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Focus on Agriculture: In Praise of All-American Food
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] By Stewart Truelsen, American Farm Bureau Federation Isn’t it about time we praised All-American food, the food we like…
Federal Regulations have a Negative Impact on Farmers and Our Food Supply
[caption id="attachment_2728" align="alignright" width="288" caption="Arizona Farm Bureau President Kevin Rogers Testifies Before Congress"][/caption] Congress must help alleviate the burden of an ever-increasing array of federal…
Focus on Agriculture: Food Holidays Tempt Taste Buds
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="The Storming of the Bastille"][/caption] By Cyndie Sirekis, American Farm Bureau Federation Food holidays, whether feting a day, week or month,…
Focus on Agriculture: Farmer Engagement Must Move Beyond Feeding the World
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="167" caption="Image by leezie5 via Flickr"][/caption] Editorial by Mace Thornton, American Farm Bureau Producing a bounty of U.S.-grown food to sell and…
Focus on Agriculture: Cutting Farm Programs Would be a Pyrrhic Victory
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] Guest Editorial by Lynne Finnerty, American Farm Bureau Most of the programs in the farm bill will expire…
American Century Farms: Meet America’s Farm Families that have farmed for More than 100 Years!
[caption id="attachment_2662" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Kevin and Janel Rogers, Kevin is President of the Arizona Farm Bureau"][/caption] Information provided by American Farm Bureau’s Staff The American…
Arizona Food Prices Continue to Rise; 7% Above First Quarter 2011
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] Arizona retail food prices at the supermarket are up again in the second quarter of 2011, according to…
It’s Time Agriculture Takes Back ‘Sustainable’
Editor’s Note: A while back we ran this editorial from rancher, Troy Hadrick, in our Choices publication. He’s active in American Farm Bureau’s Young Farmer…
Pending Trade Agreements Could Bring Millions of Dollars to Arizona’s Economy
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] Study Conducted for Arizona Farm Bureau also indicates improved job creation if Korean, Colombia and Panama Free Trade…
5 Reasons Farm Subsidies Aren’t Making America Fat
It is a common misconception that Federal subsidies for farmers are causing the increased incidence of obesity in America by creating an artificial price gap…
Mortimer Family Farms Establishes Roots on the Site Formerly Known as Young’s Farms
[caption id=”attachment_2398″ align=”alignright” width=”300″ caption=”Sharla and Gary Mortimer are making this a family affair with their four kids helping make Mortimer Family Farms as special…
The Pressure is On to Feed a Growing World
By Joe Sigg, Arizona Farm Bureau The United Nations News Service dated March 15, 2011 makes obvious the critical food production times we live…
Farmer John, Food Safety Begins with You
ADA rolls out voluntary training program focused on building an understanding of good agricultural practices. This article will appear in the May 2011 issue of…
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