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Spice Things Up on Swap Ideas Day
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] Swap your favorite recipe ideas on Swap Ideas Day (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] On September 10th, people all across the country will…
5 Great Ways to Celebrate Grandparent’s Day
Grandparents are often the foundation of our family tree, the roots from which we grew and branched out to create our own families. They hold…
Water Safety Smarts
Farm Bureau Financial Services offers summer water safety tips in preparation for 4th of July festivities [caption id=”” align=”alignright” width=”300″ caption=”Be safe around water this…
Great Outdoors Month Offers Great Opportunities
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Enjoy a hike in the Arizona outdoors (Photo credit: Wikipedia)"][/caption] Two of the best things about living in Arizona are the…
Cooking Out While Camping Out
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="What are your favorite foods when you're camping? (Photo credit: Wikipedia)"][/caption] As the summer season gets under way and the temperature…
Fun on the Farm: Global Belly Laugh Day
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] Have you heard any of these one liners from the farm? (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] This January 24th, people all over the…
My American Farm Games: Farm Fun and Learning Wrapped into One
My American Farm is a cooperative project that aims to increase agricultural knowledge by using interactive, educational computer games. Most of the current games are…
Coals Heat Up at the Chuck Wagon & Dutch Oven Cook Offs
Chuck Wagon Cook Off True cowboy cuisine doesn’t require any electricity. The Arizona National Livestock Show will hold the Ninth Annual Chuck Wagon Cook Off…
Your Favorite Recipes: Thanksgiving
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Submit your recipe today for Fill Your Plate’s Favorite Home Recipe Contest! Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] There is something about the classic…
August is National Catfish Month
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] Arizona is the place to be for catfish. The warm desert lakes and streams are the favorite home…
20 Fun Facts about Hot & Spicy Food
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] Let’s celebrate the heat of southwest cuisine on August 19th with National Hot & Spicy Food Day! Whether…
Make your own Lunchables
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Image by Seven Morris via Flickr"][/caption] By Peggy Jo Goodfellow, Arizona Farm Bureau Packing a healthy lunch, day in and day…
Ag in The Classroom Celebrates Fall with FREE Books and Cash Prizes for Teachers
By Katie Aikins, Arizona Farm Bureau [caption id=”attachment_2789″ align=”alignright” width=”300″ caption=”The first 200 teachers to sign-up for the book and presentation will get to…
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How to Reduce Your Sugar Intake—and Why It Matters
Decades ago, in a time when eating healthy wasn’t the societal norm, my mother took a firm stand against sugar in our household. If we…
Spinach: The Superfood That Packs a Punch and is Grown Locally in Arizona!
When was the last time you pondered the wonderfulness of spinach—a leafy green so packed with goodness it might just deserve its own superhero cape?…
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