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Two Small Steps to a Heart Healthier Diet
[caption id="attachment_9900" align="alignright" width="300"] Follow these tips to eat a heart healthy diet (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com)[/caption] By the time you read this, more than five…

“Back to Basics” Nutrition Advice From Experts: Healthy Make and Takes
Editor’s Note: In the coming months Arizona Farm Bureau is finalizing a book regarding “Back to Basics” with nutrition and health advice from local nutritionists…

Why Meat and Potatoes are Such a Perfect Pair
[caption id="attachment_9895" align="alignright" width="300"] Do you know what makes meat and potatoes a perfect pair? (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com)[/caption] When it comes to things that go…

Food FYI: Should You Wash Your Chicken?
[caption id="attachment_9892" align="alignright" width="300"] Do you wash your chicken before cooking it? (photo credit: bigstockphoto.com)[/caption] If you are like most home cooks in this country,…

Arizona Fall Pumpkin, Corn Maze, and Halloween Festivals 2013
[caption id="attachment_9919" align="alignright" width="244"] This year’s corn maze at Mortimer Family Farms in Dewey, Arizona honors the 19 firefighters who died fighting the Yarnell fire.[/caption]…

Get to Know these Neglected Grains
[caption id="attachment_9888" align="alignright" width="300"] What do you know about the grains you eat? (photo credit: Bigstockphoto.com)[/caption] When was the last time you had some buckwheat…

50 Things to Do with Chicken
[caption id="attachment_9885" align="alignright" width="300"] What is your favorite way to eat chicken? (photo credit: BigStockPhotos.com)[/caption] It is a scene common to any household in the…

How Eating A Clove of Garlic a Day Might Keep the Doctor Away
[caption id="attachment_9677" align="alignright" width="300"] Eating garlic cloves have been shown to reduce the risk of lung cancer (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com)[/caption] If asked to name foods…

“Veggie Man” Videos Tell Arizona Ag’s Specialty Crop Story With Educational Humor
Through a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Specialty Crop grant, Arizona Farm Bureau recently completed production on a series of educational videos highlighting Arizona’s…

What’s in Season in September
[caption id="attachment_9667" align="alignright" width="300"] Add in season arugula to your salads this September! (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com)[/caption] It’s September which means summer is over and the…

4 Things You Can Do This Month to Fight Childhood Obesity
[caption id="attachment_9658" align="alignright" width="300"] According to the CDC, 11% of Arizona high school age adolescents are obese. (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com)[/caption] There is no question that…

What Do You Like on Your Waffles?
[caption id="attachment_9652" align="alignright" width="300"] What are your favorite toppings when you eat waffles? (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com)[/caption] Where Did Waffles Come From? Today, it is very…

Dreaded Kitchen Pantry Clutter
[caption id="attachment_9685" align="alignright" width="200"] Follow these tips for organizing your pantry (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com)[/caption] By Peggy Jo Goodfellow, Arizona Farm Bureau Do you love to…