Friday Food Facts

It’s Fall, our favorite time of year. Go to Fill Your Plate 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 alone 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 website. We feature three food articles a week that include tasty healthy recipes. Or search our recipes to find a yummy recipe that’s a generational favorite with one of our Arizona farm and ranch families.

Guess why you always see an egg entree with fruit or juice for breakfast? Eggs are one of the unique food options that contain every essential vitamin, except for C. Adding orange juice to your breakfast solves that issue. Remember, breakfast is the most important meal of the day!

Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the morning. Our Arizona-grown apples are considered crisp and sweet because of our sunny days. Don’t forget to add Hickman eggs to that morning meal.