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Month: June 2016
Fast, Fun Facts about Arizona Melons and Sweet Corn
By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Melons and sweet corn, these two agriculture foods are some of my favorite summer foods. They’re fresh, healthy and…
Get Your Kids To Move!
By Jacob Gerdes, Arizona State Nutrition Communications Student Children are growing up in a time where they are given more and more opportunity to play…
The Discovery of the Vitamin Folate
By Michael Russell, Arizona State University Nutrition Communication Student The vitamin folate or folic acid as it is also known was one of the most…
Get Your Hot Healthy On With Chilies
By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Arizona can claim to be one of the best places to breed hybrid chili plants. Rumor has it that…
Avocado Pasta Recipe
By Mariely Lopez, a Nutrition Communication Undergraduate at Arizona State University As a college student you are often times not fully equipped with state…
Celebrate Dairy Month with Your Arizona Dairy Farmers
By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau We’ve earlier mentioned that June is National Dairy Month! It’s worth noting since diary, which includes cheese, milk, yogurt,…
My Kid Won’t Eat That
By Laura Slatalla, ASU Nutrition Student We all want our kids to eat their fruits and vegetables and grow up strong and healthy, but why…
What makes a grain whole?
By Laura Slatalla, Arizona State University Nutrition Student You hear it all the time: eat whole grain. But, what is it really? A whole grain…
Veggie Chili Recipe
By Mariely Lopez, a Nutrition Communication Undergraduate at Arizona State University Brace yourselves because the recipe that I am about to share with you…
Blue Zones: What we can Learn from These Health Hubs of the World
By Jacob Gerdes, Arizona State Nutrition Communications Student Within this great blue planet of ours, lie many different cultures that live different lifestyles and consume…
Summertime Means Sweet Corn Time
By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Of all the local summertime foods Arizona families can look forward to, one of my favorites is sweet corn.…
What’s in Season this Summer?
By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern In Arizona, we are very fortunate to have many different tasty fruits and vegetables available to us in…
An Open Letter to Dairy Cows
By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern Dear Dairy Cows, It’s Dairy Month, and I’d like to recognize you! I’ve lived in Arizona my whole…
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