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04.02.2015

What’s in Season in April?

Our desert climate makes it possible for local ranchers and farmers to operate almost year round which means residents have access to a wide range…

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Little Known Facts about Vegetable Soup
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03.20.2015

Little Known Facts about Vegetable Soup

What is it about the smell of simmering vegetable soup that soothes body and soul?  Is it the fact that the vegetables represent the harvest…

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03.04.2015

What’s in Season in March?

Spring is here and that means you will start to see even more fabulously fresh locally grown fruits and veggies available at local farmers markets. …

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National Celery Month
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03.02.2015

National Celery Month

Celery is having an anniversary this month! In honor of four centuries of cultivation of this ultra-crispy vegetable and its sweet yet distinctive flavor, The…

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What Is Sweeter than Valentine’s Day? The Sweet Potato
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02.25.2015

What Is Sweeter than Valentine’s Day? The Sweet Potato

The sweet potato is one of the most delicious roots, or tubers, available to American appetites. Shaped like an elongated potato, the sweet potato is…

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Fun Facts about Salad
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02.06.2015

Fun Facts about Salad

Salad, once viewed as a side dish at meals – especially by the male of the species – has finally become a star at the…

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Surprising Facts about Spinach
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01.28.2015

Surprising Facts about Spinach

“I’m strong to the finish ‘cuz I eats my spinach. I’m Popeye the Sailor Man! Toot toot!”     Most of us in the US…

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9 Foods to Help You Lose Weight
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01.14.2015

9 Foods to Help You Lose Weight

Beating Back the Bulges Are you one of the more than nine million Americans (and 1.8 million Arizonians) who have vowed to lose weight in…

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Little Known Facts about Arizona’s Leafy Greens
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01.09.2015

Little Known Facts about Arizona’s Leafy Greens

January is a good time for green!!! No, not money. That other green – fresh, nutritious, delicious leafy green vegetables like endive, Spring Mix, cabbage, Romaine,…

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8 Ways to Eat Healthy, Arizona Style
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01.05.2015

8 Ways to Eat Healthy, Arizona Style

Twenty-four centuries ago, Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, advised his fellow Greeks: [tweetthis] “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”-Hippocrates [/tweetthis]…

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Drop Off Your Citrus Donations to Arizona’s Food Banks Beginning January 5
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01.01.2015

Drop Off Your Citrus Donations to Arizona’s Food Banks Beginning January 5

PHOENIX, ARIZONA:  Are your citrus trees filling up with fruit? No problem – Arizona’s food banks want your citrus donations! Food banks continue to respond…

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Let’s Celebrate Arizona Grown Leafy Greens
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11.19.2014

Let’s Celebrate Arizona Grown Leafy Greens

November is the month of gratitude and if there is one thing we have to be grateful for here in Arizona it is the abundance…

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Our Top 7 Fall Comfort Foods on Fill Your Plate
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11.05.2014

Our Top 7 Fall Comfort Foods on Fill Your Plate

Fall is a time for rustic flavors and hearty, comforting dishes. As root vegetables, squash, and hearty greens like kale and arugula come into season…

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