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15 Recipes Featuring what’s in Season in January
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01.04.2016

15 Recipes Featuring what’s in Season in January

By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern The New Year has rolled around and many of us might be working on our New Year’s resolutions.…

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What do you know about Microgreens?
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12.30.2015

What do you know about Microgreens?

By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern Have you ever heard of Microgreens? Well, they are the shoots of salad vegetables that are harvested right…

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Dandy Dandelions
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12.16.2015

Dandy Dandelions

By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern Let me set the stage: It’s a beautiful day outside and you’ve decided to go out and clean…

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Are you Skeptical about Cauliflower?
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12.09.2015

Are you Skeptical about Cauliflower?

By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern Let me just confess now: Cauliflower is NOT my favorite vegetable, and I think there are quite a…

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What’s In Season Smoothies
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12.07.2015

What’s In Season Smoothies

By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern It’s weird to think about making smoothies in the winter months, but they can be a delicious and…

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4 Cool Coconut Products You Need in Your Life
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11.02.2015

4 Cool Coconut Products You Need in Your Life

By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern When you think of coconuts does your mind get swept to an island somewhere far away? Are you…

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25 Ways to Eat Bok Choy
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10.19.2015

25 Ways to Eat Bok Choy

By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern There are many different kinds of fruits and vegetables that come into season in Arizona starting in October.…

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Healthy Back-To-School Snack Options on a Healthy Budget
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10.16.2015

Healthy Back-To-School Snack Options on a Healthy Budget

By Veronica De Lira, Arizona State University Nutrition Student   Going back to school can be pricey, with the costs of supplies and back-to-school clothes…

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Tolmachoff Farms is Offering AZ Locals an Opportunity to Pick Their Own Produce off the Farm
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06.23.2015

Tolmachoff Farms is Offering AZ Locals an Opportunity to Pick Their Own Produce off the Farm

Tolmachoff Farms would like to invite Arizona locals to eat and think local when it comes to picking out their produce.  Tolmachoff Farms is a…

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Little-Known Facts about Carrots that Will Make You Go “What’s Up Doc?”
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04.24.2015

Little-Known Facts about Carrots that Will Make You Go “What’s Up Doc?”

Did you know that ancient Romans and Greeks ate carrots, but not the orange varieties we know today? They ate wild varieties of various other…

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Arizona Oranges, Reaping the Sunshine
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04.08.2015

Arizona Oranges, Reaping the Sunshine

In Arizona, where residents can enjoy 193 days of sunshine annually – or almost 50 more than the nearest competitor, California – sun-ripened oranges are…

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In Time for National Oranges and Lemons Day
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03.30.2015

In Time for National Oranges and Lemons Day

As if you needed an excuse to eat oranges and lemons, March 31st is National Oranges and Lemons Day. Oranges originated around 2500 B.C. somewhere…

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Fun Facts about Clementines
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03.13.2015

Fun Facts about Clementines

“Oh my darlin’ Oh my darlin’ Oh my darlin’ Clementine,” Go the words of an old song dedicated to an 1849 gold miner’s daughter. The…

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