Friday Food Facts

You want Alfalfa to grow in Arizona! If we don’t grow alfalfa, we can’t have a local dairy or beef industry in Arizona. Our dairy farmers must have alfalfa nearby to feed their dairy cows.

Regions of Arizona represent different agricultural 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.

Thanks to Arizona’s climate, our sweet corn season runs from late May to early July in the valley and to late September up north allowing us to have one of the longer sweet corn seasons. Go to Fill Your Plate and find the farms that will sell directly to you.

May is National Egg Month! Did you know that our own Hickman’s Family Farms produces more than 14 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 sunshine. Arizona agriculture grows everything from apples to zucchini and everything in between; We grow a healthy Mediterranean diet in the desert including fish.