Friday Food Facts

Did you know that 96.3% of the cotton planted and grown in Arizona last year was biotech, or GMO, cotton? Biotech cotton reduces water and pesticide use and helps us grow more cotton on less land. We’ve been growing GMO cotton for 20 years!

58% of Americans would prefer to purchase fresh flowers from an American Flower Farmer, like me. With your support, more local flower farms could be filling the vases in your home with fresh cut flowers.

Arizona beef is one of our largest agriculture commodities generating nearly one billion dollars to our state’s economy. So in addition to keeping you healthy, eat beef and keep our state economically healthy.

Cows in Arizona are not treated with artificial hormones. That gallon of milk in your fridge came from a family dairy farm where quality care for our cows includes regularly visiting nutritionists. Do you have a nutritionist visit your home?

Applying water to our desert farming is why Arizona flourishes. The west has only 20% of usable farmland but produces 60% of the nation’s total value of agriculture products. The big reason? Irrigation!