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11.17.2010

Arizona Farm Bureau Gives Website Dedicated to Arizona Food and Farms A Facelift

Updated Sites Provides Comprehensive Resources for All Things Related to Arizona Food Arizona Farm Bureau recently relaunched its Fill Your Plate website as part of…

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11.16.2010

New Insect Birth Control Strategy Zaps Cotton Pests

Interesting article in the UofA News.  University of Arizona Researchers have found a new insect birth control strategy by combining pest-resistant cotton with the controlled…

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11.15.2010

ASU Speaker Series: Arizona’s Food Production, the Facts and Faces of our Farmers

On December 2, 2010,  ASU West Campus is hosting a panel of agriculturalists for their “Think” Thursdays in Kiva series. Beginning at 6:00 pm, this…

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11.10.2010

Pumpkin Pie Cake-Too Good for Words!!

Editor’s Note:  This post courtesy of Jan D’Atri Rescued Recipe #179 Pumpkin Pie Cake [caption id="attachment_1002" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Pumpkin pie cake photo credit: Jan D'Atri"][/caption]…

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11.10.2010

Classically Trained Wine Master Signs up For Farm Bureau Membership via Droid

By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau He’s not your average kind of guy. [caption id=”attachment_999″ align=”alignright” width=”480″ caption=”Arizona Farm Bureau's Peggy Jo peeks over Gary…

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10.18.2010

It’s National Pork Month – Go Hog Wild

You’ve heard the slogan about pork, “it’s the other white meat,” but do you know it’s the most widely consumed meat in the world? According…

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10.08.2010

National Bullying Prevention Month: Children Learn Kindness with Moozie!

MOOZIE WITH THE CHILDREN’S KINDNESS NETWORK TO BE HOSTED AT AN ARIZONA DAIRY!— Moozie the cow, the mascot for the Children’s Kindness Network, just can’t…

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10.08.2010

Get a Visual on Arizona’s Farming and Ranching

No excuses any more. You can learn all about Arizona farming and ranching and get a real visual on it all in the comfort of…

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09.29.2010

World Egg Day and PJs? It’s an event you don’t want to miss!

Who doesn’t love breakfast for dinner? We don’t know of anyone and that’s why we want to make certain you don’t miss out on the…

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09.28.2010

Can you dig it? It’s National Potato Month!

There’s still time to celebrate National Potato Month. How have you celebrated the spud? According to the US Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service, potatoes…

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09.27.2010

Truth, transparency in food labeling

Corn Refiners Association recently petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to allow manufacturers the option of using the label “corn sugar” as an alternative name…

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09.15.2010

Arizona’s wheat – all it’s cracked up to be

Wheat is one of the world’s oldest and most important crops grown and Arizona is a big player in the wheat field! [caption id=”attachment_865″ align=”alignleft”…

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09.13.2010

Out to Pasture and On To Quality Grass on the McGibbon and King Family Ranches

By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau [caption id=”attachment_861″ align=”alignleft” width=”300″ caption=”Micaela McGibbon manages the registered Red Angus herd. Seen here with her youngest daughter, Micaela…

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