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Cacti of Arizona: The Organ Pipe
By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern The organ pipe cactus, or stenocereus thurberi, if you want to get scientific, is a cactus that grows…
Fill Your Plate is Mobile!
By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern I got on my phone earlier today to show my friend a recipe on fillyourplate.org, and to my…
Cacti of Arizona: The Prickly Pear
By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern With its big flat pads that look like hands reaching toward the sky, the prickly pear is by…
Go Nuts in AZ
By Kat Brown, ASU Nutrition student Nuts have been long touted for their super-food benefits. Whether you are grabbing them on the go or adding…
Where to get a Scare!
By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern As we get closer and closer to Halloween I find myself looking up more and more ghost stories.…
25 Ways to Eat Bok Choy
By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern There are many different kinds of fruits and vegetables that come into season in Arizona starting in October.…
Cacti of Arizona: The Saguaro
By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern As a native to Arizona, I am very used to seeing those crazy-looking things called ‘cacti’ everywhere. They…
Labor Day Events around Arizona
In the United States, Labor Day is a holiday celebrated on the first Monday in September. This year that is September 7th. Labor Day is…
Visit the Ghost Towns of Arizona
In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s Arizona’s mining industry was booming. Several small towns and even some booming towns popped up all over the…
48 Facts You Might Not Know about Arizona
How well do you know Arizona? If you attended 4th grade in Arizona, then you probably learned quite a bit about Arizona history. But for…
The Edible Desert
The Sonoran Desert may appear to be barren to the unacquainted eye, but surprisingly it has around 540 edible plants. Native Arizonan cultures have been…
Skin Cancer Prevention
If you live in Arizona you probably spend much of your time outdoors. With nearly 300 days of sunshine annually in this amazing state how…
Travel Guide to Arizona’s Farms and Ranches
Check out the Arizona Farm Bureau’s new travel guide in this article here. This travel guide was created to cater to the growing number of people…
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