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Category: Arizona farmers and ranchers

Some Interesting Facts About Bacon
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06.09.2010

Some Interesting Facts About Bacon

By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Bacon frying in the skillet is still the best way to wake up on a Sunday morning on the…

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YES! ARIZONA WINE CAN,  AND DID, TAKE ON THE WORLD!
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06.07.2010

YES! ARIZONA WINE CAN, AND DID, TAKE ON THE WORLD!

Arizona Wine Sweeps Top Spots In Professional Blind Tasting Event Against Heavyweights From Across The Globe.It’s official. Arizona has just made its grand debut in the wine…

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An Unusual Place to Find Sweet Corn
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06.04.2010

An Unusual Place to Find Sweet Corn

If you’ve ever eaten ripe and sugary sweet corn on the cob when it was just picked from the farm, you’ll swear you’ve just tasted…

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Help End Hunger, Change Lives and Share Hope!
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05.31.2010

Help End Hunger, Change Lives and Share Hope!

Summer is a very difficult time for many of Arizona’s children, and may be especially challenging with the widespread community resource reductions and the other…

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NRCS Offers Help for Agricultural Energy Audits Individual energy audits will help Arizona producers reduce energy use
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05.28.2010

NRCS Offers Help for Agricultural Energy Audits Individual energy audits will help Arizona producers reduce energy use

PHOENIX, May 25, 2010 — Arizona farmers, ranchers, dairies, nursery growers, and other agricultural producers can apply for financial help to get an energy audit…

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YOUNG ARIZONANS ARE MORE INTERESTED IN COOKING
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05.28.2010

YOUNG ARIZONANS ARE MORE INTERESTED IN COOKING

A survey sponsored by ConAgra Foods finds that younger consumers are more interested in cooking than the general population. The survey shows that 72 percent…

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Fill Your Plate Recipe Tab: a Place to Discover Arizona’s Producer Chefs
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05.20.2010

Fill Your Plate Recipe Tab: a Place to Discover Arizona’s Producer Chefs

By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau  Where else can you find recipes like “Wheat Farmer’s Salad” and “The Angry Hillbilly” but in Fill Your Plate’s…

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Get in Touch With Your Food at Chef Du Moo
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05.17.2010

Get in Touch With Your Food at Chef Du Moo

What does bacon, bread pudding, and fresh hay all have in common?  They were all part of the dining experience at Chef Du MOO, a…

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Arizona Fire Prevention is Going to the Goats!
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05.16.2010

Arizona Fire Prevention is Going to the Goats!

Fire prevention is going to the goats, featuring Arizona Farm Bureau Members Rod and Tawnya Baker, owners of Settler Valley Ranch in Dewey, Arizona.

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Green Crafting:  Arizona Cotton Wreaths are Green By Design
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05.16.2010

Green Crafting: Arizona Cotton Wreaths are Green By Design

Green crafting is always in season in Arizona.  Check out the Arizona Cotton Burr Wreaths on Sonoran Living Live, featuring Arizona Farm Bureau Member Tiffany…

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Fresh Arizona Peaches Available Now!
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05.13.2010

Fresh Arizona Peaches Available Now!

“Life is Peachy” at Schnepf Farms The Peach Festival and Peachy Facts MAY 15TH, 16TH, 22ND & 23RD ……AND……. –       The Peach Festival was the…

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Cotton is not the only Fiber grown in Arizona
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05.13.2010

Cotton is not the only Fiber grown in Arizona

Alpaca and Llama Producer Puts Herself On The Map Located 150 miles north of Phoenix, the small town of Ash Fork, AZ, may not seem…

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Creating with Cotton — Cotton Bur Wreath
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05.11.2010

Creating with Cotton — Cotton Bur Wreath

By Tiffany Shedd, The Cotton Shedd Cotton is so much a part of our lives that we may not even be aware that it is…

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