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Fill Your Plate
02.10.2010

Arizona Vet Takes Issue with CBS' Report on Antibiotic Use in Animal Agriculture

A 36-year veteran of veterinary medicine responds to a CBS report on animal agriculture and antibiotics. Dr. McCLure suggests that “my lifetime of experience in…

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Love Your Food?  Hug a Farmer and You Could Win Yummy Prize!
Fill Your Plate
02.08.2010

Love Your Food? Hug a Farmer and You Could Win Yummy Prize!

Love Food?  Hug a Farmer and Win a Prize! Arizona Farm Bureau Announces New Contest in Honor of Valentine’s Day Higley, Arizona  – February 8,…

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02.02.2010

The Professor, The Farmer and the Extension Agent: Why the Partnership Works

Second in the two-part Series. First article here.   By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau The way modern-apostles of the food movement tell it, you…

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01.27.2010

The New Steak Diet: How to Eat Beef and Still Lose Weight

You can tell your New Year’s Resolution to lose weight has run its course when all you can imagine is sinking your teeth into a…

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01.25.2010

Fill Your Plate with Tasty Tips from The Arizona Farm Bureau

New Blog Highlights Happenings in the Arizona Food Scene [ Higley, Arizona]  January 18, 2010– Arizona Farm Bureau recently launched the new Fill Your Plate…

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01.13.2010

America's Farmers

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12.14.2009

Our Worker Gloves Are More Valuable than Michael Jackson’s

[caption id="attachment_10" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Jackson's Famous Glove went for $350,000"][/caption] By Pennee Murphree, former cotton, wheat and alfalfa grower Why do I even watch the…

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12.10.2009

Make it Easy to Buy Local

By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau So you want to purchase more locally-based products, but concerned about cost and availability? As communities around the country…

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12.10.2009

See How Easily You Can Talk to An Arizona Farmer

It started simply because families want to visit with farmers. Most got the bug at today’s farmers’ markets. But many want to continue the conversation.…

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