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Our Celebrating the Centennial Series, Part 2
[caption id="attachment_4731" align="alignleft" width="216" caption="Wilbur Lunt Image via Julie Murphree at AZFB"][/caption] Editor’s Note: Beginning in January, Arizona Farm Bureau began a series of articles…
Arizona Farmers Reach Out to Consumers during Food Check-Out Week
As they have done for the past decade and a half, farmer and rancher members of Arizona Farm Bureau will reach out to Arizona families…
Cherries on Top!
Whether you prefer them sweet or sour, cherries are a flavorful way to get in a serving or two of your daily fruit and vegetable…
What Kind of Pie is Your Favorite?
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="198" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] There is no question that when it comes to dessert, Americans choose pie. Here at Fill Your Plate,…
Gardener’s World 26th Annual Poinsettia Festival
[caption id="attachment_3324" align="alignleft" width="270" caption="Poinsettias brighten our holidays with 20,000 varieties in all colors, sizes and shapes. Image Credit: Susan Reimer on Flickr"][/caption] The community…
What’s For Dinner Tonight? Something New!
If you are like us on the Fill Your Plate team, every week when you get ready to go grocery shopping, you think about what…
Arizona Apples: Yum!
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] We’ve been having loads of fun talking about apples, including candy apples. Over at Julie’s Fresh Air, the…
AZ Local Ingredients Come Together to Create a Delicious Healthy Hamburger
[caption id="attachment_3315" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Farm Fresh Ingredients Create a Delicious Healthy Hamburger. Image Credit: Chichacha on Flickr"][/caption] Hamburgers are almost as American as corn on…
Safe Commuting Means Avoiding Driving Distractions
With all the driving we’ll be doing this fall to get work or to all the fun Harvest Festivals and Pumpkin Patches, the Farm Bureau…
Amazing Maize: The Science, History and Culture of Corn
[caption id="attachment_3255" align="alignleft" width="270" caption="Amazing Maize: The Science, History and Culture of Corn; Image Credit Pigliapost on Flickr"][/caption] After more than five years in development,…
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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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