BULLARD, Texas (KETK) – Hood Family Farms in Bullard is branching out by bringing their food to tables around East Texas. Sara and Jimmy Youmans, have created a farm to fork experience for East Texans with their Hood Family Farms food truck. “We want to use real, whole ingredients to serve healthy food, it’s kind […]
East Texas farmers facing major setbacks
Farmers say the winter storm and May showers have shortened the harvest season by more than a month. Author: Shandel Menezes Updated: 8:15 AM CDT July 14, 2021
TYLER, Texas If you enjoy locally grown produce, your window to stock up is closing.
Dennis Oefinger with the veggie stand says that the weather in East Texas set him back big time. As far as crop loss, we probably lost over 50% of our onions, 60% of our potatoes,” he said.
He’s started to regain his footing but said that if there’s one more summer heat wave, We might as well just wrap it up and go in the house. It just ain t worth it.”