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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…
Fill Your Plate with Avocados!
By Erika Guzman, Current ASU Nutrition Student Avocados seem like a bandwagon fruit (yes, it’s a fruit), but in reality, it’s a delicious, healthy…
Nutrition for the Life Cycle Series – Nutrition During School-Age Years
By Emily Carver, Recent ASU Nutrition Student This is part five of a five-part series on nutrition within the lifecycle. Read part one, part two,…
Nutrition for the Life Cycle Series – Nutrition During Preschool Years
By Emily Carver, Recent ASU Nutrition Student This is part four of a five-part series on nutrition within the lifecycle. Read part one, part two…
Nutrition for the Life Cycle Series – Nutrition During Toddler Years
By Emily Carver, Recent ASU Nutrition Student This is part three of a five-part series on nutrition within the lifecycle. Read part one and part…
Nutrition for the Life Cycle Series – Nutrition During Infancy
By Emily Carver, Recent ASU Nutrition Student This is part two of a five-part series on nutrition within the life cycle. Read part one here.…
Nutrition for the Life Cycle Series – Nutrition During Lactation
By Emily Carver, Recent ASU Nutrition Student First in a series Your world has changed forever. You just welcomed a beautiful new baby into the…
The Importance of Vitamin K
By Noor Nouaillati, Recent ASU Nutrtion Student We all know that every nutrient found in a particular food item is very important for our body…
Calcium and Your Colon: How Calcium Just Might Save Your Life
By Emily Carver, Recent ASU Nutrition Student When thinking about calcium, the first thought that generally comes to mind is milk and bones. Growing up,…
In a World Full of Kale, Why Not be a Green Bean?
By Sarah LeVesque, Recent ASU Nutrition Student I’m a lover of all things kale, but lately, I’ve been thinking about green beans: where have they…
15 Meal Planning Guidelines For Your Preschooler
By Alise Robers, Recent ASU Nutrition Student Getting little ones to try new foods, or eat what you put in front of them can be…
Jamming Out While Working Out
By Bailey Roden, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern Who doesn’t love music? Music has the power to affect people in ways they don’t even know. Have…
When It’s Time to Introduce Solid Foods to Your Child
By Kevann Jordan, Recent ASU Nutrition Student When a baby is born its mother is able to provide for all of his or her nutritional…
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