Farm Bill helps create fat kids
Kare About Health: The Farm Bill essentially uses our children as a wasteland for all the unhealthful calories that the farm bill encourages American farmers to overproduce. The Farm Bill, heavily subsidizes soybeans, corn, and wheat – three major ingredients, or sources, of many of the ingredients in junk food.
F-35 discussion Wednesday
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Kyle Fogg.
Tucson's jinxed locations
Rynski's Blogski: The northeast corner of North Campbell Avenue and East Fort Lowell Road may be one of those jinxed areas. Every town has them. Whatever business tries to thrive in the jinxed place fails.
Farm Bill helps create fat kids
Kare About Health: The Farm Bill essentially uses our children as a wasteland for all the unhealthful calories that the farm bill encourages American farmers to overproduce. The Farm Bill, heavily subsidizes soybeans, corn, and wheat – three major ingredients, or sources, of many of the ingredients in junk food.
F-35 discussion Wednesday
Carolyn's Community: Democracy for America (DFA), Tucson chapter is hosting a panel discussion on the F-35, the Joint Strike Fighter Jet, on Wed. Feb. 10. This event will be at the Ward 6 Council office, 3202 E. 1st St. at 7 p.m.
The price of a letter
Wildcat Sports Report: So what do you get for $197,000, a handful of sanctions and the tarnishing of the image of Lute Olson and the Arizona basketball program?
Kyle Fogg.
Tucson's jinxed locations
Rynski's Blogski: The northeast corner of North Campbell Avenue and East Fort Lowell Road may be one of those jinxed areas. Every town has them. Whatever business tries to thrive in the jinxed place fails.
Farm Bill helps create fat kids
Kare About Health: The Farm Bill essentially uses our children as a wasteland for all the unhealthful calories that the farm bill encourages American farmers to overproduce. The Farm Bill, heavily subsidizes soybeans, corn, and wheat – three major ingredients, or sources, of many of the ingredients in junk food.
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