Granted

The Austin Food & Wine Alliance, the beneficiary arm of the Austin Food & Wine Festival, announced the recipients of $20,000 in grants for "culinary innovation and community benefit." The winners: hard cider producer Argus Cidery which "will be the first Texas apple orchard using organic practices," Tecolote Farm in Manor, home to the longest-running CSA in Texas and the Connally High School Culinary Arts Department in Pflugerville, which will produce a documentary about raising beef in Texas. [Eaterwire]