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Facts on Arizona Leafy Greens
Yuma, Arizona’s Leafy greens farming annually generates an estimated $3 to $4 billion.November is “Arizona Leafy Greens Month.” It celebrates the kickoff of Arizona’s leafy greens season, with abundant growth, harvest, and shipments of Arizona-grown lettuce throughout the United States and Canada. Arizona…
Yuma Produces 90% of Our Leafy Greens in Winter
Yuma produces 90% of our leafy greens for the U.S. in the winter and they do it with efficient irrigation systems. Climate, labor, water, technology, and infrastructure mean Yuma production cannot be replicated anywhere else in the country during winter.
Daily, 1,500 to 2,000 Refrigerated Semi-Truckloads Leave Yuma Full of Leafy Greens
between Thanksgiving and Easter, 1,500 to 2,000 refrigerated semi-truckloads of leafy greens leave Yuma every day to deliver all over America and Canada so all of us can enjoy our leafy greens during the wintertime.
In the Winter, Arizona is the Best Place to Grow Leafy Greens
Yuma, Maricopa and Pinal counties are gearing up for our winter vegetable season where climate, labor, water, infrastructure, and quality seed combine to make Arizona the best place to grow leafy greens in the winter. Yuma alone produces 170 million…
Arizona’s Fresh Leafy Greens
Yuma farmers produce so many wonderful fresh leafy greens, they’re helping supply about 130 million servings to the U.S. and Canada every single day. Our favorite salads come from Yuma farms. Serve it with some Arizona beef.
Your Local Produce Aisle in Winter is Serving Up Arizona Leafy Greens
Arizona grocery stores are full of local food. It’s in the dairy, meat, and egg case and the produce aisle. 53% of the beef in the meat case comes from Arizona ranches, and you’ve eaten leafy greens from Yuma farms…
Arizona Olive Oil and Leafy Greens Make for the Perfect Salad
Putting Olive oil on salad helps the body absorb nutrients. Good to know since Yuma, Arizona is considered America’s winter Salad Bowl because of all the leafy greens it produces!
Yuma Farmers Daily Supply 130 Million Servings of Leafy Greens
Yuma farmers produce so many wonderful fresh leafy greens, we’re helping supply about 130 million servings to the U.S. and Canada every single day during the winter months. Our favorite salads come from Yuma farms. Serve your salad with some…
Recent Study Suggests That Leafy Greens Aid in Improving Muscle Function
By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Outreach Director According to recent findings, folks who had a higher habitual dietary intake of nitrate-rich vegetables like spinach, lettuce and kale had 11% stronger lower limb strength, as well as up to 4%…
Arizona’s Leafy Greens Deserve Your Plate
We’re Yuma farmers. Along with other Yuma farmers, we’re producing so many wonderful fresh leafy greens, we’re helping supply 130 million servings to the U.S. and Canada every single day. Our favorite salads come from Yuma farms.
Arizona’s Fresh Leafy Greens
Right now, Yuma farmers are producing so many fresh leafy greens, they’re supplying about 130 million servings to the U.S. and Canada every single day. Annually, when you add California that translates to 50 billion servings for our two countries.
Get More Leafy Greens in Your Diet
By Laura Slatalla, Recent ASU Nutrition Student Green leafy vegetables are rich in folic acid, vitamin C and K, fiber, magnesium, and phytochemicals. They lower risk for cancer and cardiovascular disease. Those greens are also low calorie and low fat,…
Arizona Water Grows our Leafy Greens!
Yuma, Arizona produces nearly 90% of our leafy greens and other vegetables for all the United States in the winter and they do it with one of the more efficient and amazing irrigation systems around.