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Mortimer Family Farms Brings Back The Pumpkins!
[caption id="attachment_3351" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Mortimer Family Farms is celebrating Fall with a huge Pumpkin Festival in October!"][/caption] Mortimer Family Farms announces their Pumpkin Festival to…
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 [caption id="attachment_3296" align="alignright" width="434" caption="Pumpkin and Corn Festivals Abound in Arizona. Image credit: Apple Annie's"][/caption] Apple Annie’s Fall Pumpkin Celebration: Old fashioned family…
Amazing Maize: The Science, History and Culture of Corn
[caption id="attachment_3255" align="alignleft" width="270" caption="Amazing Maize: The Science, History and Culture of Corn; Image Credit Pigliapost on Flickr"][/caption] After more than five years in development,…
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…
Focus on Agriculture: Food Holidays Tempt Taste Buds
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="The Storming of the Bastille"][/caption] By Cyndie Sirekis, American Farm Bureau Federation Food holidays, whether feting a day, week or month,…
Hot Dogs! Get Your Hot Dogs! Fun Hot Dog Trivia for National Hot Dog Month
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] This year the average American will eat 60 hot dogs. Some will smother them in ketchup and mustard;…
Making Mother’s Day Memorable
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Cover of Mother's Day"][/caption] If you picture the perfect Mother’s Day, what do you see? Does the thought of poorly made…
Twenty Fun Facts about Jelly Beans
[caption id="attachment_2168" align="alignright" width="300" caption="via Wikipedia"][/caption] In preparation for National Jelly Bean Day which will be celebrated on April 22 this year, here are twenty…
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
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. It began in 500 AD as a remembrance of St. Valentine,…
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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