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Managing a Healthy Herd Ensures Safe Milk Supply
Ever wonder how dairy farms can take care of all those cows at once? A new video from the Arizona Milk Producers takes…

Arizona Apples: Yum!
We’ve been having loads of fun talking about apples, including candy apples. Over at Julie’s Fresh Air, the Arizona apple industry is profiled. It’s an…

10 Fun Facts about Candy Apples
A staple of fall festivals and apple harvest celebrations, candy apples are a sure sign that winter is on the way and Halloween is here. …

Consumers Willing to Pay More for Genetically Modified Food, Sometimes
New research published in the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics indicates that consumers are willing to pay more for produce that has undergone intragenic…

Freaky, Fantastic Fennel
By Kelly Saxer, Desert Roots Farm As I go over the Fall planting schedule here at Desert Roots Farm, I see fennel on the list and…

Three Acres and a Cow- Random Musings for a Monday Morning!
American Farm Bureau Federation (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By: Philip Bashaw, Government Relations Manager, Arizona Farm Bureau Federation Over the weekend my wife and I spent…

How to Fight The Rising Cost of Food
How do you fight the rising cost of food? (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In the Arizona’s Farm Bureau’s most recent Market Basket Report, the informal survey…

Nuts Over Brownies by Jan D’Atri
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the Arizona Republic. Article used with permission. By Jan D’Atri (JanDAtri.com) Let me get right…

CSA’s in Arizona Growing in Popularity
With the increase in food prices, consumers everywhere are looking for ways to stretch their food dollar and get high quality, nutritious food for their…

Producing Milk is More Than Just Milking Cows
It is delicious. Be it in a bowl of cereal, chilled in a tall glass, or in an ice cream cone, milk is a commodity…

Dine Out for Farms October 16-22, 2011
Editor’s note: No Arizona restaurants are officially participating in this event, however, you can show your support for Arizona’s farms and ranches by eating a…

Get Your Garden Growing
One of the great things about living in Arizona is that you can garden almost all year round. With an average of 300 sunny days…

Local Growers and Farmers Team Up to Support Rendez-Zoo
Local growers and farmers are teaming up with the Phoenix Zoo and leading design schools collaborate on a special project for Rendez-Zoo, An Evening of…















