Texas Organic Label part 4
Dennis Holbrook was appointed by Hightower to the Texas Organic Advisory Board that Dan Kelley was assembling that would craft… Read More »Texas Organic Label part 4
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The Jeff Friedman Story: A First Glance
By Sarah Pike Today, Austin faces a myriad of problems including rampant water issues, gentrification, and overcrowding; and like… Read More »The Jeff Friedman Story: A First Glance
Exploring Space City!
Space City! was an underground newspaper published in Houston from the summer of 1969 to the summer of 1972. The… Read More »Exploring Space City!
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
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
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