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Farm Journal Legacy Project Workshop
The Four Types of Wealth to Share Here’s a staggering fact: Families fail to keep their families and fortunes together for three or more generations…

Fun Facts about Salad
Salad, once viewed as a side dish at meals – especially by the male of the species – has finally become a star at the…

Innovative Aquaponics Farm to Host Experts, Students for Feb Class
Editor’s Note: This class is being Hosted by The Fish’s Garden, http://thefishsgarden.com/. Located in Camp Verde, AZ, The Fish’s Garden is an aquaponics farm that produces fish, vegetables,…

Valentine Gifts for the Foodie in Your Life
With the seemingly endless list of foods available from local growers in Maricopa, Yuma, and Pinal Counties, choosing a Valentine’s Day gift for the foodie…

Little Known Facts about Groundhog Day
Here in the United States, in a place called Punxsutawney (Pennsylvania), a groundhog named Phil will let his faithful followers know if they can expect…

Arizona’s Original Super Boll!
The Cotton Bowl is over, the winners declared. But in Arizona, where cotton is once again king, the real Super Boll is the cotton plant.…

Surprising Facts about Spinach
“I’m strong to the finish ‘cuz I eats my spinach. I’m Popeye the Sailor Man! Toot toot!” A stamp printed in Republic of Guinea…

Fun Facts about Cotton
When I say “cotton”, most of you will think of blue jeans. Ubiquitous, comfortable, sturdy but sexy, these garments have remained true to their 18th…

Little Known Facts about Olive Oil
Golden and fragrant, with a distinctive taste, olive oil is one of the old known cooking oils in the world. At one time, about 6,000…

Top 10 Apps for Arizona Gardeners
For people who love gardening, and who are equally fearless using apps, there are a number of standalone software programs available that can streamline plant…

Arizona Farmer Elected to National Women’s Leadership Committee
ARIZONA, January 14, 2015 — Members of the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) Women’s Leadership Program elected Sherry Saylor, an Arizona row crop farmer, to…

Gardening in Arizona: Tips, Tricks and Resources
Even though the words ‘desert’ and ‘garden’ seem like oxymorons, the fact is that gardening in Arizona can be tremendously rewarding. All it takes is…

Surprising Facts about Broccoli That Will Make You Go WOW!!
Did you know? Broccoli, that intensely green vegetable with florets like little trees, is basically a man-made vegetable. Plant scientists and breeders developed broccoli by…















