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Perfect Ways to Use Peaches
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] Celebrate National Peach month by visiting one of our local peach farmers (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] August is National Peach Month and…
Potato Industry Ponders Possible Bumper Crop
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] What is your favorite potato recipe? (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] This year’s potato crop could be substantially larger than 2011’s—up to 41…
Demand for Fresh, Local Food Drives Farmers’ Market Growth
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] Buy locally and support your local farmers at your local Farmers’ Markets (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] The Agriculture Department said the number…
It’s National Farmer’s Market Week – Let’s Go Shopping
[caption id="attachment_5627" align="alignright" width="300"] What’s your favorite thing to buy at the local farmers market?[/caption] This year the USDA has selected the second week of…
Lavender Thrives on Local Farm
[caption id="attachment_5493" align="alignright" width="242"] Lavender farm thrives in Heber, Arizona[/caption] It might seem strange to realize that agriculture includes growing flowers, but our lavender farm…
World Hunger: 7 Billion Hungry Mouths to Feed
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Percentage of national population suffering from malnutrition, according to United Nations statistics. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)"][/caption] July 11 is World Population Day,…
Interesting Information about Arizona Agriculture
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Grand Canyon, Arizona. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)"][/caption] When people picture Arizona, they see the desert, the Grand Canyon, and lots of cactus. …
Are You Hungry for not Just Any Tomato?
[caption id="attachment_5374" align="alignright" width="300" caption="What's your favorite type of tomato? (image via Fill Your Plate)"][/caption] By Monica of Crooked Sky Farms The best thing about…
Celebrating the Centennial: God Didn’t Make the Land for the Purpose of One Single Species
[caption id="attachment_5134" align="alignright" width="231" caption="Wink and Molly Butler (image via AZFB)"][/caption] Arizona Farm Bureau continues its “Celebrating the Centennial” Series with the fifth article,…
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…
Our Celebrating the Centennial Series, Part 3
[caption id="attachment_4740" align="alignleft" width="185" caption="Cecil H. Miller, Sr 1941-1943 Image via Julie Murphree at AZFB"][/caption] Editor’s Note: Beginning in January, Arizona Farm Bureau began a…
A Picture of Arizona Agriculture
Here in Arizona, we are blessed with a long growing season and weather that supports our amazing Agriculture industry. Our farmers and ranchers work hard…
Our Celebrating the Centennial Series, Part 2
[caption id="attachment_4731" align="alignleft" width="216" caption="Wilbur Lunt Image via Julie Murphree at AZFB"][/caption] Editor’s Note: Beginning in January, Arizona Farm Bureau began a series of articles…
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