Our Impact on McKinney
Education
We fundamentally believe we can educate our community out of poverty by starting with education in the formative years.
8 Local school garden and FFA programs supported through grants from the Seed Project Foundation
1,000+ kids impacted by our grants for gardens and FFA
Sustainability
Harvest honored on the TxN 20 list two years in row (2019 and 2020) for a demonstrable commitment to conservation
2.5 tons of restaurant waste diverted into compost annually at Water Boy Farms and McKinney Roots
~2734 kWh saved per year using all LED bulbs to light the restaurants
Harvest and Rick’s Chophouse use all compostable takeout containers
Philanthropy
Granted $300,000 to 44 local nonprofits through grants from the Seed Project Foundation
More than $170,000 in gift cards to Rick’s and Harvest donated to local fundraisers
Hospitality
The restaurants bring 150k visitors to Downtown McKinney every year
Rick’s Chophouse has been named in the Top 100 Restaurants in the D/FW area and one of Top Ten Southern/Texan restaurants in North Texas by Dallas Morning News
Rick’s has received over a hundred “Best of” Awards and the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for the last eleven years
Harvest Seasonal Kitchen was named in the Top Ten Best New Restaurants of the Year by the Dallas Moring News and Best New Restaurants by D Magazine
Opportunity
80% of the leadership team worked their way up through the company
7 of the 10 members of the leadership team members are women
Twenty members of the staff have been employed with the company for more than 10 years
The Goddard School at Craig Ranch employs the national 2020 Teacher of the Year