PADD Report: 1641 seniors receive food in January 2017

Mar 01, 2017 at 09:28 am by admin

The USDA reported on Oct 11, 2016 - Among U.S. households with children under age 18: 83.4 percent were food secure in 2015. In 8.8 percent of households with children, only a.... Read More

New Fulton Fancy Fannie's Bakery a Family Affair

Dec 12, 2016 at 03:41 pm by admin

(Fulton, KY) - Fancy Fannie's Bakery at 422 Lake Street in Fulton is named for matriarch Carolyn Byassee's grandmother. Grandmother Fannie was a baker in East St. Louis years.... Read More

UPIKE joins KDA's Farm to Campus Program

Dec 11, 2013 at 04:46 pm by admin

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Agriculture Commissioner James Comer welcomed the University of Pikeville as the fifth member of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s Farm to.... Read More

Whitfield and KY GOP delegation vote to cut food subsidies to 400,000 Kentuckians

Sep 20, 2013 at 10:40 am by admin

  September 19, 2013 - The US House of Representatives voted today to cut over thirty nine million dollars from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (.... Read More

Hostess Cupcakes: Corporate Destruction of a Food Legend

Sep 08, 2013 at 05:21 pm by admin

There was once a time, in my youth, as a new geographer, that I followed a Hostess Cupcake delivery truck to its next destination, just so I could buy the freshest Hostes.... Read More

The Fine Art of Southern Moon Pie and Crème Soda Dining

Sep 08, 2013 at 05:17 pm by admin

  As summer slips into early fall, I set here on the old style southern porch with its big wicker chairs and I ease into yesterday. The heat index is about 100 degrees.... Read More

Wal-Mart vs. Kroger: the Rise of the Regional Food Chains and the End of Wal-Mart Dominance

Jan 29, 2013 at 04:33 pm by admin

Wal-Mart vs. Kroger: the Rise of the Regional Food Chains                   &nbs.... Read More

Cheesecake or Barbecue: choices along the political campaign trail

Oct 05, 2012 at 01:07 pm by admin

In West Kentucky, food is a strategy and a hand to hand weapon in securing political ground. Like ancient campaigns of the 19th and 20th centuries, West Kentuckians response b.... Read More

Sports figures help Farmer launch healthy eating campaign

Sep 22, 2010 at 09:11 am by admin

TAYSHAUN PRINCE, WHITNEY WADE, COMMISSIONER FARMERLAUNCH ‘EAT TO WIN’ CAMPAIGN FOR 2010-2011 SCHOOL YEAR   FRANKFORT, Ky. — Basketball star Tayshaun P.... Read More