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Beat the Heat This August
Beat the heat this August with some ice cream! (image via Wikipedia) August is here and the temperature is as hot as ever. When…
MOST AMERICANS ARE CONFIDENT ABOUT SAFETY OF U.S. FOOD SUPPLY
Are you confident about the safety of our food? The International Food Information Council’s 2012 Food & Health Survey reveals that most Americans (78 percent)…
Day of Prayer for Those Affected by Drought
American Farm Bureau Federation (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This Thursday, Aug. 23, the American Farm Bureau Federation will be asking Americans to remember the many individuals…
Perfect Ways to Use Peaches
Celebrate National Peach month by visiting one of our local peach farmers (Photo credit: Wikipedia) August is National Peach Month and the perfect time to…
An Apple a Day – Celebrating the Apple Harvest
Arizona produces more than 17 million lbs of apples each year. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Although most people don’t really associate apple picking and apple harvest…
Potato Industry Ponders Possible Bumper Crop
What is your favorite potato recipe? (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This year’s potato crop could be substantially larger than 2011’s—up to 41 million hundredweight more bags…
Arizona Farm Bureau Releases New Set of Strategies for Arizona Families to Stretch Their Food Dollars in Light of Midwest Drought
American Farm Bureau Federation (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In light of recent food prices and anticipated future price increases due to widespread drought in the Midwest…
Everything is Better with Butter
Butter is back! (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Attention butter-lovers, butter is back! As people continue to cut back on fats and oils, they are making real…
What’s in Season in August
August brings the start of school, thunderstorms and monsoons, and relief from some of the summer heat. It also means a whole new crop of…
Demand for Fresh, Local Food Drives Farmers’ Market Growth
Buy locally and support your local farmers at your local Farmers’ Markets (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Agriculture Department said the number of farmers’ markets in…
It’s National Farmer’s Market Week – Let’s Go Shopping
What’s your favorite thing to buy at the local farmers market? This year the USDA has selected the second week of August, from the 5th…
Tis the Season to Grill Safely
Exercise caution while grilling this summer. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The only thing hotter than Arizona this time of year is the great local food for…
What’s in Season During an Arizona Summer?
Do you know what’s in season this summer? Check out this chart below to see what locally grown produce is in season and readily available…
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