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Imagining Arizona Agriculture in the Next 20 Years
By Pat Rorabaugh, Ph.D., Lecturer in the School of Plant Sciences and a hydroponic specialist with the Controlled Environment Agriculture Center, University of Arizona. The…
Why is America Fat? Art and Science Both Offer Clues
By Tracy Taylor Grondine A recent effort by scholars to uncover the origins of America’s obesity problem turned up some interesting findings. Their research, while…
Arizonans Look to Save on Their Food Budget by Starting Backyard Gardens
By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau For an initial $400 to $500 investment, you can get the freshest vegetables you want. In fact, families are…
Corporate Environmentalism is Generating Big Green
Want to Know How Your Charitable Donations really Work? By Stefanie Smallhouse, Arizona Farm Bureau Second Vice President This is the time of year when…
Continuing the Conversation on Animal Agriculture's Antibiotic Use: The Poultry Industry
Thanks to Dr. McClure’s insightful editorial “Animal Agriculture and Responsible Antibiotic Use”we understand a lot more about antibiotic use in animal agriculture. But let’s keep…
Arizona Vet Takes Issue with CBS' Report on Antibiotic Use in Animal Agriculture
A 36-year veteran of veterinary medicine responds to a CBS report on animal agriculture and antibiotics. Dr. McCLure suggests that “my lifetime of experience in…
Three Guys Walked into a Test Plot: A Professor, a Farmer and An Extension Agent
[caption id="attachment_136" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Today's self-propelled combines are set up with monitors inside the cab"][/caption] Why agriculture technology advances depend more than ever on relationships…
Growing Local Chefs
The Arizona Careers in Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP) prepares high school students across the state for jobs in the culinary sector. In addition to their…
My Encounter with a Humanitarian
[caption id="attachment_21" align="alignleft" width="229" caption="A Young Borlaug doing field research"][/caption] By John Augustine, Agriculturalist and Nursery grower In the era of unsung heroes, Norman E.…
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What Nutrition Does Corn Have? Kernel by Kernel
In Arizona, we grow two kinds of corn: sweet corn and field corn. Sweet corn is grown for human consumption, and the field corn is…
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