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By Nathan Smith Think of olives and the hills of Italy, Spain or fertile valleys of California come to mind. Now you can add the Lone Star State to that list, thanks to Jim Henry and others like him. This budding group of growers are proving Texas has what it takes to be a world [...]
By Nathan Smith Take a drive through the Texas Hill Country in the summer and you can't help but find fruit stands of all varieties along the farm-to-market roads. I was recently down in the area talking with peach growers about this year's crop, and I met Ricky Priess. He and his family operate a peach orchard in Stonewall near Fredericksburg. 2011 was [...]
By Shelby Shank When you think of cantaloupe, you think of Pecos. When you think of peaches, you think of Fredericksburg. But if somebody says strawberries, Poteet is the place that comes to mind. Those strawberries are the heart of 4G Reyes Farms where cousins David Reyes and Joel Garcia carry on their family’s tradition [...]
By Julie Tomascik It’s bright. Yellow. And sometimes mistaken for a weed. But this crop—canola—is growing in popularity in the Lone Star State. For nearly 10 years, Justin Crownover and his family have been planting canola on their farm in the Texas Panhandle. It’s a crop not many think of when shopping at the grocery [...]
By Julie Vrazel Not all farmers grow corn, cotton and grain sorghum. There are lots of specialty farmers, too. Like Mark Chamblee. He wakes up and smells the roses every day. That’s because Mark is a rose farmer in Tyler, where he and his family have been growing roses since 1953. Their nursery, Chamblee’s Rose [...]
By Julie Vrazel Summer get-togethers and crawfish boils go hand-in-hand. And the mudbugs for those events come from crawfish farmers like John Gaulding. Down along the Gulf Coast in Hamshire, Texas, John and his son have been raising crawfish for more than 20 years. Every fall, John floods his fields—filling them with water and creating [...]
By Jessica Domel Driving down the rural roads of Comanche County, it’s almost easy to miss the vibrant green spears of asparagus growing in farmer Tommy Elliott’s fields. Their short stature pales in comparison to the peach trees blooming nearby, but that doesn’t affect Elliott’s appreciation for the crop or the care that they’re given. [...]
By Julie Vrazel Spinach—the vegetable made popular by the fast-talking, squinty-eyed Popeye the Sailor Man—is packed with nutrients and grown right here in the Winter Garden area of Southwest Texas. This leafy, green crop is spread over 3,500 acres and grown by 14 farmers in this region of the Lone Star State. Ed Ritchie, a [...]
By Julie Vrazel Taking a drive through the Hill Country and West Central Texas offers more than beautiful landscapes. It shows a glimpse into the area's unique commodity–mohair. This luxurious, strong fiber comes from Angora goats and makes up a significant portion of the agricultural economy in the Edward’s Plateau and the Hill Country. With [...]
By Jessica Domel Did you know the average American consumes approximately 24 pounds of rice each year? Twenty-four pounds! That's a lot of chicken and rice casserole, Spanish rice and the classic–plain white rice. So why do Americans eat so much rice? Maybe it's because it's relatively cheap. It could also be that it's low [...]
