Friday Food Facts

Fruits and vegetables like lots of sun. In Arizona we have so much, we’re planting and harvesting 12 months out of the year! 90% of fruits and vegetables are grown and harvested in Yuma, Arizona and shipped all over the country from November through March of each year.

The U.S. supplies 25% of the world’s beef with 10% of the world’s cattle. Some of Arizona’s ranchers are 5^th– and 6^th-generation ranch families.

The purpose of the indentation at the bottom of the wine bottle is to strengthen the structure of the bottle. Arizona’s wine industry features 33 different wine grape varieties.

The Vintage date on a bottle of wine indicates the year the grapes were picked, not the year of bottling. Arizona’s wine industry has 5 regions representing our state’s award winning wines! Have you tried any Arizona wine lately?

June is Dairy month! Arizona’s 188,000 dairy cows provide us with the freshest milk, cheese and yogurt. On average, a dairy cow will produce 7 gallons of milk each day. That’s a lot of milk! Remember too, 97% of your milk in the grocery store is coming from our local Arizona Dairies.