Food and Agriculture - TX

Stocking up on medical supplies and food could be helpful if the new coronavirus spreads in your community and you want to avoid store lines where you could be at risk of infection from others.  Max Posner/NPR

npr.org - by Maria Godoy - February 26, 2020

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is telling Americans that they should be prepared for the possibility of a COVID-19 outbreak in their community.

But what does preparedness look like in practice? The short answer: Don't panic — but do prepare . . . 

 . . . We spoke with Dr. Stephen Morse, a professor of epidemiology at Columbia University Medical Center and other health experts about common-sense things you can do to be ready should the virus hit where you live.

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12newsnow.com - by Charlie Cooper, KENS - March 19, 2017

SAN ANTONIO - Hundreds of airmen got their hands dirty on Saturday to help feed the hungry by planting fruit trees at Mission San Juan National Historical Park.

They planted nearly 300 citrus trees to go to the San Antonio Food Bank . . . 

 . . . The food bank said that about 120,000 pounds of food will be harvested at the park. It will be able to provide about 17,000 meals throughout the community.

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12newsnow.com - KBMT - by Rhyan Henson - April 10, 2015

Several people in Port Arthur are concerned about Valero's proposed plan to build a community garden and park.

This project would allow Valero to avoid paying part of their $200,000 fine that was issued to them in September 2013. . . .

. . . Given the area's air quality, some community activists fear any food grown will be unsafe to eat and they are struggling to see a benefit.

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Image: Cattle roam dirt-brown fields on the outskirts of Delano, in California’s Central Valley. Scientists predict future droughts will be far worse than the one in California. Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images

theguardian.com - February 12 2015 - Suzanne Goldenberg

The US south-west and the Great Plains will face decade-long droughts far worse than any experienced over the last 1,000 years because of climate change, researchers said on Thursday.

The coming drought age – caused by higher temperatures under climate change – will make it nearly impossible to carry on with current life-as-normal conditions across a vast swathe of the country.