Turkey Day Economics
The news from the Farm Bureau is that cost of Thanksgiving dinner is up 14% to a whopping $53.31. Of… Read More »Turkey Day Economics
People’s History in Texas Blog
Pesticides and the Right to Know
August 5th 1982, farmworker Sacharias Ruiz awoke at dawn in Bryan, Texas. He would not live to see the sun… Read More »Pesticides and the Right to Know
Sarah and the Two Jims
The 1980s were hard times for agriculture, the worst hard times since the Great Depression. When you look at the… Read More »Sarah and the Two Jims
VOICE LESSONS
PHIT is proud to announce the publication of Voice Lessons, a major memoir of one of Austin’s own legendary activists. … Read More »VOICE LESSONS
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
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 really have a name or a presence even in the cooking… Read More »The Beginning of Southwest Cuisine and the Farm to Table Movement