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Arizona Farm Bureau Pleased the Farm Bill Passes
Arizona Farm Bureau salutes congress for passing a new farm bill. Arizona Farm Bureau salutes Congress’ passage of a new farm bill, which passed the…
How Climate Change is Affecting Our Farmers – The Challenges
Find out how climate change impacts your local produce (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com) The success of farms and ranches has always been impacted by the whims…
Chew on This Tour with Hickman Farms
Hickman’s is putting together an event in an effort to help educate people in the areas of agriculture, farming, supply vs. demand, and carbon footprint with the consumers.…
How is Organic Food Different from Other Food?
Find out what makes organic food worthy of the organic label. (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com) Everyone wants to make the healthiest choices they can for their…
CommonGround Volunteers Discuss Food on Popular Morning Show
Lifetime Network’s “The Balancing Act” welcomes farmers to discuss popular food and farming issues CommonGround volunteer Sara Ross sits down with Danielle Knox to discuss…
Play Your Part in Writing the Story of American Agriculture
Do your part to write America’s agricultural story (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com) If you think back over the past 100 years, the world we live in…
Ask a Farmer: Should We Get Away From Industrial Farming and Back to the Family Farm?
Questions Moms Ask Arizona Farmers & Ranchers: Response to AZ Mom Question #9 ” Shouldn’t we get away from industrial farming and back to the family farm?…
Ask a Farmer: Why are Tomatoes Picked Green in Commercial Production?
Questions Moms Ask Arizona Farmers & Ranchers: Response to AZ Mom Question #8 “Why are tomatoes picked green in commercial production?” This is a great…
Ask a Farmer: How Do We Get Kids Interested in Farming?
Questions Moms Ask Arizona Farmers & Ranchers: Response to AZ Mom Question #7 “How do we get our kids interested in farming?” (This was posed by…
Arizona Agricultural Exports
From a cash receipt perspective, cotton is Arizona’s most valuable export with $360M (photo credit: Arizona Farm Bureau) China, Indonesia, and even Mexico may be…
Farmer Q&A With Nicholas Larsen, Banana Grower and Farm Bureau Member in Florida
There are about 500 acres of bananas grown in Florida. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This article originally appeared in the January/February 2013 issue of Foodie News, brought…
Ask Questions at Farmers’ Markets
A dead giveaway that something being sold at a farmers’ market isn’t local is when something is for sale that’s not in season where it’s…
Farmers’ Markets Create Win-Win-Win
American Farm Bureau Federation (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Robert Giblin, occasional contributor to American Farm Bureau’s “Focus on Agriculture,” suggests that Farmers’ Markets create “Win-Win-Win.” Well,…
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