Pesticides are Hell on Bugs and Not Much Better on People
People’s History in Texas is in the middle of a in-depth project collecting oral history and archives on the Jim… Read More »Pesticides are Hell on Bugs and Not Much Better on People
Texas Department of Agriculture
Wine, Texas, and the Camelot Project
The Jim Hightower Department of Agriculture (1983-1991) operated like the Knights of the Round Table. He attracted men and women… Read More »Wine, Texas, and the Camelot Project
Farmer’s Markets in Texas
Farmer’s Markets!! Don’t we all just love going down to our local farmer’s market and getting our sprouts and… Read More »Farmer’s Markets in Texas
40 years of No
Forty years ago, the Department of Energy made a colossally ill-conceived effort to declare Deaf Smith County a repository for… Read More »40 years of No
Black Farmers in Texas part III
by Benjamin Brown Black land loss ranked among the most pressing civil rights issues of the late 20th century, and… Read More »Black Farmers in Texas part III
The Beginning of Southwest Cuisine and the Farm to Table Movement By Shereena Mathew Before the 80’s, Southwestern cuisine didn’t… Read More »
Black Farmers in Texas (part 2)
by Benjamin Brown When the guns of the American Civil War fell silent in May of 1865, a precarious peace… Read More »Black Farmers in Texas (part 2)
Black Farmers in Texas
by Benjamin Brown Part 1 In 1973, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz rendered clear his approach to farm policy:… Read More »Black Farmers in Texas
Wind Power and the TDA
Texas is the now King of Wind! Wind delivered 22% of the state’s electrical energy in 2019. More than the… Read More »Wind Power and the TDA
Farm Bill 1985: A Lost Opportunity
Rally to Save Family Farms Texas Populism Project Doug Zabel grew up on a farm in the Midwest and was… Read More »Farm Bill 1985: A Lost Opportunity