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Fill Your Plate Loves Healthy Kids
Fill Your Plate
08.15.2016

Fill Your Plate Loves Healthy Kids

By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Communication Director Since 2007, when Arizona Farm Bureau launched Fill Your Plate, we focused our efforts on helping improve…

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Summer Is Here. Is Your Hydration A Priority?
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07.22.2016

Summer Is Here. Is Your Hydration A Priority?

By Jacob Gerdes, Arizona State Nutrition Communications Student  Living in the desert, you are often asked, “Are you drinking enough water?” At a point we…

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So, How’d Farm Bureau Become the Friendly Food Price Checker?
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07.18.2016

So, How’d Farm Bureau Become the Friendly Food Price Checker?

By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Communication Director Years ago, Arizona Farm Bureau merged with Farm Bureaus across the United States to join forces and…

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Fast, Fun Facts about Arizona Melons and Sweet Corn
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06.29.2016

Fast, Fun Facts about Arizona Melons and Sweet Corn

By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Melons and sweet corn, these two agriculture foods are some of my favorite summer foods. They’re fresh, healthy and…

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Get Your Hot Healthy On With Chilies
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06.22.2016

Get Your Hot Healthy On With Chilies

By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Arizona can claim to be one of the best places to breed hybrid chili plants. Rumor has it that…

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Celebrate Dairy Month with Your Arizona Dairy Farmers
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06.17.2016

Celebrate Dairy Month with Your Arizona Dairy Farmers

By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau We’ve earlier mentioned that June is National Dairy Month! It’s worth noting since diary, which includes cheese, milk, yogurt,…

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Summertime Means Sweet Corn Time
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06.06.2016

Summertime Means Sweet Corn Time

By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Of all the local summertime foods Arizona families can look forward to, one of my favorites is sweet corn.…

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An Open Letter to Dairy Cows
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06.01.2016

An Open Letter to Dairy Cows

By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern Dear Dairy Cows, It’s Dairy Month, and I’d like to recognize you! I’ve lived in Arizona my whole…

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Arizona Farmers get more Crop per Drop
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04.08.2016

Arizona Farmers get more Crop per Drop

By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern  Water is important to farmers and ranchers across the globe, it grows their crops and waters their livestock,…

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Around the World in Arizona
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01.15.2016

Around the World in Arizona

By Kat Brown, ASU Nutrition Student Arizona draws in people from all over the world who want to escape winters or find somewhere just as…

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Farming Family Holiday Traditions
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12.21.2015

Farming Family Holiday Traditions

By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern Have you ever noticed that as Christmas dinner starts, so do the stories? Mom talks about work and…

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12 Holiday Dishes you Should Add to your Table
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12.14.2015

12 Holiday Dishes you Should Add to your Table

By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern Every family has a dish or two that they make every holiday season. Maybe it is a recipe…

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A Foodie’s Guide to the Winter Holidays
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12.11.2015

A Foodie’s Guide to the Winter Holidays

By Kat Brown, ASU Nutrition student Holidays in Arizona, is there anything better? Enjoy sunny perfect weather in Southern Arizona and then zip up North…

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