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Cacti of Arizona: The Prickly Pear
By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern With its big flat pads that look like hands reaching toward the sky, the prickly pear is by…
5 Easy Do-It-Yourself Fall Decorations
By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern The dog days of summer have seemed to drag on and on this year. It’s been pretty…
Attend These Festivals to Show Support for AZ Wine Makers
Arizona’s wine industry is growing, and if you haven’t tried it yet you are missing out! We have a list of upcoming festivals that will…
Sign Up for the Farmer 5k
The Arizona Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers invites you to walk, jog, or run to raise money for the United Food Bank on December…
Arizona’s Fall Pumpkin, Corn Maze and Halloween Festivals 2015
With temperatures beginning to slowly drop, we can almost say the feeling of fall is in the air! Don’t miss out on all of the…
Labor Day Events around Arizona
In the United States, Labor Day is a holiday celebrated on the first Monday in September. This year that is September 7th. Labor Day is…
Visit the Ghost Towns of Arizona
In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s Arizona’s mining industry was booming. Several small towns and even some booming towns popped up all over the…
48 Facts You Might Not Know about Arizona
How well do you know Arizona? If you attended 4th grade in Arizona, then you probably learned quite a bit about Arizona history. But for…
6 Ag-related Summertime Boredom Busters For Kids
School is out in Arizona and the kids are home. After the excitement of being home from school wears off, kids may find themselves to…
National Picnic Day
April 23rd is National Picnic Day. For centuries people have enjoyed eating their meals outside in the beauty of nature-what we call a “picnic”. Our…
Little Known Facts about Groundhog Day
Here in the United States, in a place called Punxsutawney (Pennsylvania), a groundhog named Phil will let his faithful followers know if they can expect…
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How to Reduce Your Sugar Intake—and Why It Matters
Decades ago, in a time when eating healthy wasn’t the societal norm, my mother took a firm stand against sugar in our household. If we…
Spinach: The Superfood That Packs a Punch and is Grown Locally in Arizona!
When was the last time you pondered the wonderfulness of spinach—a leafy green so packed with goodness it might just deserve its own superhero cape?…
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