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Agriculture Sector

  • News

    January 11, 2001

    Off the Killing Floor

    Dallas-based Supreme Beef wins a major round in its court battle with the USDA

  • Dining

    March 28, 1996

    Hot Dish

    Dallas-based Supreme Beef wins a major round in its court battle with the USDA

  • News

    April 4, 1996

    Fouled nest

    Chicken king Bo Pilgrim meets his critics on his home turf

  • Film

    June 19, 1997

    Honey, I shrunk the movie

    Ulee's Gold chases the yawn at the end of the rainbow

  • News

    February 12, 1998

    Bull--it's what's for dinner

    The cows aren't the only ones pumping out manure in windy Amarillo, where Oprah is giving the cattlemen a lesson in steer wrestling

  • News

    June 4, 1998

    Pelted!

    When an animal rights activist came up against Neiman Marcus, she had more than some dead fur to contend with

  • News

    July 9, 1998

    Fish story

    Environmentalists and some high-profile Dallas chefs say ocean food supplies are in crisis. But is their disaster cry simply publicity bait?

  • Dining

    July 26, 2001

    Feeding Frenzy

    Some high-demand fish are in danger of extinction--and restaurants are caught in the middle

  • Dining

    October 10, 2002

    Month, Week, Daze

    Mark your calendar. October is the month for wining and dining.

  • Dining

    February 5, 2004

    Grazing Pains

    Does grass-fed beef really taste better?

  • News

    March 19, 2009

    Dallas Wants to be a Green City, So Why Not Save Some Trees?

    Does grass-fed beef really taste better?

  • Dining

    February 12, 2009

    Oyster Lovers Unite

    Now may be your best chance for a little raw love

  • News

    July 17, 2008

    A Case of Hives

    Couple encourages local homeowners to be sweet on bees

  • Dining

    August 9, 2007

    Wine Obscenities

    Drink up with lower mark-ups

  • Calendar

    January 19, 2006

    Bronc, Stock and Barrel

    Drink up with lower mark-ups

  • Dining

    July 6, 2006

    Down on the Farm

    Green acres where you want to be? Sign up for a farm subscription.

  • Calendar

    January 13, 2005

    Before E-mail

    Writing when posting didn't mean blogging

  • Best of Dallas

    October 14, 2004

    Best Florist

    Dr Delphinium Designs & Events

  • Calendar

    May 20, 2004

    Arty Party

    There will be dancing in the streets downtown all weekend

  • News

    April 15, 2004

    How Now Mad Cow?

    For Texas cattle ranchers, "What's for dinner?" is a touchy question

  • News

    December 21, 2000

    Slaughterhouse Jive

    Dallas-based Supreme Beef fought what it believes are unfair regulations, only to wind up on the USDA's killing floor

  • Calendar

    January 20, 2000

    Saddle Up

    See how the other half lives at the Stock Show

  • Dining

    December 10, 1998

    Pig in a poke

    With mostly tasty meat, Texas de Brazil stumbles over swine

  • News

    February 22, 1996

    Bo? Hell no!

    Chicken king Bo Pilgrim wants to bring a new plant and new jobs to East Texas. But East Texans say they want no more of his filthy business.

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    Food For Thought 5.1.09

    "It's killing our markets. Where they got the name, I just don't know." (Iowa hog farmer Francis Gilmore on the effect of swine flu on the value of his product. Since the outbreak and spread of this virus, hog prices have dropped from a $62 per 100 pounds average to $59 per 100 pounds, on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    Down On The Grass-Fed Farm: The Beef May Be Better, But It's Still Damn Hard Work

    Jayme RutledgeMarguerite Robbins with her cattle.​ Sweat pours down Marguerite's sun-baked face. She feels briars scratching through her dusty jeans. The buzzing and biting of mosquitoes is maddening. So is the old fence lining one of the back pastures. It's broken again. Marguerite stops wha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    Veggie Guy: How Vegan Are You?

    Off limits?​I find it rather off-putting when militant vegans say things like, "How vegan are you?" or "[I'm] a true vegan." Hmm...guess I didn't realize this was a competition. Fact is, no one living in modern day society can be completely vegan. As one of my pals puts it, "If you're breathing ... More >>

  • News

    April 15, 2010

    The Humane Society and big agriculture slug it out over animal rights

    Off limits?​I find it rather off-putting when militant vegans say things like, "How vegan are you?" or "[I'm] a true vegan." Hmm...guess I didn't realize this was a competition. Fact is, no one living in modern day society can be completely vegan. As one of my pals puts it, "If you're breathing ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 27, 2010

    Country Grammar

    Off limits?​I find it rather off-putting when militant vegans say things like, "How vegan are you?" or "[I'm] a true vegan." Hmm...guess I didn't realize this was a competition. Fact is, no one living in modern day society can be completely vegan. As one of my pals puts it, "If you're breathing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Wyland Chooses Land-Locked Metroplex for Sustainable Seafood Eatery

    Dolphin won't be on the menu, though they look mighty tasty.​The one-named Wyland, whose renderings of marine life have graced postage stamps and 737 jets, is diving into the culinary world with a sustainable seafood restaurant in Fairview. Wyland's Ocean Blue, an eatery-slash-gallery, is ope ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    Baskin Robbins Fans, Texas Pecan Growers Bugged by Flavor Changes

    ​When Baskin-Robbins recently announced it was axing five of its 31 signature flavors, the resultant uproar centered on French Vanilla, a fixture since the company's founding in 1945. More than 1000 people have joined a "Save French Vanilla," group on Facebook, pleading with the company to ke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Though Untainted by Oil, Texas Gulf Fisheries Still Suffer BP Spill's Effect

    ​Seafood industry watchers say it's still too early to assess the long-term effects of this summer's gulf oil spill, but agree the disaster spelled a setback for Texas' fishermen, oystermen and shrimpers. Speaking at a panel this morning at the Southern Foodways Alliance's annual symposium, f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    Half-Shell Fans Beware, the Future
    For Gulf Oysters is Murky

    ​A waiter at City Diner and Oyster Bar in Corpus Christi broke the appalling news to my wife, in-laws and me last weekend as we made a trip to the coast: No fresh Texas oysters on the half-shell. Not one. Sorry, he said. Dealer prices a week into the start of Texas' oyster harvest from public leas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    Southern Cheeses Snubbed at Good Food Awards

    The cows certainly are happy in California.​Southern cheesemakers were shut out of the Good Food Awards, a new initiative to recognize the best-tasting artisan edibles made in accordance with sustainable principles. In a weekend ceremony hosted by Alice Waters, eight awards were given in the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    Putting Oyster Drills and Other Odd Creatures on Seafood Menus

    Jenny Wang​Even sold under the retro name of "Gulf oysters" and pawned off for rock-bottom prices that makes oystermen shudder, oysters are still awfully sexy. The same can't be said of oyster drills, one of the many trash fish and overlooked shellfish spotlighted in a Foodways Texas panel on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Catfish Industry Fighting for New Labeling Laws in Texas

    ​The catfish industry is targeting Texas as the next state to adopt country-of-origin labeling legislation. The Catfish Institute's president Robert Barlow is now in Texas, rallying support for a bill introduced by state Senator Glenn Hegar. The proposed law, modeled after similar legislation ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    Catfish Industry Promises Shortage Will End in June

    The catfish shortage that's lately beset North Texas should be over by June, a catfish industry spokesman says. The Catfish Institute​As NBC's local affiliate first reported, all but one location of Babe's Chicken Dinner House locations have scratched catfish from their menus, citing inadequa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 5, 2011

    Egging the Question

    The catfish shortage that's lately beset North Texas should be over by June, a catfish industry spokesman says. The Catfish Institute​As NBC's local affiliate first reported, all but one location of Babe's Chicken Dinner House locations have scratched catfish from their menus, citing inadequa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    A Spoonful Of Honey May Not Keep Your Allergies Down, But It's Tasty Enough To Try

    ​I've been eying the weather channel a lot lately. Not for the temperature, but for the pollen count, which apparently will begin an upward march as soon as the mercury begins to wane and the fall allergy season kicks off. Allergies aren't good for food critics, as you might have heard. I've ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    Lessons in Recessionomics: Beef Prices, a Historic Drought and Hamburger

    As my grandfather would say, "It's drier than a popcorn fart." We're smack-dab in the middle of the worst one-year drought ever. The costliest too. Feed prices are nearly unaffordable. Stock tanks are drying up. But the final boot to the gut of the Texas rancher never came. It's the strange artifac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    USDA: Historic Drought, Liquidated Herds ... and Fewer August Feedlot Placements?

    ​None of the commodity-on-the-hoof gurus saw this one coming. They had predicted another fat increase in feedlot placements, not unlike July's USDA Cattle On Feed report. Yet here we are, and the Beef Engine of America is in the midst of an historic drought, our forage exhausted, our ranchers ... More >>

  • News

    September 29, 2011

    The Long, Dry Fall of the Texas Rancher

    Ranchers are struggling to hold on to their herds during the driest year in Texas history.

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Pilgrim's Pride Chicken Plant, Employer to 1,000 Locals, Officially Shutters Today

    Photo by Leslie MinoraAfter 26 years as a mechanic at Pilgrim's Pride, today is the last day of work for Victor Recindos and his 1,000 coworkers.​Victor Recindos has aged 26 years by the calendar's count since first becoming a mechanic at Pilgrim's Pride chicken processing plant just south of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Hammered by the Drought, Texas Ranchers Are Running Out of Cows to Send to Slaughter

    Brandon Thibodeaux​Since we started catching rain in pans and writing down measurements, Texas has never gotten so little rainfall as we have this year. As we reported in our recent story on the cattle industry, we're in uncharted territory. That's why, in August, experts were anticipating ano ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2011

    What Happens to the World's Unused Pumpkins?

    Dallas Arboretum​Sunday evening, just hours until Halloween, there were still hundreds of un-sold pumpkins at a local farmers market. It raised the question -- what happens to all the left-behind gourds? Do the extras go to the pie factory? Or are they all just tossed in the dump? Turns out ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    The Problems with Smithfield Pork and the Way to Guilt-Free-ish Bacon

    Be nice to her before you fry her delicious parts.​McDonald's is closing out its second week of McRib season, giving the Atlantic a hook to ponder the evils of its pork supplier, Smithfield Foods. The article points out that in the midst of Smithfield's increased welfare practices intended to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    The State of Pecan Pie in Texas: It Ain't That Good

    ​Texas Pecan trees have taken a punch. The USDA predicts our state's trees will collectively produce 40 millions pounds of pecans this year, which is 30 million pounds less than the 2010 crop. The Sunnyvale Pecan orchard east of Dallas is closed for the season. And today I spoke with Red Gra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Oh My Cod: A Dying Breed Means Your Fish and Chips May Soon Get More Expensive

    OMC!!!​I headed over to the Libertine Bar this weekend to indulge in their weekend fish and chips special with a few cold Boddingtons. The move was a preemptive measure based an article published in The New York Times this weekend, which hints that cod fisheries could be in trouble. The story ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    Roll Red Tide: Still No Good News for Oyster Lovers from the Coastlines of Texas

    Steven Doyle​Red tide, the naturally occurring algae bloom that causes toxicity in shellfish, continues to plague the state's coastline -- keeping Texas oysters out of local restaurants and threatening the $18.5 million Texas oyster industry. The state closed the entire coast of Texas to oyst ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    In Dallas, a Happy Marriage Forms Between New Brewers and Old Dairy Farmers

    Deep Ellum Brewing CompanyRoger and Jeanatta West of Liberty Dairy Farm pick up their first load of spent grains from Aaron Baxter and Drew Huerter of DEBC.​My extent of beer knowledge is limited. I know that I like it on occasion. I know that Jesse Hughey knows a lot. I know that there is new ... More >>

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