Got food choices?
By Julie Vrazel Walk into a grocery store and you’ll find yourself wandering through the maze of food choices. Bright, bold labels help guide you to your selection—natural, GMO-free, local, organic, gluten-free. The possibilities are endless. But what do you really know about those buzzwords and the food you’re buying? Well, the farmers and ranchers [...]
Ham & Cheese Quiche
By Kelly Bogard This is the time of year when I really begin to realize how many hats I wear on a daily basis. I have many different Farm Bureau hats. Then there's my mom hat, wife hat and community volunteer hat. It's crazy. The one hat that always brings me back to center is cooking. It's [...]
Who do you trust for food information?
By Julie Vrazel “I read it on the Internet, so it must be true.” Right? Well, not exactly. Misinformation and agenda-driven science is abundant online. But accurate, well-researched information is also available at your fingertips. So, how do you know who to believe? For me, it’s difficult to build trust in a group who blatantly [...]
Pico de Gallo
By Kelly Bogard Once again, I was blessed by the bounty of a Texas farmer. I came to work a while back and found a beautiful box of vine-ripened tomatoes from the Rio Grande Valley on my desk. They were a brilliant, shiny red and perfectly plump. Texas really did win the vegetable jackpot this [...]
A conversation about food
By Julie Vrazel Let’s talk food, Texas. We’re overwhelmed with buzzwords, marketing ploys and labels, not to mention the vast array of choices. How do we know the truth and what’s really best for us? Organic, conventional, local, natural, GMO-free—we read the labels, but what do they really mean? As consumers, your decisions—and mine—shape our [...]
Food fights: First World problems
By Jessica Domel Sometimes I wonder what all the food fusses are about. I tell you that because sometimes I too get discouraged. I see Facebook arguments, which can get pretty intense about organics versus natural, or grass fed versus grain fed and a whole host of other food issues. I see the passion in [...]
