HOUSTON – Deserts around the world are known to be places devoid of vegetation and with little to no chance to produce any. Deserts of another sort have been identified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture throughout the nation — food deserts, or places where people don’t have access to grocery stores with affordable, healthy [...]
COLLEGE STATION – The Texas A&M AgriLife Research peanut breeding program has been busy, releasing four new varieties in the past two years to meet producers’ needs, according to the breeders. The AgriLife Research peanut breeding team is led by Michael Baring, AgriLife Research assistant research scientist in College Station; Dr. Mark Burow, AgriLife Research [...]
Programs focus on healthy living, self-reliance SAN ANTONIO – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts are offering opportunities for people in South Central Texas to learn more about getting back to “homegrown and homemade” basics through various Backyard Basics programs being offered in several counties this year, said program coordinators. “Backyard Basics programs support healthy [...]
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Fred M. Hall, 940-716-8610, fmhall@ag.tamu.edu WICHITA FALLS – Parents with children ages 0-5 will have the opportunity to attend a language development workshop from 5:30-8 p.m. Dec. 14 at Washington-Jackson Elementary School. The school is located at 1300 Harding St. in Wichita Falls, said Fred Hall, Texas A&M AgriLife [...]
Contact: Ashley Moore, 281-855-5600, Ashley.Moore@ag.tamu.edu HOUSTON — As part of its effort to help combat the obesity epidemic, Prairie View A&M University Cooperative Extension Program is hosting a screening of the four-part documentary “The Weight of the Nation” from 6:30-8:30 p.m., Nov. 29 at One Delta Plaza, 3333 Old Spanish Trail in Houston. “In the United [...]
COLLEGE STATION — While the holidays are a time for surprises, one holiday surprise to be avoided at all costs is foodborne bacteria, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. “Foodborne bacteria can make people sick and take the joy out of the holidays,” said Dr. Mary Bielamowicz, AgriLife Extension nutrition specialist and [...]
COLLEGE STATION – Turkeys aren’t the only things getting stuffed during the holidays. That’s why Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts have offered advice on altering recipes to reduce the fat, sugar or sodium content in many traditional holiday meals. “The sugar, fat or sodium content of almost any holiday recipe can be reduced without [...]
Contact: Barbara Storz, 956-383-1026, B-Storz@tamu.edu McALLEN – A British television crew is scheduled to document the activities of a farmers market Nov. 10 in McAllen, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service personnel. Barbara Storz, an AgriLife Extension horticulturist in Hidalgo County, said the journalists are interested in the farmers market she started five years [...]
NEW BRAUNFELS – A day-long pre-service training for caregivers of infant through early school-age children will be offered Nov. 10 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office at 325 Resource Dr., New Braunfels. The training will be 9 a.m.-5 p.m. with registration starting at 8:30 a.m. “The training will cover a variety of topics [...]
Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – A new state-of-the-art laboratory equipped with instrumentation to allow rapid foodborne pathogen testing and characterization was showcased recently at The Science Park in College Station. The new facility is designed to support the efforts of faculty who are members of the Center for Food Safety, a collaborative [...]
