in their parking lot, making it the perfect place to
launch this new business. The chefs change the menu daily around
the deliveries they receive from their local providers. Offerings can
include tacos with names like Swine Blue, a pulled pork and blue
cheese slaw taco, The Jerk, jerk chicken with mango and Late Riser,
house made chorizo with mashed potatoes. They even offer veggie
and vegan tacos for those who shun meat. Be sure and stop in sometime to try their delicious offerings. Good taste, excellent value!