Friday Food Facts

Fill Your Plate is mobile-friendly. Your weekend trip to northern Arizona means a morning visit to a local farm. Just take out your smartphone and go to Fill Your Plate.org to take advantage of our new searchable “Farms to Visit” feature.

Arizona-grown Pork is high in protein and low in fat! And the pork tenderloin bears the American Heart Association’s “Heart Healthy” certification. So, put some pork chops on the grill this weekend.

Arizona grocery stores are full of local food. It’s in the dairy, meat, and egg case and the produce aisle. 53% of the beef in the meat case comes from Arizona ranches, and you’ve eaten leafy greens from Yuma farms in winter.

If you eat beef, you’ll get ZIP: an excellent source of zinc, iron and protein – and vitamin B12, vitamin B6 and niacin. Our Arizona cattle on our ranches will give you ZIP as you eat our delightfully tasty beef.

Every shipment of milk from the farm entering a dairy plant is tested for safety and quality. By law, no antibiotics are allowed in dairy products and Arizona Dairy farmers are very careful to make sure this is the case . Federal, state, and local regulatory agencies make frequent and unannounced on-site inspections to ensure high-quality and nutritious milk gets to your home.