Class Credit

Reviewing the Central Market Cooking School

"...menu accompanied by liberal doses of information about sustainable agriculture. Both classes offered worthwhile information, wonderful food, and enjoyable..."

March 24, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Loyal Lieutenants

Bush Applies Litmus Test of Allegiance in Choosing Inner Circle

"...accident in college. In 1990, he ended populist Democratic agriculture commissioner Jim Hightower's career in politics when he spread..."

March 17, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Benevolent Agitator

Jim Hightower's undiluted populism is wittty, rousing, and engaging, Clay Smith asserts in a review of Hightower's new book If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote, They Would Have Given Us Candidates

"...Stripes and Dead Armadillos (1997) and a two-term state agriculture commissioner, takes on the status quo in all its..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Hitting the Pavement

Building SH 130 is still being considered in terms of costs, routes, and whether it will be a toll road.

"...EIS -- with support from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture -- concludes that none of the farmland is so..."

Jan. 21, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Money, It's a Gas

Economics, schmeconomics: Chronicle reviewer Roger Gathman compiles the latest books about the (almost) first commodity, money.

"...which one works -- in other words, manufacturing or agriculture. The accessories to unproductive labor -- lawyers, bureaucrats, or,..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Naked City

George W. Bush's tightly choreographed campaign excludes all but the friendliest media; but will it backfire?

"...the statewide elected officials. The Republican coterie, from statuesque Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs to diminutive Comptroller Carole Keeton Rylander,..."

Dec. 31, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Day Trips

Country Christmas tree farms and other holi-day trips.

"...their Web site at http://www.texaschristmastrees.com. The Texas Department of Agriculture also has a list of tree farms at http://www.agr.state.tx.us...."

Dec. 10, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Recipes and Remembrances From an Eastern Mediterranean Kitchen: A Culinary Journey through Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan

"...BC witnessed the growth of societies based on large-scale agriculture and mass canal irrigation projects. The Greater Syrians are..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Day Trips

Tyler, Texas' own City of Roses.

"...grew as a rose-producing and research area. The Texas Agriculture Department and the locally sponsored Texas Rose Research Foundation..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Deadly Globs

Brenner recalls the time Carl Orff took his breath away. Really.

"...A good year for a certain subset of Mexican agriculture, a bumper crop of verdant friendlies with the smartest..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Postmarks

The beefs this week: Chronicle reporter Robert Bryce on CNN, genetically engineered foods, Steamboat, John Aielli, Paul Minor, and more.

"...grocers. Write to our elected representatives, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman, and the FDA. Sign on to online..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Column

Black Elvis

"...with mice," and dislikes "the Dept. of Food & Agriculture." Since the lead-off track on First Come First Served..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

GE Foods: Most Commonly Altered Crops

Aug. 6, 1999 Food Feature

Gourmet Food Tariffs Hit Chefs In The Kitchen

Aug. 6, 1999 Food Feature

Iron Writer

"...is littered with scripts and magazines, many related to agriculture and cattle raising. His wife Suzanne, an amateur photographer,..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Screens Feature by Cary L. Roberts

When Good Food Goes Bad

"...U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and, in turn, the State Health Department codes. By..."

June 4, 1999 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Day Trips

"...Agri-Feast in Seguin showcases the local agriculture industries plus food samples of locally grown products, May..."

May 28, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Postmarks

Sucking Us Dry

"...industry and urban centers, and to the detriment of agriculture and a sustainable rural economy. When the Lost Pines..."

May 21, 1999 Column

Day Trips

"...time the assignments included military training. The departments of Agriculture and the Interior supervised the workday projects, according to..."

April 23, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...per hour (the Texas minimum wage for jobs in agriculture and domestic service), and wage-earners' lack of access to..."

April 16, 1999 News Feature

The Lhasa Moon Tibetan Cookbook

"...only for grazing, and the climate is ill-suited to agriculture, they have no choice but to be pragmatic...."

March 5, 1999 Food Feature

Day Trips

"...murals are based on American themes of regional history, agriculture, new industries, and local legends. Most of the murals..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City

"...Iraq as a member of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a team of agricultural and nutrition experts..."

Jan. 29, 1999 News Feature

On the Lege

Inaugural Notes

"...is not an effort to point the finger at agriculture or exterminators," James said, "because we know everyone is..."

Jan. 22, 1999 News Column

Meatier Media Moments

The News at Nine

"...in Austin, the former Texas Observer editor and Texas Agriculture Commissioner had finally picked up a local carrier. But..."

Jan. 8, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

Preaching to the Converted

"Troubling Era"

"...TxDOT in its eight-lane butt. By the way, the agriculture industry in Texas, powerful as it is, has used..."

Dec. 25, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

All-Star Team

"...Annexation. In 1995, a failed measure by then-representative, now Agriculture Commissioner-elect Susan Combs would have prohibited annexations except by..."

Dec. 4, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff

The Numbers

"...Raymond 25 40 Montez 5 3 Undecided 35 -- Agriculture Commissioner Combs 34 57 Patterson 31 42 LaBaume 3..."

Nov. 27, 1998 News Column

Bittersweet Ending

Notes From the Republican Revolution

"...had endorsed Sharp even though Perry, as the sitting agriculture commissioner, was the group's most logical choice. Stallman stayed..."

Nov. 6, 1998 News Feature

Election Results

"...49% 40% Monte Montez (L) 4% 3% Commissioner of Agriculture Susan Combs (R) 54% 57% Pete Patterson (D) 44%..."

Nov. 6, 1998 News Feature

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