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Mortimer Family Farms Brings Back The Pumpkins!
Mortimer Family Farms announces their Pumpkin Festival to include Pumpkins Picking, Fall Décor, Apple Cider, Hay Rides, Farm Animal Kingdom, Food & Craft Vendors, and…
Safe Commuting Means Avoiding Driving Distractions
With all the driving we’ll be doing this fall to get work or to all the fun Harvest Festivals and Pumpkin Patches, the Farm Bureau…
Pumpkin and Corn Festivals in Arizona- Fall 2011
Cochise County Apple Annie’s Fall Pumpkin Celebration: Old fashioned family fun picking your own pumpkins, fall vegetables and apples. U-pick pumpkins and produce for sale.…
Amazing Maize: The Science, History and Culture of Corn
After more than five years in development, the Indiana State Museum is opening Amazing Maize: The Science, History and Culture of Corn this week, for…
August is National Catfish Month
Arizona is the place to be for catfish. The warm desert lakes and streams are the favorite home to two species, the channel catfish and…
Focus on Agriculture: Food Holidays Tempt Taste Buds
By Cyndie Sirekis, American Farm Bureau Federation Food holidays, whether feting a day, week or month, have been around for quite some time. And it’s…
Hot Dogs! Get Your Hot Dogs! Fun Hot Dog Trivia for National Hot Dog Month
This year the average American will eat 60 hot dogs. Some will smother them in ketchup and mustard; others will drown them in chili and…
Making Mother’s Day Memorable
If you picture the perfect Mother’s Day, what do you see? Does the thought of poorly made pancakes, piled up by cute children and a…
Twenty Fun Facts about Jelly Beans
In preparation for National Jelly Bean Day which will be celebrated on April 22 this year, here are twenty facts about this fun and flavorful…
Show Your Love with the Cupid’s Diet for Valentine’s Day
Flowers? Stuffed animals? Heart-shaped boxes of chocolates? Why not surprise your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day with a Cupid’s menu centered on aphrodisiac foods that can…
Celebrate Valentine’s Day Arizona Style
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. It began in 500 AD as a remembrance of St. Valentine, who was one of the many martyred…
Celebrate the Fruitcake!
Did you hear the recent joke about fruitcake? It seems that many airlines are banning travelers from bringing fruitcake as a carry-on because the cake…
Christmas Traditions on the Farm VI: The Christmas We Dressed the Chickens
Next in the series. Oyster stew was first in the series. Second in the series here. Third in the series here. Fourth in the series here. Fifth in the…
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