Friday Food Facts

Daily between Thanksgiving and Easter, 1,500 to 2,000 refrigerated semi-truckloads of leafy greens leave Yuma to deliver all over America and Canada, so all of us can enjoy our leafy greens during the wintertime.

Arizona is an excellent place to grow alfalfa because of our climate that allows for up to 10 harvests of quality alfalfa per year, compared to 3 to 4 cuttings in the Midwest. Arizona alfalfa grows green and beautiful all year long.

It’s Fall, our favorite time of year. Go to Fill Your Plate.org and check out all the farms you can visit to celebrate all the fall festivities and pick out your Arizona-grown pumpkin. Our farms open to the public include country stores, corn mazes and more to make this season shine.

Yuma, Maricopa and Pinal counties are gearing up for our winter vegetable season where climate, labor, water, infrastructure, and quality seed combine to make Arizona the best place to grow leafy greens in the winter. Yuma produces 170 million servings of lettuce daily.

Wondering what to cook for dinner tonight? Why not check out Arizona Farm Bureau’s Fill Your Plate.org. We feature regular food articles that include tasty healthy recipes. Our recipes feature our generational Arizona farm and ranch families.