Friday Food Facts

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 will give you ZIP and wonderfully tasty beef.

Every single shipment of milk entering a dairy processing plant is tested for safety and quality factors. Besides this testing regimen, federal, state and local regulatory agencies make frequent and unannounced on-site inspections of dairy processors and dairy farms to ensure high quality, tasty, safe and nutritious milk.

Arizona Pecans: Need more fiber in your diet? Eat Arizona Pecans! A one-ounce serving provides 10% of the Daily Recommended Intake for fiber. Our family, the Waldens, produce thousands of tons of pecan nuts each year.

In order to get the same amount of protein as 3 ounces of beef, you’d need to eat 7 tablespoons of peanut butter and that’s 670 calories! 3 ounces of beef averages 150 calories. Eat Arizona high-quality, tasty beef.

Arizona agriculture does use 70% of our water but 100% of us eat the food grown and raised by our farmers. As Arizona grows and develops a shift will take place from agriculture to development. But we’ll still need water to grow food.