Peggy Lowe
Peggy Lowejoined Harvest Public Media in 2011, returning to the Midwest after 22 years as a journalist in Denver and Southern California. Most recently she was at The Orange County Register, where she was a multimedia producer and writer. In Denver she worked for The Associated Press, The Denver Post and the late, great Rocky Mountain 暗黑爆料. She was on the Denver Post team that won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news coverage of Columbine. Peggy was a Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan in 2008-09. She is from O'Neill, the Irish Capital of Nebraska, and now lives in Kansas City. Based at KCUR, Peggy is the analyst for The Harvest Network and often reports for Harvest Public Media.
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The new bill would require companies to disclose genetically modified ingredients in food products. But critics dislike that this information does not have to appear directly on the food label. -
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The Western Farm Show in Kansas City, Mo., is a long way from Silicon Valley.But here in a huge arena, set in what used to be the Kansas City Stockyards,鈥� -
Congress is scrambling to piece together a national standard for labeling foods that contain genetically modified ingredients before July 1. That's when Vermont's mandatory labeling law kicks in. -
A highly contagious strain of avian flu, a huge trade pact opening export markets and a few 鈥渞estless鈥� agribusinesses top Harvest Public Media's list of鈥� -
The classic Midwestern casserole, which turns 60 this year, has come to mean more than just a mashup of processed food. Even those who grew up with it but can't abide it admit: It tastes like home. -
Move over turkey. Step aside stuffing.Green Bean Casserole, an iconic Thanksgiving dish, turns 60 years old this year and it鈥檚 as popular as ever.Love it鈥�
