San Antonio's restaurant scene just earned its highest recognition yet, and it happened because a Pearl District chef spent a decade building relationships with small, independent Texas farms. In 2025, Isidore became one of only two restaurants in Texas to receive a Michelin Green Star, awarded specifically for its commitment to sourcing from local independent growers. Their chef described it simply: "This is really just the only way we know how to cook."
That's the market The Odd Sprout was built for. After years of service as an Air Force aviator and a career in operations and process improvement, Caleb returned to Medina County and saw the same gap those chefs were working around: San Antonio's best kitchens wanted consistently available specialty produce: microgreens, gourmet mushrooms, shiso, edible flowers and there wasn't a local farm supplying it reliably. So he built one. We grow the things that don't fit neatly on a standard produce list. The odd things. The ones that make a dish worth remembering. Every crop is grown on our Medina County property, harvested to order, and delivered direct. No warehouse, no distributor, no guessing about when it was actually picked.
Service-disabled veteran-owned. Medina County grown. Built for San Antonio's kitchens.