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Celebrate 70 Years of Farming and Fun with Schnepf Farms
[caption id="attachment_1547" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Early Schnepf Farms, photo courtesy Schnepf Farms"][/caption] Considered one of Arizona’s oldest operating family farms, Schnepf Farms continues to hit milestones…
CBS Sunday Morning News Show, January 30th will potentially include South Pole Food Growth Chamber
[caption id="attachment_1475" align="alignright" width="270" caption="Photo courtest of Word Travels"][/caption] On CBS Sunday Morning News Show, January 30th [8:00 – 9:30AM] local times, there…
Simmer Down
[caption id="attachment_1405" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Photo courtesy of austinevan @ Flickr"][/caption] Soups on! Good, homemade soup is just the ticket in the month of January. Plus,…
Internationally Renowned Aerobatic Pilot: Celebrity Q&A
Fill Your Plate’s “Celebrity Q&A” Features Kellie and Kirby Chambliss, an internationally-renowned aerobatic couple. Kellie, Kirby’s wife, highlights her love for Arizona cooking and how…
Celebrate National Oatmeal Month!
Do you remember those mornings when you rolled out of bed and shuffled down to the breakfast table only to be faced with a bowl…
Hopi Agricultural Expo & Photo Exhibit
Join us for the first of many events sponsored by the Natwani Coalition’s Hopi Agricultural Expo & Photo Exhibit on January 22, 2011 from 10am…
Organic Food in the News
On December 20, 2010, the USDA offered its third initiative “to help organic producers and those transitioning to organic production implement resource conservation practices on…
Is Our Food Too Good?
By Lynne Finnerty, American Farm Bureau Federation with Contributions by Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau [caption id=”attachment_1318″ align=”alignright” width=”300″ caption=”Isn’t our obesity epidemic more about…
Christmas Traditions on the Farm V: Daddy Hooks Up the Sled to the Tractor
By Pennee Murphree, former Arizona cotton, wheat and alfalfa farmer Visiting my grandparents in Gilbert, Iowa, was always fun, but Christmas Day was really exciting.…
Christmas Traditions on the Farm IV: Mrs. Claus’ Christmas Spirit is as Strong as Santa’s!
Next in the series. Oyster stew was first in the series. Second in the series here. Third in the series here. By Julie Murphree, Arizona…
Christmas Traditions on the Farm III: Reindeer layover on Cameron’s Ranch
By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Kacie Tomerlin of Arizona Legacy Beef remembers as a child how Santa made her family’s ranch a layover for the…
Christmas Traditions on the Farm II: One Ranch Family Delights in the Children’s Excitement
Next in the Series. Oyster stew was first in the series. By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Their family is young; their traditions are new but…
Arizona Cotton Harvest as Experienced by Jan D’Atri
By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Jan D’Atri, local media celebrity, had fallen in love with Arizona agriculture. She’s weaving it into just about everything…
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How to Reduce Your Sugar Intake—and Why It Matters
Decades ago, in a time when eating healthy wasn’t the societal norm, my mother took a firm stand against sugar in our household. If we…
Spinach: The Superfood That Packs a Punch and is Grown Locally in Arizona!
When was the last time you pondered the wonderfulness of spinach—a leafy green so packed with goodness it might just deserve its own superhero cape?…
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