Friday Food Facts

It’s summer! Time to find out if a watermelon is ripe by thumping it and listening for the hollow sound of ripeness. Arizona and California are the largest producers of Watermelon in the U.S. Make this and other melons and berries a centerpiece of your summer family picnics.

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.

Ears of corn always have an even number of rows of kernels. And, that annoying silk on the top – each one is responsible for one kernel of corn on the ear. Thanks to Arizona’s climate, our sweet corn season runs from late May to September allowing us to have one of the longer sweet corn seasons.

May is national Egg Month! Did you know that our own Hickman’s Family Farms produces more than 7 million eggs a day for Arizona families? So, go ahead, it’s okay to eat more eggs, it’s a healthy choice!

Arizona is not only a destination state, but a nutrition state all because of our 300-plus days of sun. In fact, Arizona agriculture grows everything from Apples to zucchini and everything in between; we’re so good at it we can grow the healthy Mediterranean diet in the desert and that includes fish.