Friday Food Facts

Tune into the “Fill Your Plate Now” podcast for farm-to-plate insights with Arizona farmers, ranchers, nutritionists, and more. Available on all major podcast platforms!

June is Dairy Month! 97% of milk in our Arizona grocery stores comes from our local Arizona dairies where the cows make the freshest milk, cheese, and yogurt. A dairy cow will produce 7 to 8 gallons of milk every day.

You want Alfalfa to grow in Arizona! If we don’t grow alfalfa, we can’t have a local dairy or beef industry in Arizona. Our dairy farmers must have alfalfa nearby to feed their dairy cows.

Regions of Arizona represent different agriculture water issues. What is Maricopa County’s water issue is not Yavapai County’s. But one thing is common, Arizona’s farmers and ranchers get more crop per drop to grow the food we love.

Thanks to Arizona’s climate, our sweet corn season runs from late May to early July in the valley and to late September up north allowing us to have a longer sweet corn season. Go to Fill Your Plate.org to discover more.