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Category: Food Production
Arizona Lemons, Worthy of a “Pucker Up!”
By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Outreach Director The 2017/18 crop results for Arizona lemons are in: Production this season is slightly down from…
Kill Off Sugar From Your Diet
By Alise Robers, Recent Arizona State University Nutrition Student One of the most dangerous items in our diet is something we all know and love:…
Do Honey Bees Need Pesticides, or More Specifically, Miticides?
By Amber Morin, Arizona Farm Bureau Field Manager and southern Arizona rancher with her family Miticides, as the name implies, is an agent used to control…
Backyard Farms: Becoming Self Sufficient
By Michael Russell, recent Arizona State University Nutrition Communications Student I have long dreamed of a chance to own a plot of land and yield…
Grow with your family: Benefits of Introducing Gardening to Children
By Jacob Gerdes, recent Arizona State University Nutrition Communications Student Growing up, I loved being outside and that feeling has stuck with me to this…
Culinary Creepy-Crawlies
By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern Insects have been eaten in countries across the globe for centuries. The United States, however isn’t known for…
Stop Being the Biggest Cause of Food-Related Illness!
By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Americans ate an average of 117.2 pounds of fresh and processed fruit per person in 2013, down from a…
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…
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…
Which is better: Fresh, frozen, or canned?
By Lisa Kaschmitter, Arizona State University Nutrition Student When it comes to fruits and vegetables, eating them in almost any form is a great thing…
All about Amaranth
Much like quinoa, amaranth was grown by the Aztecs and then nearly abolished during the Spanish conquest. Also like quinoa, this ancient grain is making…
Little Known Facts about Olive Oil
Golden and fragrant, with a distinctive taste, olive oil is one of the old known cooking oils in the world. At one time, about 6,000…
Buying Locally Grown Produce Has Never Been Easier
Follow these tips to buy locally grown food (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com) One of the things Arizonans can do to show their appreciation for the farmers…
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