Founded in the early 1970s by oil and gas billionaire George Mitchell, The Woodlands has become a 28, 000-acre master planned community carved out of the pine forest to become home to 200, 000.

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Although a bit bare bones at the moment, the Friends of the Beacon Food Forest website has additional information on the project including the design master plan.

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