A few years ago, I ran a series of articles on understanding agriculture, designed for anyone in the general public who had an interest in understanding more about various agricultural crops and livestock. After receiving a few requests to revisit that project, I’m updating and redelivering that content for you today.

MASTERCHEF: Contestant Bowen. © 2022 FOX MEDIA LLC. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Fans of West Lafayette-based Bowen Bistro will recognize the titular chef, Bowen Li, as he appears for the second time on "MasterChef," this time on "MasterChef: Back to Win." Li is a 2016 graduate of Purdue University who studied to become a commercial airline pilot.

2022 is the second year Juneteenth is being observed as a federal holiday — so it's ripe to become another part of the American summer calendar, like Memorial Day and July 4th and Labor Day. A day for mattress sales, limited edition merchandise, copious drinking and – if you're lucky – an actual day off work.

Shrinkflation is a process in inflation where the price level per unit of weight or volume generally increases. When this happens, the weight/size of the product is reduced, but the price tag appears the same as before. Since consumers are more likely to notice a small price change over a small quantity change, producers have an advantage over maintaining the demand of their products with shrinkflation.