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Copper in Your Diet – Why You Need It and Where to Find It
By Lilian Grey a recent ASU Nutrition Student Copper is an essential nutrient. Essential nutrients are nutrients that your body can’t make on…
Effects of Vitamin D Deficiency
By Gabrielle Hungate a recent ASU Nutrition Student Vitamin D is something that most of us know is obtained from the sun, and it is…
Guess What’s Growing in Arizona On an Old Football Field
By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Outreach Director I’m beginning to think we can grow anything anywhere in Arizona. Why? It’s innovative thinkers like Chaz…
March is the Month for Food
By Alexandra Pettit AZFB Communications intern March is surely the month for food. Get ready because this month is a food lovers paradise when it…
French Canadian Shepard’s Pie
By Gabrielle Hungate a recent ASU nutrition student Coming from a French-Canadian family in New England, this recipe goes back for close to 100 years.…
The Most Underrated Superfood
By Jennifer Restuccio a Recent ASU Nutrition Student When we think of superfoods we usually think of foods like acai berries, goji berries, cacao, green…
Eat More Fish
By Jennifer Restuccio a Recent ASU Nutrition Student We’ve known for quite some time that fish is good for us, but maybe we need some…
25 Really Fun Facts about Root Vegetables
Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Outreach Director We’re all about root vegetables. And, we have a lot to tell you about root vegetables. Here, we…
Provide Veggie Options for the Kids
By Kenda Hettinger a recent ASU Nutrition student Children between the ages of 4-6 have heightened neophobia. Neophobia is the fear of trying something new.…
Instant Pot Winter Chicken and Rice Soup
By Jenifer Restuccio a recent ASU Nutrition Student This chicken soup recipe is a go-to for cold winter nights. Why do I say that? It’s…
Brown Rice Pasta
By Sarah Beleski a Recent ASU Nutrition Student Every couple months or so, I travel four hours away to see one of my best friends.…
Dates
By Kenda Hettinger a recent ASU Nutrition student Dates have grown in popularity as the whole food diet has grown in popularity. Dates are a…
Spinach and mashed potato stuffed mushrooms
by Kenda Hettinger, a recent ASU nutrition student Before I first made these my husband told me that he didn’t know how he was going…
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