Friday Food Facts

If you place a ripe banana next to a green tomato, the tomato will ripen due to the ethylene gas produced by the banana. While Arizona doesn’t grow bananas, we do grow lots of delicious tomatoes. And Yuma, is where we grow all our leafy green vegetables.

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.

Video Highlight: Celebrate Arizona Sweet Corn

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!

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Did you know that beef by-products allow us to use 99% of every beef animal? Thank a cow the next time you wear make-up, deodorant, leather and bandages or eat marshmallows, Jell-O, and mayonnaise or chew your favorite gum! Beef is Arizona’s largest agriculture commodity.

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Friday, April 24^th: Mel Blanc — the voice of Bugs Bunny — was allergic to carrots! Too bad since they’re a good source of Vitamin A and other vitamins and nutrients. In Arizona, Rousseau Family Farms is our largest carrot farmer growing on average 42,000,000 pounds of carrots each year.

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