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A mom’s take: Healthy food choices should be a choice

By Amanda Hill I consider myself pretty health conscious. Each week, my grocery cart is filled with fresh fruits and vegetables, lean meats, whole grains and low-fat milk, yogurt and cheese. I like serving home-cooked meals made from fresh, flavorful ingredients. Cooking healthy food, for me, is a way to take care of my family. [...]

Celebrating foods and fibers and the men and women who grow them

By Gene Hall Organic. Conventional. Natural. Modern. Local. Grassfed. Grainfed. The choices are endless for consumers when it comes to food and the farmers and ranchers who grow it. Confusion often reigns as some with evangelical zeal turn up their noses at how you like to eat. Scare tactics are used by everyone from multi-billion-dollar [...]

No food fights here

By Jessica Domel For two days, I waited for the battle royale to begin in my refrigerator, but alas, every time I opened the door I found a plain looking head of organic cabbage hanging out on the bottom shelf with my traditionally-grown carrots and cilantro. After all that’s been posted on Facebook lately about [...]

February 4, 2014|Categories: Texas Agriculture|Tags: , , , |1 Comment

Should we wash chicken?

By Jessica Domel To wash or not to wash? That’s the question I find myself asking every time I open a package of raw chicken in my kitchen. Do I need to wash this before cooking it or does the cooking process take care of the bacteria for me? Well, apparently that’s been the debate [...]

September 3, 2013|Categories: Chicken|Tags: , |0 Comments

Don’t worry, Chipotle, conventional beef is okay

By Amanda Hill I read last week that Chipotle is considering changing its stance on serving beef treated with antibiotics in its restaurants. Part of the company’s marketing plan has been to sell “naturally raised meat” that’s been raised “the right way,” so its statement really turned some heads. Hey, Chipotle, I think treating animals when they [...]

August 20, 2013|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , , |2 Comments