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Feb. 22, 2002 Column
Food-o-File
What's cooking in the Central Texas food scene.
"...playing an important part in the cycle of sustainable agriculture. Making a living in agriculture is a dicey proposition..."
June 1, 2001 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood
Who You Gonna Call?
Small Texas towns look to Austin and Washington to jump-start economic development
"...a reporter to deliver that message for him, though. Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs has toured Brim's factory and touted..."
Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
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"...President-elect George W. Bush has just announced a 31-member Agriculture Transition Advisory Team that will be responsible for setting..."
Jan. 5, 2001 Column
The Year That Wasn't
"...Perry to the meat-beat at the U.S. Department of Agriculture...."
Jan. 5, 2001 News Feature
Naked City
Cheney and Bush interview prospective hires. Which Texans go to Washington as Bush takes office and the economy cools down?
"...state rep) Susan Combs was mentioned as secretary of agriculture. So was putative Democratic Rep. Charlie Stenholm -- whose..."
Dec. 22, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose
It's the Planet, Stupid
George W. Bush is not sure global warming and the greenhouse effect are a problem.
"...occurred in Texas since 1996 have cost the state's agriculture sector an estimated $5 billion, according to figures from..."
Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce
Food Set
"...patriarch Eddie, who had spent a lifetime working in agriculture and 25 years growing pecans before moving into salsa..."
Aug. 25, 2000 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery
Letters at 3AM
Hot news about global warming.
"...of California, which means less runoff, less water for agriculture and for the Southern California megalopolis of Los Angeles-San..."
Aug. 4, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura
Carrying the Burden
During Gov. Bush's campaign for his party's presidential nomination last fall, reporters asked the candidate to comment on a federal government report asserting that many Texans, including large numbers of children, were going to bed hungry. "I saw the report that children in Texas are going hungry. Where?" he demanded, going on to say, "You'd think the governor would have heard if there are pockets of hunger in Texas." Indeed, you would, especially if one of those pockets is just a few miles from his front door, Virginia B. Wood explains as she explores the very pockets of hunger in Austin Bush has difficulty fathoming.
"...his front door. According to a U.S. Department of Agriculture study titled "Measuring Food Security in the U.S.," the..."
April 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood
On Good Land: The Autobiography of an Urban Farm
"..."Sustainable agriculture" is a common catch phrase tossed around by a..."
Oct. 15, 1999 Food Review by Ronna Welsh
The Can't-Miss Kid
The Man Behind the W.
"...he helped another party switcher, Rick Perry, beat incumbent Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower. That same year, he worked for..."
May 28, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce
Image Over Substance
Perry's Past
"...Before Rick Perry was agriculture commissioner, before he was even a Republican, he was..."
Oct. 30, 1998 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee
Food-O-File
"...a run in the statewide race for Commissioner of Agriculture. Citizens concerned about the state of agriculture in our..."
April 24, 1998 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood
The Mouse That Roared
Organic Food Production Threatened by the USDA
"...national organic regulations proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) last December as one of the top food..."
Feb. 27, 1998 Food Feature by Steve Sprinkel
Endorsements
Travis Co. Democrats:
"...Commissioner of Agriculture:..."
Feb. 27, 1998 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board
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The Executioner
"...The Department of Agriculture is holding a hearing in Austin on Thursday, February..."
Feb. 13, 1998 Column
Not Keen on Green
Enviros: Bristol and Biscoe Don't Cut It
"...rely on support from a favorite populist, former state agriculture commissioner Jim Hightower, under whom Biscoe served as general..."
Feb. 13, 1998 News Feature by Amy Smith
God's Steward at the TNRCC
In Barry McBee's Environment, Politics and Religion Mix
"...when Rick Perry defeated incumbent Jim Hightower in the Agriculture Commissioner's race, McBee got a call from Mike Toomey,..."
Jan. 16, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce
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"...of the World Forests" published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN: "Between 1990 and 1995, the..."
Jan. 9, 1998 Column
Mushroom Websites
"...http://www.agriculture.com/user.pages/Mushroom.html The Mushroom Council..."
Oct. 24, 1997 Food Feature
Texas' Cotton Boll
Farmers Fight Boll Weevil Program in Court
"...that two scientists from the Weslaco office of the Agriculture Research Service -- an arm of the U.S. Dept...."
Nov. 29, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce
Not a Drop to Drink
Comal Springs Is Drying Up
"...cotton crop. Two entomologists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture pinned much of the blame for the disaster on..."
July 12, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce
Common Ground
Alice Waters and Carla Marshall Promote Vegucation
"...California superintendent of schools and sympathetic U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials who administer the national Team Nutrition program..."
June 28, 1996 Food Feature
Off the Desk
"...to a controversial report by two U.S. Department of Agriculture entomologists, K.R. Summy and J.R. Raulston, Shields said, "We..."
Jan. 26, 1996 News Feature
A Landmark Year in Food
Chronicle Critics' Top Tens for 1995
"...to Austin: There was just something perfect about Republican Agriculture Commissioner Rick Perry hosting a $125 a plate dinner..."
Jan. 5, 1996 Food Feature
Field Guide Festival Returns to Celebrate Ties Between Local Farmers and Restaurants
Food festival to feature 65 local chefs and farmers
"...year of farm-to-table dining that celebrates bonds between local agriculture and restaurants.The three-day festival kicks off on Friday, April..."
Jan. 22, 2025 Food Post by Maryam Ahmed
The Austin Chronic: With Proposed Hemp Ban in Texas, Stakeholders Warn of an Industry Going Under Overnight
Senate Bill 3 would be bad business
"...happen. They should be proud of our history of agriculture and support the freedom of an adult’s right to..."
Jan. 10, 2025 Column by Kevin Curtin
Throwing the Boogie Broccoli Out With the Bathwater
"...press release, Dan Patrick said that "retailers exploited the agriculture law to sell life-threatening, unregulated forms of THC to..."
Jan. 4, 2025 Postmarks
Opinion: Celebrating Our New American Values
After the election, a Swiftian reevaluation of what is good and what is bad
"...I encounter immigrants in low-paying jobs, often in agriculture, construction, and service industries. I used to feel grateful..."
