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Eat Your Meats!
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11.01.2023

Eat Your Meats!

By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern When creating a healthy diet, it’s important to include a balance of fats, carbohydrates, and proteins, as…

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Dietary Choices Impact Gut Health
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10.30.2023

Dietary Choices Impact Gut Health

By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern [caption id="attachment_8692" align="alignright" width="300"] Add more fruits and vegetables to your diet along with meat proteins, dairy,…

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A Prescription for Produce
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10.27.2023

A Prescription for Produce

By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern When you go to the doctor for a chronic illness, what often ends up happening is your…

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It’s Soup Season!
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10.20.2023

It’s Soup Season!

By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern Cooler temperatures are right around the corner! Which means that it’s the perfect time to start adding…

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Consider Adding More Spinach to Your Diet!
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10.11.2023

Consider Adding More Spinach to Your Diet!

By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern Eating spinach in large quantities always makes me think of the old cartoon my brothers and I…

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Choose Your Cereal Wisely!
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10.06.2023

Choose Your Cereal Wisely!

By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern When my brothers and I were growing up, our favorite thing to have for breakfast each morning…

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Fermented Foods are Full of Health Benefits
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10.04.2023

Fermented Foods are Full of Health Benefits

By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern [caption id="attachment_16975" align="alignright" width="300"] Cabbage, grown quite well in Arizona, is the start of great sauerkraut.[/caption] We…

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Cinnamon Offers Many Health Benefits
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10.02.2023

Cinnamon Offers Many Health Benefits

By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern When you think of fall and all the smells and flavors that come along with it, the…

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Beat the Post-Meal Slump with Some Movement
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09.15.2023

Beat the Post-Meal Slump with Some Movement

By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern We all know the feeling. You’ve just eaten lunch, are sitting back in your chair, and after…

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Highly Processed Foods Linked to Increased Cancer Risk
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09.08.2023

Highly Processed Foods Linked to Increased Cancer Risk

By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern I think that it is safe to say that whether we eat them or not, we all…

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Diet Plays a Big Role in the Healing Process
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09.06.2023

Diet Plays a Big Role in the Healing Process

By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern Between growing up on a farm and loving to play outdoors, my brothers and I frequently got…

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Certain Prepackaged Foods Can Actually be Nutritious
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09.04.2023

Certain Prepackaged Foods Can Actually be Nutritious

By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern Often, when we hear about prepackaged foods, our minds instantly think that they are unhealthy, as many…

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Move Over, Olive Oil! Whole Olives are Just as Nutritious!
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08.30.2023

Move Over, Olive Oil! Whole Olives are Just as Nutritious!

By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern We all know that olive oil is touted as being the healthiest oil option out there, and…

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