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Month: April 2018

The Love of Loaded Mac n’ Cheese
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04.30.2018

The Love of Loaded Mac n’ Cheese

By Tim Nordberg, Recent ASU Nutrition Student Everyone loves Mac n’ Cheese, it’s a comfort food and always a delicious, filling meal.  I have found…

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Fill Your Plate Cares about Your Child’s Nutrition
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04.27.2018

Fill Your Plate Cares about Your Child’s Nutrition

By Bailey Roden, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern The Fill Your Plate Blog is jam-packed with wonderful information about how to provide your child with the…

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Arizona Lemons, Worthy of a “Pucker Up!”
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04.23.2018

Arizona Lemons, Worthy of a “Pucker Up!”

By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Outreach Director   The 2017/18 crop results for Arizona lemons are in: Production this season is slightly down from…

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Fill Your Plate with Avocados!
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04.20.2018

Fill Your Plate with Avocados!

By Erika Guzman, Current ASU Nutrition Student   Avocados seem like a bandwagon fruit (yes, it’s a fruit), but in reality, it’s a delicious, healthy…

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Arizona Pork is Yummy
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04.18.2018

Arizona Pork is Yummy

By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Outreach Director In 2016, Arizona hogs brought in $47.5 million in cash receipts to our state, according to the…

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Nutrition for the Life Cycle Series – Nutrition During School-Age Years
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04.16.2018

Nutrition for the Life Cycle Series – Nutrition During School-Age Years

By Emily Carver, Recent ASU Nutrition Student This is part five of a five-part series on nutrition within the lifecycle. Read part one, part two,…

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Nutrition for the Life Cycle Series – Nutrition During Preschool Years
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04.13.2018

Nutrition for the Life Cycle Series – Nutrition During Preschool Years

By Emily Carver, Recent ASU Nutrition Student This is part four of a five-part series on nutrition within the lifecycle. Read part one, part two…

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Nutrition for the Life Cycle Series – Nutrition During Toddler Years
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04.11.2018

Nutrition for the Life Cycle Series – Nutrition During Toddler Years

By Emily Carver, Recent ASU Nutrition Student This is part three of a five-part series on nutrition within the lifecycle. Read part one and part…

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Nutrition for the Life Cycle Series – Nutrition During Infancy
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04.09.2018

Nutrition for the Life Cycle Series – Nutrition During Infancy

By Emily Carver, Recent ASU Nutrition Student This is part two of a five-part series on nutrition within the life cycle. Read part one here.…

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Nutrition for the Life Cycle Series – Nutrition During Lactation
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04.06.2018

Nutrition for the Life Cycle Series – Nutrition During Lactation

By Emily Carver, Recent ASU Nutrition Student First in a series Your world has changed forever. You just welcomed a beautiful new baby into the…

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The Importance of Vitamin K
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04.04.2018

The Importance of Vitamin K

By Noor Nouaillati, Recent ASU Nutrtion Student We all know that every nutrient found in a particular food item is very important for our body…

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We Should Be Bullish about Barley
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04.02.2018

We Should Be Bullish about Barley

By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Outreach Director This year, Arizona farmers intend to plant 11,000 acres of barley, lowest acreage since 1928 when only…

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