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Fill Your Plate’s Variety is the Spice of Life!
By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Recently, we talked about beef. But what if you’re hungry for a unique food item and you want to…
Beef: It’s What’s for Dinner…and Breakfast and Lunch
By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Supermarket sales of American beef have been a bright spot during the recent economic downturn. While the media have…
Oh Farmville, What Have You Done to Me?
Oh Farmville, What Have You Done to Me? Do you play the hugely popular game Farmville on Facebook? If not, you should check it out…
Farming: The Original ‘Green Collar Job’
By Stewart Truelsen As the economy loses blue collar and white collar jobs, one bright spot in the employment outlook appears to be so-called “green…
Continuing the Conversation on Animal Agriculture's Antibiotic Use: The Poultry Industry
Thanks to Dr. McClure’s insightful editorial “Animal Agriculture and Responsible Antibiotic Use”we understand a lot more about antibiotic use in animal agriculture. But let’s keep…
Arizona Vet Takes Issue with CBS' Report on Antibiotic Use in Animal Agriculture
A 36-year veteran of veterinary medicine responds to a CBS report on animal agriculture and antibiotics. Dr. McCLure suggests that “my lifetime of experience in…
Healthy Eating Series: Top 10 “All You Can Eat Foods" and Still Lose Weight
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could diet and not be hungry all the time? If you ask anyone who’s ever dieted before, they’ll most…
Love Your Food? Hug a Farmer and You Could Win Yummy Prize!
Love Food? Hug a Farmer and Win a Prize! Arizona Farm Bureau Announces New Contest in Honor of Valentine’s Day Higley, Arizona – February 8,…
Fire it up! Grilling Safety Tips
By Liz Foster, Arizona Farm Bureau Once the weather starts warming up in sunny Arizona, you’ll want to pay attention to some safety tips when…
Misconceptions About Agriculture
Issue: Globally, hunger is caused by a shortage of food. This is a misconception. Hunger is caused by economic, political and social reason more than…
The Professor, The Farmer and the Extension Agent: Why the Partnership Works
Second in the two-part Series. First article here. By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau The way modern-apostles of the food movement tell it, you…
Arizona Grown produce on display at the 2010 Ag Day
Celebrating 30 Years of Fun for the Entire Family Fun family events will make the 30th annual Arizona Agriculture Day event in Glendale a family…
Three Guys Walked into a Test Plot: A Professor, a Farmer and An Extension Agent
Why agriculture technology advances depend more than ever on relationships to protect and advance our healthy, abundant and economical food supply. First in a two-part…
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