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What’s in Your Dinner? Raising Awareness about Food Allergies
More so than at any other time in our collective memory, food allergies are a topic of conversation from the national news channels to the…

Let’s Celebrate Cinco de Mayo
Although Cinco de Mayo festivities occur in many parts of the U.S. and are treated as celebrations of Mexican heritage and culture, Cinco de Mayo…

Need a Little Dinner Inspiration? Fill Your Plate with Arizona – Grown Pork
Pork has undergone a makeover elevating it from its long time role as chicken’s understudy on the dinner plate to a starring role of its…

Joe’s Real BBQ Celebrates Free Barbecue Day May 2nd 2012
Community Invited to Bring Donations of New or Gently Used Books to Support Loving Through Literacy Joe’s Real BBQ is planning on giving away over…

Arizona Farm Bureau Applauds the Department of Labor’s Decision to Withdraw Overreaching Child Labor Proposal
The Labor Department on Thursday announced in a statement that it was withdrawing proposed rules that would have prevented many young people from working in agriculture. Arizona…

Wine Country May Be Closer than You Think
The wine scene in Arizona is relatively new despite having a long history of regional winemaking that dates back to the Spanish missionaries in the…

USDA Farmers’ Market Grants Available
Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced Thursday that the Agriculture Department is seeking grant applicants for the 2012 Farmers Market Promotion Program. Approximately $10 million…

Perfect Pecans
April is National Pecan month which is a great opportunity to celebrate this All-American nut. Pecan trees are the only major nut trees native to…

How to Spring Clean Your Cupboards
As the warm spring sunshine fills our homes, many of us get the urge to embark on that annual rite of passage called “Spring Cleaning”. …

Food Prices Down Slightly in the First Quarter of 2012
This quarter’s Stretch Your Dollar menu and recipes are available on fillyourplate.org Arizona retail food prices at the supermarket are down slightly in the first…

Finding Lost Recipes
Used with Permission by the Arizona Farm Bureau Federation By Stewart Truelsen One of the world’s oldest recipe books was written around 1390 by chefs…

What’s In Season in April?
Here in Arizona, we are well into Spring and people across the state are enjoying the beautiful weather and awesome outdoors before the heat of…

Superstitions on the Farm
What’s your most held superstition? (Photo credit: Wikipedia) It seems like Friday the 13th is one of the only things that we, as a culture,…















