Bill Text: TX HR621 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Resolution 621

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Bill Title: Congratulating Ivy L. Walls on her receipt of a 2025 Outstanding Texan Award from the Texas Legislative Black Caucus.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2025-04-21 - Reported enrolled [HR621 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HR621-Introduced.html

	89R20715 BPG-D

	By: Simmons	H.R. No. 621



	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Ivy L. Walls of Houston is being honored with a 2025
	Outstanding Texan Award from the Texas Legislative Black Caucus;
	and
	WHEREAS, The owner of Ivy Leaf Farms, Ms. Walls is dedicated
	to improving the health of her fellow Sunnyside residents; she
	became a third-generation farmer after earning her bachelor's
	degree in biology from Prairie View A&M University and beginning a
	career in the medical field; during the COVID-19 pandemic, she was
	employed as an infection preventionist by the Memorial Hermann
	Health System; she understood the importance of good nutrition in
	battling illness and recognized a serious need in Sunnyside, a
	USDA-designated food desert in which few residents had ready access
	to a grocery store with fresh produce; and
	WHEREAS, Ms. Walls started growing vegetables in her
	parents' backyard to give to neighbors; finding great satisfaction
	in that endeavor, she began cultivating five acres owned by her
	parents and quit her job to establish Ivy Leaf Farms in 2020; using
	her entrepreneurial skills, she launched a GoFundMe on social
	media; she also received a $10,000 grant from a joint initiative by
	Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and the NAACP; building community
	connections, the farm hosts events and offers opportunities for
	neighbors to get in touch with nature and learn about sustainable
	growing practices and nutrient-dense foods; in addition, staff
	members visit schools to help set up community gardens that will
	encourage interest in agriculture among the next generation;
	Ms. Walls cofounded Black Farmer Box, which provides locally
	sourced produce to food desert residents, and then Fresh Houwse
	Grocery, a bodega-style business that features the products of
	local farmers and serves as a neighborhood gathering place; and
	WHEREAS, Through her vision and commitment to improving the
	well-being of her fellow Houstonians, Ivy Walls has set an
	inspiring example of civic-minded entrepreneurship, and she is
	indeed deserving of special recognition; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas
	Legislature hereby congratulate Ivy L. Walls on her receipt of a
	2025 Outstanding Texan Award from the Texas Legislative Black
	Caucus and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, be
	it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for Ms. Walls as an expression of high regard by the Texas
	House of Representatives.