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Blanco Lavender Festival
Fragrant entertainment is to be had at Blanco's Lavender Festival
"...Eight lavender farms in the Blanco area will welcome the public with..."

June 13, 2008 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Culture Flash!
Austin Museum Day turns 10, and TCA names a new director
"...and Museum, the French Legation, the German Free School, Pioneer Farms), and nature centers (the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Recycling for Biodiesel Down on the Farm
What happened when Kim Alexander met Luis Centeno
"...many ways, the Alexanders' farm is much like the farms of the pioneer families that built this country. Although..."

May 25, 2007 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

TV Eye
Is Free Speech F****d?
"...the Biscuits benefit this Friday, Nov. 3, at the Pioneer Farms. For more information on this event, contact Laura..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...June 9th issues both failed to recommend a quintessential pioneer of the industrial music genre: Front Line Assembly. Was..."

June 23, 2006 Column

Summer Camp Guide
"...PIONEER FARMS Texas Prairie Culture Your kids will learn about..."

April 28, 2006 Features Feature by Nora Ankrum

TV Eye
Next week is a big week in network TV
"...attitude, and the goodwill of local entities like the Pioneer Farms (where they film on location free of charge)..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...uplands a "treed-up" waste, Lick Creek is being ravaged, Pioneer Farms is being nibbled away in favor of multiple..."

April 15, 2005 Column

Not So!
"...uplands a "treed-up" waste, Lick Creek is being ravaged, Pioneer Farms is being nibbled away in favor of multiple..."

April 8, 2005 Postmarks

Gimme Them Biscuits
Austin theatre's barnyard brothers are ready to take over TV – and the world
"...about music. The pilot episode, shot on location at Pioneer Farms, revolves around a search for some missing musical..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Still Scary, Still Subversive
Alamo's Roadshow of the Living Dead brings George Romero to Austin
"...in person, happens on Saturday, July 24, at 6pm, Pioneer Farms, 11418 Sprinkle Cut-Off Rd. For more information, call..."

July 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Naked City
The General Land Office throws the doors open for wind power in the Gulf.
"..."The oldest state agency will once again be a pioneer of land initiatives, while finding a new revenue source..."

Oct. 31, 2003 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large
The City Council takes a hard look at the budget crisis -- and blinks.
"...was even talk, for God's sake, of money for Pioneer Farms...."

Sept. 12, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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Our readers talk back.
"...City Should Treasure Pioneer Farm..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Column

City Should Treasure Pioneer Farm
"...The probable closing of Jourdan-Bachmann Pioneer Farms reported recently would be a disaster, for young..."

Sept. 2, 2003 Postmarks

You Can't Touch This
The budget battles, Round 2: Citizens rally to save community services
"...-- from services to at-risk youth to funding for Pioneer Farms -- are being felled by the new fiscal..."

Aug. 22, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

'The Worst of All Worlds'
"...Playgrounds and Totally Cool, Totally Art, and funding for Pioneer Farms is zeroed out entirely. The Roving Leader program..."

Aug. 22, 2003 News Feature

Clean Energy: Austin's Next Boom?
A Preview of Clean Energy Potential in Central Texas
"...electricity generation. The Lower Colorado River Authority, considered the pioneer utility in wind power, has included wind in its..."

June 21, 2002 News Feature by Courtney Barry

Postmarks Web Extra
Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks
"...the man for whom it was named with a pioneer newscaster Edward R. Murrow. What a lame brain. That..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Postmarks Web Extra
Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks
"...the man for whom it was named with a pioneer newscaster Edward R. Murrow. What a lame brain. That..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

Day Trips
The venerable, towering National Forests of Texas.
"...is a little more than half of what the pioneers found when they arrived in the early 1800s. Massive..."

June 1, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Santa Claus Is dot.Coming
Some off-kilter suggestions for the online shopper interested in more than Amazon.com.
"...Dayshttp://www.24hours7days.com/ A catalog of weirdly diverse products including ant farms, kaleidoscopes, maps, rock collections, math games, etc. ad absurdum...."

Dec. 10, 1999 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Day Trips
"...Barn to Yarn, a fiber arts festival at the Pioneer Museum in Fredericksburg, will feature a kissing contest with..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Postmarks
Nichols Is Biased
"...wrote for The Austin Chronicle December 11 featuring Evergreen Farms ["Day Trips," Vol.18, No.15]. We have been in the..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Column

Keep On Shoppin'
Wheatsville Calls on Old Friends to Stay Afloat
"...farming collectives. "The ACP," recalls John Dickerson, a co-op pioneer and early Wheatsville organizer, "was one of the most..."

Nov. 8, 1996 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Budget Is Hell
Mitchell Loses Big While Griffith Saves the Day
"...Thereafter, Reynolds moved to provide $75,000 to Pioneer Farms. Staff had recommended cutting the farm, a microcosmic..."

Sept. 20, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

Pushing Priorities
Councilmembers Lay Down Their Cards
"...Parks & Recreation Department (PARD) to reinstate funding for Pioneer Farms and for the horticulture unit, and to put..."

Sept. 6, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Cruel to Be Kind
The Sting of Austin's 1996-97 Budget
"...centers. We nearly lost the city's North Austin clinic. Pioneer Farms is definitely on the way out. And, of..."

Aug. 23, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Mini-Series Madness
Better Than Shogun Anyway...
"...* A $100,000 reduction from Jourdan Bachman Pioneer Farms, a microcosmic retreat to life in the old..."

July 19, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

Day Trips
"...New Canaan Farms' Jam Hour has discontinued its live Saturday night radio..."

Sept. 1, 1995 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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