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Alert for Arizona Horse Owners: Horse Illness Outbreak Notice!
—HORSE ILLNESS OUTBREAK NOTICE: HORSE OWNERS ENCOURAGED TO [caption id="attachment_2472" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Horse owners urged to take precaution due to outbreak of equine virus."][/caption] TAKE…
Devastating Floods Temper Spring Optimism
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] Guest Editorial By John Hart, American Farm Bureau Federation Nothing enlivens a farmer’s spirit of optimism and hope…

5 Reasons Farm Subsidies Aren’t Making America Fat
It is a common misconception that Federal subsidies for farmers are causing the increased incidence of obesity in America by creating an artificial price gap…

How a 2-cent Sales Tax on Food Germinates an Employee Garden
By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Did you know that last year’s 2-cent Phoenix sales tax on food purchased from grocery stores inspired an employee…

Mortimer Family Farms Establishes Roots on the Site Formerly Known as Young’s Farms
[caption id=”attachment_2398″ align=”alignright” width=”300″ caption=”Sharla and Gary Mortimer are making this a family affair with their four kids helping make Mortimer Family Farms as special…
5 Ways Your Diet Can Relieve Stress
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="161" caption="Image by satakieli via Flickr"][/caption] If you are like us, your stress level is at an all time high and you…
The Pressure is On to Feed a Growing World
By Joe Sigg, Arizona Farm Bureau The United Nations News Service dated March 15, 2011 makes obvious the critical food production times we live…

You Live in the Desert, But Do You Also Live in a Food Desert?
[caption id="attachment_2369" align="alignright" width="385" caption="USDA Food Desert Locator"][/caption] For many Arizona residents, there is little question that they live in the desert as far as…
Top Mexican Restaurants to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] By Wendy Kenney, AZFB In honor of Cinco de Mayo, and Brent Murphree’s post about his favorite Mexican…
Making Mother’s Day Memorable
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Cover of Mother's Day"][/caption] If you picture the perfect Mother’s Day, what do you see? Does the thought of poorly made…

Arizona Legacy Beef: May Delivery
By Danny & Kacie Tomerlin, Arizona Legacy Beef We are so glad for the warm weather that finally seems to be here to stay. We have…
Enjoy Free Barbecue Meal From Award Winning Joe’s Real BBQ!
Arizona BBQ Fans Invited To Enjoy Free Barbecue Meal From Award Winning Joe’s Real BBQ , while giving the Gift of Reading to those who…

Bashas’ Family of Stores will hold four job fairs
Bashas’ Family of Stores will hold four job fairs – three in metro Phoenix and one in Tucson – to fill more than 400 full-time…