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Category: In Season

What’s in Season in July
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07.13.2012

What’s in Season in July

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Green Beans are a summer favorite. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)"][/caption] It’s July which means hot days, warm nights, and delicious, home grown…

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Great Outdoors Month Offers Great Opportunities
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06.29.2012

Great Outdoors Month Offers Great Opportunities

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Enjoy a hike in the Arizona outdoors (Photo credit: Wikipedia)"][/caption] Two of the best things about living in Arizona are the…

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Top 6 Summer Picks for Local Arizona Foods
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06.22.2012

Top 6 Summer Picks for Local Arizona Foods

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="250" caption="fresh fruit salad (Photo credit: Wikipedia)"][/caption] Summer is here and fresh, fabulous food is available all over Arizona.  Whether you are…

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Are You Hungry for not Just Any Tomato?
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06.20.2012

Are You Hungry for not Just Any Tomato?

[caption id="attachment_5374" align="alignright" width="300" caption="What's your favorite type of tomato? (image via Fill Your Plate)"][/caption] By Monica of Crooked Sky Farms The best thing about…

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Cooking Out While Camping Out
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06.15.2012

Cooking Out While Camping Out

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="What are your favorite foods when you're camping? (Photo credit: Wikipedia)"][/caption] As the summer season gets under way and the temperature…

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What’s In Season in June?
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06.04.2012

What’s In Season in June?

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Enjoy some of the fresh Arizona produce in season for June (Photo credit: Wikipedia)"][/caption] When it comes to access to fresh,…

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What’s In Season in May?
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05.14.2012

What’s In Season in May?

One of the many great things about living in Arizona is the abundant access to locally grown produce almost all year round.  As we move…

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Perfect Pecans
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04.23.2012

Perfect Pecans

[caption id="attachment_4835" align="alignright" width="231" caption="AZFB Commodity Pie Chart via AZFB"][/caption] April is National Pecan month which is a great opportunity to celebrate this All-American nut. …

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How to Spring Clean Your Cupboards
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04.20.2012

How to Spring Clean Your Cupboards

As the warm spring sunshine fills our homes, many of us get the urge to embark on that annual rite of passage called “Spring Cleaning”. …

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Food Prices Down Slightly in the First Quarter of 2012
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04.19.2012

Food Prices Down Slightly in the First Quarter of 2012

This quarter’s Stretch Your Dollar menu and recipes are available on fillyourplate.org [caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="American Farm Bureau Federation (Photo credit: Wikipedia)"][/caption] Arizona retail…

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What’s In Season in April?
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04.16.2012

What’s In Season in April?

Here in Arizona, we are well into Spring and people across the state are enjoying the beautiful weather and awesome outdoors before the heat of…

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Play Ball!! Pack a Picnic for Spring Training
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03.19.2012

Play Ball!! Pack a Picnic for Spring Training

Spring is in full swing here in Arizona and that means citrus trees are full of fruit, farmer’s markets have well stocked stalls, and major…

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02.27.2012

What to do with All that Fruit?

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] What do you plan to do with your left over in season fruit? (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] Here in Arizona, we are…

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