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Ask a Farmer: Is Organic Farming Healthier?
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01.30.2013

Ask a Farmer: Is Organic Farming Healthier?

This is the first in a series of Q & A’s that moms posed and Arizona Farmers and Ranchers have answered. Mom Wendy, raising 3 boys,…

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Sunrise on a Yuma, AZ, Farm
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12.17.2012

Sunrise on a Yuma, AZ, Farm

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Arizona Leafy Greens Week Marks Start of Bountiful Season
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11.01.2012

Arizona Leafy Greens Week Marks Start of Bountiful Season

Celebration highlighted with Governor proclamation, local grocery partnership In recognition of the bountiful harvest generated by Arizona’s abundant lettuce industry, Governor Jan Brewer has proclaimed…

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STUDY SHOWS CHEESE LOWERS THE RISK OF DIABETES
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08.29.2012

STUDY SHOWS CHEESE LOWERS THE RISK OF DIABETES

A new study found that people who eat cheese are 12 percent less likely to develop type 2 diabetes compared to those who rarely eat…

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Perfect Ways to Use Peaches
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08.20.2012

Perfect Ways to Use Peaches

Celebrate National Peach month by visiting one of our local peach farmers (Photo credit: Wikipedia) August is National Peach Month and the perfect time to…

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Potato Industry Ponders Possible Bumper Crop
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08.15.2012

Potato Industry Ponders Possible Bumper Crop

What is your favorite potato recipe?  (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This year’s potato crop could be substantially larger than 2011’s—up to 41 million hundredweight more bags…

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Demand for Fresh, Local Food Drives Farmers’ Market Growth
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08.08.2012

Demand for Fresh, Local Food Drives Farmers’ Market Growth

Buy locally and support your local farmers at your local Farmers’ Markets  (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Agriculture Department said the number of farmers’ markets in…

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It’s National Farmer’s Market Week – Let’s Go Shopping
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08.06.2012

It’s National Farmer’s Market Week – Let’s Go Shopping

What’s your favorite thing to buy at the local farmers market? This year the USDA has selected the second week of August, from the 5th…

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Lavender Thrives on Local Farm
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07.18.2012

Lavender Thrives on Local Farm

Lavender farm thrives in Heber, Arizona It might seem strange to realize that agriculture includes growing flowers, but our lavender farm is definitely a farm…

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World Hunger: 7 Billion Hungry Mouths to Feed
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07.09.2012

World Hunger: 7 Billion Hungry Mouths to Feed

July 11 is World Population Day, an awareness event that was established in 1989 by the United Nations intent on garnering attention for issues related…

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Interesting Information about Arizona Agriculture
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07.06.2012

Interesting Information about Arizona Agriculture

When people picture Arizona, they see the desert, the Grand Canyon, and lots of cactus.  What they don’t realize is that Arizona is much more…

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Are You Hungry for not Just Any Tomato?
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06.20.2012

Are You Hungry for not Just Any Tomato?

By Monica of Crooked Sky Farms The best thing about heirloom tomatoes is the taste. The quality surpasses any tomato you will find in a store…

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Celebrating the Centennial: God Didn’t Make the Land for the Purpose of One Single Species
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05.30.2012

Celebrating the Centennial: God Didn’t Make the Land for the Purpose of One Single Species

  Arizona Farm Bureau continues its “Celebrating the Centennial” Series with the fifth article, “God Didn’t Make the Land for the Purpose of one Single…

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