About Us

We recognize the healing power of raw foods and natural strategies to resolve health issues. Our community supports your journey toward a happy and healthy life!

Our Mission

Our Mission Statement:

To help you solve and prevent health problems, naturally, and to help create a community that you can be a part of which will help to support you and be a good influence so you can sustain a happy, healthy, energetic life!

Who Is This For?

Our Philosophy:

We recognize the regenerative power of raw foods — especially fruit. We acknowledge natural health and holistic strategies and their effectiveness in helping somebody with their health. wellness and energy.

We practice using logical approaches in harmony with nature’s principals. We recognize the mind / body / spirit aspects of achieving optimal health.

We acknowledge that the path to change the health of the world for the better is by building community, friendships and alliances where we help each other. We believe in the importance of standing by one another, supporting each other’s journeys, and nurturing the soul within.

Meet Texas Fruit Festival Co-Founder Dave Escamilla

Dave Escamilla joined the Texas Fruit Festival to create the kind of gathering he wished had existed during his own journey toward better health, greater energy, and a more connected life.

After experiencing years of serious health challenges, Dave began exploring nutrition, natural wellness practices, and the relationship between physical health and personal transformation. That experience eventually inspired him to help build a community where people could learn, form genuine friendships, and discover new possibilities for their lives.

Dave is also the creator and host of Rapid Regeneration, a free educational platform featuring interviews and conversations about nutrition, wellness, personal growth, and purposeful living.

Meet the Texas Fruit Festival Team

Members of the Board of Directors Skyler Athey and Karen Osborne have been an integral part of Texas Fruit Festival since 2021 and have shown great dedication to creating a community here that we can all enjoy together.

Skyler Athey, once a stereotypical Redneck, is now a Regenerative Lifestyle Activist and Steward of Nature. Since his enlightenment of nature’s correct principals, Skyler has been in pursuit of researching, living and inspiring the most regenerative lifestyle possible! Peace Love & Seasonal Fruit!

Karen Osborne is a gourmet raw food chef and instructor, Ayurvedic and Macrobiotic chef, licensed Food for Life Instructor for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and registered yoga teacher, whose mission it is to keep people living meaningful, independent lives for as long as possible.

The Venue:

A little bit about the super special venue, Casa de Luz, located at 1701 Toomey Rd, Austin, TX 78704

This facility sits on 1 acre right next to downtown Austin, Lake Austin, Barton Creek, and numerous walking trails. For over 30 years, this has been a vegan community center and a place for followers of holistic health to gather in Austin.

There is a whole-foods plant-based restaurant onsite, a cafe and cacao meditation lounge, a juicery, sauna, hot and cold plunge, a courtyard area, numerous indoor spaces for activities — plus lots of areas for seating, lounging, relaxing and taking in the beautiful scenery.