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
Richard Croxdale
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
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
Texas Organic Label First in Nation
First Texas official Organic Label Texas was first State to certify an Organic Label for produce. That’s right—TEXAS! In 1987,… Read More »Texas Organic Label First in Nation
Texas Ag Department and Nuclear Waste
Billboard in Deaf Smith County This is the first post on PHIT’s oral interviews with Texas Department of Agriculture Hightower… Read More »Texas Ag Department and Nuclear Waste
PHIT New Project
Hightower Campaign Poster The Hightower Years Farms on Fire The Texas Camelot PHIT is beginning a new oral history… Read More »PHIT New Project
A way station for the Underground Railroad in Blanco County
Some may be surprised that there was an Underground Railroad network in Texas. By Steve Rossignol | The Rag Blog | February 13,… Read More »A way station for the Underground Railroad in Blanco County