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Where Can I Get Farm-Fresh Vegetables Delivered Right To My Door?
You haven’t really eaten your vegetables until you’ve eaten them from a CSA! By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau You want more vegetables in your…
Breakfast in a Corn Field
This morning I ate breakfast in a cornfield. No, I’m not having flashbacks to the movie, “Field of Dreams.” The cornfield was the setting for…
Arizona BBQ Fans Invited To Enjoy Free Barbecue Meal From Award Winning Joe’s Real BBQ on May 5th, 2010
[caption id="attachment_396" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Getting ready for #freebbqday"][/caption] Arizona BBQ fans are invited to experience one of Arizona’s most famous barbecue restaurants for free! On…
Earth Day 2010: How Some Arizona Farmers Celebrate Every Day!
[caption id="attachment_386" align="alignright" width="199" caption="Buying locally grown produce is earth friendly. Check out the u-pick garden at Schnepf Farms. Photo credit: Foskett Photography"][/caption] Most Americans…
Arizona Beef: Some of the Most Flavorful in the World!
[caption id="attachment_380" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Future Rancher Cort Tomerlin is raised on natural beef and his boundless energy attests to that fact. "][/caption] By Julie Murphree,…
A Day for Chicks to Shine! Mom Bloggers Flock to Hickman’s Family Farms
[caption id="attachment_373" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Mom Bloggers go hands on at Hickman Egg Farms"][/caption] By Jody Serey, Contributor to Arizona Farm Bureau In early March, the…
Egg Production: The Journey of the Eggcellent Egg
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Arizona Farm Bureau Featured Member: Schnepf Farms
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CHAT WITH A FARMER—AND ASK AWAY!
Have you ever had a question about your home garden that you haven’t known where to get your answers from? Or maybe you’ve always wanted…
Young Farmers, Ranchers Face Concerns but Express Optimism
[caption id="attachment_276" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Arizona YF&R team having a good time at the Leadership Conference this year in Tulsa."][/caption] By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau…
No Farmers; No Food
By Jody Serey, writer and agriculture enthusiast Many of my relatives were farmers, mostly in Illinois and Indiana. They worked “family farms,” and when times…
Chile Acres Finds Its Niche Catering to People With Allergies
Gluten and Dairy-Free Products Allow People to Have Their Cheesecake and Eat It Too! Arizona Farm Bureau member Chile Acres finds its niche in the…
Farmers and Ranchers Care About Animal Welfare
Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau [caption id=”” align=”alignleft” width=”353″ caption=”Alan Kessler (center) chats with other ranchers during an Arizona Farm Bureau gathering. Kessler says Arizona…
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