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Thanksgiving Dinner-Arizona Style
The Thanksgiving dinner is a great time for friends and family to gather to celebrate the year while feasting on a Thanksgiving meal, lovingly prepared.…
Arizona Farm Bureau Gives Website Dedicated to Arizona Food and Farms A Facelift
Updated Sites Provides Comprehensive Resources for All Things Related to Arizona Food Arizona Farm Bureau recently relaunched its Fill Your Plate website as part of…
ASU Speaker Series: Arizona’s Food Production, the Facts and Faces of our Farmers
On December 2, 2010, ASU West Campus is hosting a panel of agriculturalists for their “Think” Thursdays in Kiva series. Beginning at 6:00 pm, this…
Classically Trained Wine Master Signs up For Farm Bureau Membership via Droid
By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau He’s not your average kind of guy. [caption id=”attachment_999″ align=”alignright” width=”480″ caption=”Arizona Farm Bureau's Peggy Jo peeks over Gary…
14 Tips for Shopping at an Arizona Farmer’s Market
By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau [caption id=”attachment_965″ align=”alignright” width=”300″ caption=”McClendon's Farms is one of the many vendors at Old Town Farmer's Market in Scottsdale.…
It’s National Pork Month – Go Hog Wild
You’ve heard the slogan about pork, “it’s the other white meat,” but do you know it’s the most widely consumed meat in the world? According…
Arizona’s wheat – all it’s cracked up to be
Wheat is one of the world’s oldest and most important crops grown and Arizona is a big player in the wheat field! [caption id=”attachment_865″ align=”alignleft”…
Out to Pasture and On To Quality Grass on the McGibbon and King Family Ranches
By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau [caption id=”attachment_861″ align=”alignleft” width=”300″ caption=”Micaela McGibbon manages the registered Red Angus herd. Seen here with her youngest daughter, Micaela…
Beef is Back!!
[caption id=”attachment_852″ align=”alignleft” width=”300″ caption=”Since 2008, a 12% drop in consumer demand for beef caused a 25% drop in cattle prices. But recent months have…
Is “Made in the USA” a dying term?
By Dal Grooms [caption id="attachment_769" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Is "Made in the USA" a dying term?"][/caption] U.S. manufacturers feel much-maligned by the business press, which consistently…
Arizona Farmer-Chef Connection 3: Make market connections between local buyers and growers!
Make market connections between local buyers and growers! This gathering is designed to foster collaboration and wholesale direct market opportunities for local farmers, ranchers, chefs…
Continued Litigation on Public Lands Could Mean an End to Grazing
Your Tax Dollars Fund Environmental Groups’ Suits By Ty Kelly & Anita Waite, Mohave County Farm Bureau and Bonnie Jones & Philip Bashaw, Arizona Farm…
Opportunities Abound for Farmers to Sell Products to the Direct Market
By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau [caption id=”attachment_688″ align=”alignright” width=”300″ caption=”After a bit more logistical work for his direct market opportunity, Tim Dunn plans to…
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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!
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