Posted on · An agriculture expert from Texas Tech offers insight into how the food supply could be affected as farmers deal with a new way of doing business.
Posted on · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: Battling quarantine fatigue, City Controller Chris Brown, Texas farmers and COVID-19, and the life and work of Nobel Prize-winning Houston cancer researcher, Jim Allison.
Posted on · The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $12 billion in emergency aid to offset the effects of new tariffs — to the relief of many Texas farmers
Posted on · Chinese tariffs have a potential of lowering demand for Texas products
Posted on · At issue is the Trump administration's withdrawal of two Obama-era rules designed to protect small farmers, who say they are being exploited by the meatpacking companies they supply.
Posted on · New FDA rules limit how farmers can give antibiotics to animals raised for meat. But a Government Accountability Office report says the FDA doesn't collect the data to know if that policy is working.
Posted on · With the rodeo underway, we learn about 4-H and FFA here in Houston. These clubs teach life skills to Houston’s next generation of farmers.
Posted on · A new report from Rice Universityâs Shell Center for Sustainability examines disparities in education and income in Houston, and its impact on the cityâs economic expansion. âHouston Community Sustainability: The Quality of Life Atlasâ looks at 24 social, economic, and environmental indicators of sustainability in 88 Houston âsuper-neighborhoodsâ and recommends major intervention to encourage more […]
Posted on · Now that the weather is warming up, the City Hall Farmerâs Market is back open. As springtime approaches, we look at farmer’s markets in Greater Houston and efforts to encourage Houstonians to eat local. More: Why The Combination Of Lunch And Fresh Produce Is Working Out For Downtown Farmerâs Market
Posted on · On Sunday, the Houston Chronicle reported on some of the negative consequences of Greater Houstonâs oil boom. While regulations have been strengthened in recent years for off-shore oil drilling â in particular following the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill â on-shore drilling remains, as one Houston attorney puts it: âthe wild west.â We talk […]