Shane Barela is bringing tea to the masses. Via golf cart. As owner of Scented Leaf Tea House & Lounge in Tucson, Barela has designed a mobile cart to sell six teas on tap. Starting this fall, the golf cart will be outfitted with a solar-powered ice machine, pastries, and speakers blasting alternative rock. “If…
Peter Pilat walks from room to room in a massive “Food Factory” warehouse in Phoenix, overseeing as Maricopa County inmates assist guards in packaging peanut butter and washing fruit. The county’s roughly 8,000 inmates are no longer served meat, and they’re learning to adjust. As Food Service Commander, Pilat has managed a gradual switch to…
Fido’s licks and tummy rubs just might be good for your health. Arizona researchers are studying the biological connection between humans and dogs that could be shared through saliva, skin, and even feces. Scientists at the University of Arizona created the Human-Animal Interaction Research Initiative (HAIRI) to study the health links between humans and animals….
