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How to Protect Your Family from the Sun this Summer
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05.28.2014

How to Protect Your Family from the Sun this Summer

[caption id="attachment_10805" align="alignright" width="300"] Follow these tips to make sure you’re being safe in the sun this summer (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com)[/caption] Summer in Arizona means…

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Let’s Talk about Lettuce!
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04.25.2014

Let’s Talk about Lettuce!

[caption id="attachment_10709" align="alignright" width="300"] Check out these interesting facts- and delicious local recipes- about Arizona grown lettuce! (photo credit: BigstockPhoto.com)[/caption] You may not realize this…

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12.30.2013

20 Ways to Incorporate Ancient Grains

[caption id="attachment_10324" align="alignright" width="300"] Know your ancient grains (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com)[/caption] When most Americans think of “grains” we think of wheat, rice, and oats.  For…

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12.10.2013

8 Great Holiday Gifts for Gardeners

This holiday season get something extra special for those people in your life that love to grow things.  Here are some great holiday gift ideas…

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11.27.2013

Milk Prices Could Soar to $7 a Gallon!

[caption id="attachment_10305" align="alignright" width="300"] Milk prices could soar as high as $7 per gallon (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com)[/caption] If you’re a growing family with young kids,…

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Honey: How Sweet It Is
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09.23.2013

Honey: How Sweet It Is

[caption id="attachment_9987" align="alignright" width="300"] Do you know all the ways to use honey? (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com)[/caption] If you look in your kitchen cupboards it is…

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“Back to Basics” Nutrition Advice From Experts: Keep at Least Half of Your Grains Whole
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09.19.2013

“Back to Basics” Nutrition Advice From Experts: Keep at Least Half of Your Grains Whole

Editor’s Note: In the coming months Arizona Farm Bureau is finalizing a book regarding “Back to Basics” with nutrition and health advice from local nutritionists and…

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Faces of Arizona Agriculture – Ty Kelly
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12.20.2012

Faces of Arizona Agriculture – Ty Kelly

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Tucson Village Farm Shows School Children How Vegetables Grow
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11.28.2012

Tucson Village Farm Shows School Children How Vegetables Grow

This past weekend, the University of Arizona’s Tucson Village Farm presented their Harvest Festival.  Located on University of Arizona’s Campbell Farm, this successful program shows school…

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Arizona Farm Bureau Tells the Arizona Agriculture Story on KTAR’s “Rosie on the House”
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10.24.2012

Arizona Farm Bureau Tells the Arizona Agriculture Story on KTAR’s “Rosie on the House”

Arizona Farm Bureau was recently on the radio. This time KTAR’s Rosie on the House had us call in and talk about Arizona agirculture and Arizona Farmers’ Markets.…

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‘America’s Heartland’ Season 8 Debuts This Week
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09.19.2012

‘America’s Heartland’ Season 8 Debuts This Week

Season 8 of “America’s Heartland,” the only nationally broadcast weekly program covering agriculture, debuts this week. Segments in this week’s episode include Florida blueberries, Crave…

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Corn Maze Honoring Peyton Manning Opens
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09.18.2012

Corn Maze Honoring Peyton Manning Opens

It seems like a sure bet that a corn maze likeness of beloved Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning created by Fritzler Farms’ in LaSalle, Colorado,…

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09.05.2012

WANTED: CENTURY FARMS STORIES FOR WEBSITE

The Agriculture’s Lasting Heritage website tells the stories of America’s farm and ranch families and how century farms (in operation by the same family for…

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