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Farmers and Ranchers Care About Animal Welfare
Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Love of the rural lifestyle, land and animals comes across clearly if you hang out long enough with Alan and…
Arizona's State Budget Cuts could put Your Food Safety at Risk
By Tim Dunn, Arizona Farm Bureau Vice President, and Chair of the Advisory Council for the Arizona Department of Agriculture. Desperate for a balanced state…
Farming: The Original ‘Green Collar Job’
By Stewart Truelsen As the economy loses blue collar and white collar jobs, one bright spot in the employment outlook appears to be so-called “green…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Fill Your Plate with Tasty Tips from The Arizona Farm Bureau
New Blog Highlights Happenings in the Arizona Food Scene January 18, 2010– Arizona Farm Bureau recently launched the new Fill Your Plate Blog as…
America's Farmers
Read MoreOur Worker Gloves Are More Valuable than Michael Jackson’s
By Pennee Murphree, former cotton, wheat and alfalfa grower Why do I even watch the news? One of the more recent news items was about…
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…
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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What Nutrition Does Cabbage Have? Exploring the Benefits and Arizona’s Winter Bounty
Recently, I feasted on fresh fish tacos and the veggie packed in between the flour tortilla was fresh cabbage. This got me to thinking about…
Crop Protection from Insect Pests: How Farmers Win the War on Bugs
According to a report by UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, farmers lose 10% to 40% of their crops to pests and plant diseases. On a…
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