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The Ultimate Spring To-Do List: 50 Activities for Friends and Family
By Sarah Hunt, AZFB Communications Intern Spring is my favorite season; you want to know why? It’s because our Arizona weather is perfect…
Over The Years: Fill Your Plate’s Collection of Thanksgiving Articles
By Sarah Hunt, AZFB Communications Intern Photo: Pixabay The holidays can be filled with stress, worry, lots of work, and lots of sugar.…
10 Ideas for Honoring Your Veterans This Veteran’s Day
By Sarah Hunt, AZFB Communications Intern Photo: Pixabay Veteran’s day is this Wednesday, November 11! COVID-19 has certainly altered what we can do for…
History of The Day of the Dead (El Día De Los Muertos)
By Sarah Hunt, AZFB Communications Intern Photos: Pixabay Today is the final day of the Day of the Dead celebration. What is it’s significance,…
10 Ideas to Celebrate Labor Day
By Sarah Hunt, AZFB Communications Intern Photo by user: Free-Photos on Pixabay Labor Day weekend is coming up! I am always stumped what to…
12 Fun Facts about Potatoes
By Sarah Hunt, AZFB Communications Intern Potatoes are a common staple around the world, the United States, and even Arizona. We make them roasted, baked,…
Fun Facts About Salsa
By Alexandra Pettit AZFB Communications Intern Did you know that May is national salsa month! May is also known for a very popular holiday Cinco…
The Squeeze on Citrus
By Angela Bates A Recent ASU Nutrition Student 4 Ways One of Arizona’s Top Crops Benefits the Body In 1889, William J. Murphy planted an…
So you’ve got two days to Explore Arizona…
By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern Part 1: Half-a-Day in Arizona Part 2: One Day in Arizona There are almost too many places…
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.…
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 Hohokam People, Ancient Arizona Farmers
The Hohokam were one of the United States’ first great Native American civilizations. They inhabited parts of southern and central Arizona near the Salt, Gila,…
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Mushrooms have long been a curiosity, popping up in fairy tales as enchanted homes for woodland creatures or as potent ingredients in ancient potions. But…
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