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Where to get a Scare!
By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern As we get closer and closer to Halloween I find myself looking up more and more ghost stories. I want to find a story that will scare me so much that I need…
5 Easy Tips for Keeping Away the Freshman 15
By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern When entering your first year of college, you may hear quite a few references to the “freshman 15.” This refers to the 15 or so pounds of weight many students gain during their…
9 Tips for a Better Shopping Experience with Your Children
By Katherine Cook Every parent knows that taking your kids to the grocery store can be quite the hassle. Grocery shopping with young kids can really test the limits of your patience. It doesn’t have to be that way…
16 Remarkable Facts about Cows for National Cow Appreciation Day
July 14th is National Cow Appreciation Day. This is a day set aside to serve as a reminder of how special cows are. In recent months we have posted about the importance of eating beef as part of your healthy…
How to Keep Kids Healthy This Summer
Follow these tips to help your kids eat healthy (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com) Summer is half over and children everywhere are settled in to their summer vacation routine, but some parents are worried that these routines aren’t as healthy as they…
Gardening is Good for Your Health
Follow these tips to grow delicious food in your garden (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com) Many garden hobbyists look to their time tending plants as a necessary counterbalance to the busy, stressed out pace of modern life. There is something grounding about…
5 Ways to Curb Stress Eating
Do you eat when you’re stressed? Follow these tips to help avert that habit. (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com) Stress is something everyone experiences. Some of us have more of it than others and we all know that when we have too…
Six Ways to Keep Your Family Fire Safe
Follow these tips to help keep your kitchen-and house- safe. (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com) When most of us think about a fire in our home, we picture soot covered but completely safe family members exiting a house framed by bright orange…
4 Things You Can Do This Month to Fight Childhood Obesity
According to the CDC, 11% of Arizona high school age adolescents are obese. (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com) There is no question that childhood obesity is one of the greatest challenges facing both our country and our state. According to the Centers…
Take a Peek in the FYP Video Vault
We love to talk about food. We also love to talk about how our Arizona farmers and ranchers work hard every day to help Arizona families stretch their food dollar while filling their plates with healthy food grown and raised right…
Obesity Epidemic: Supermarkets are Making it Easier to Eat Healthy
All you need to do is turn on the news to hear about the obesity epidemic in our country. The national statistics are staggering and it isn’t just our children that are in danger. In 2010, the CDC found that one-third…
Interesting Facts About Fruitcake
These days, fruitcake is often mentioned at the holidays but generally only in a disparaging tone. The heavy, alcohol soaked, fruit and nut filled cake that was once a holiday staple is now the laughingstock of the season. But…
Making Mother’s Day Memorable
If you picture the perfect Mother’s Day, what do you see? Does the thought of poorly made pancakes, piled up by cute children and a well meaning Dad delivered via a tray decorated with paper flowers make you smile? Does…