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Am I eating dirty food?

By Amanda Hill There’s a link circulating via Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites that says we’re all eating dirty food. No, not the “10-second rule” kind. This Men’s Health article claims 10 common foods that we buy at local food stores are contaminated with Salmonella and E. coli. It also claims that we’re [...]

Food Packaging: Less is more?

By Amanda Hill Grocery shopping for me is a precise event, one that includes a very specific list ordered by the routine route I take through the store each week. I rarely venture from my list and often throw the same products I buy week-in, week-out into the cart as a whiz through the aisles. [...]

At the Copa, Copacabana

By Amanda Hill I’m a Texan through-and-through, but I was bit by the travel bug pretty early on. I’d like to think I’m not the average tourist. I much prefer scouring a city to find where the locals hang out. The best find is a hole-in-the-wall, authentic café, rather than the Mickey D’s that seem [...]

April 19, 2011|Categories: Beef, Featured, Food Prices|Tags: , , , |5 Comments

What’s fueling food prices? (part 1 of 4)

The following posts ran as an article in the Spring 2011 issue of Texas Farm Bureau’s Texas Neighbors publication. Other resources on food prices include a video and a three-part audio series found here: part 1, part 2, part 3. We all know the feeling—standing at the grocery store check-out, checkbook in hand, waiting for the [...]

March 30, 2011|Categories: Food Prices|Tags: , , |0 Comments