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The Japanese Pumpkin
By Kat Brown, Recent Arizona State University Nutrition Student With fall creeping up around the corner, and hopefully double digit temperatures, it’s about to be…
Top 20 Ways to Cook Okra
By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern I already know what you’re thinking. When you are trying to whip up a quick lunch or dinner…
Nutrient Density and Why You Need It
By Ashley TenBrink, Recent Arizona State University Nutrition Student Have you ever wondered why you should eat whole foods instead of highly processed foods? …
Body Breakdown: How We Process Nutrients
By Alise Robers, Recent Arizona State University Nutrition Student The calories that your body doesn’t use right away for energy are either disposed of as…
Refreshing Summer Dishes
By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern Sometimes the Arizona summers can make you not want to do much of anything. I love to cook…
What to do when you get Sick at Random
By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern Recently I got unexpectedly sick. I went on vacation and woke up not feeling very well the day…
Do Honey Bees Need Pesticides, or More Specifically, Miticides?
By Amber Morin, Arizona Farm Bureau Field Manager and southern Arizona rancher with her family Miticides, as the name implies, is an agent used to control…
Let Fill Your Plate Fill Your Plate
By Ashley TenBrink, Recent Arizona State University Nutrition Student I have a question for you. Are you interested in buying ‘real food’, from ‘real…
Hive-proud Honey Bees
By Amber Morin, Arizona Farm Bureau Field Manager and southern Arizona rancher with her family With all the talk surrounding honey bee declines, you might…
Crazy for Cantaloupe
By Kevann Jordan, Recent Arizona State University Nutrition Student As mentioned previously on Fill Your Plate, Arizona ranks second in the production of Cantaloupe nationwide.…
7 of Arizona’s Best Picks
By Kevann Jordan, ASU Communication Nutrition Student According to the Arizona Farm Bureau and the United States Department of Agriculture, the following seven nutritional gems…
Give Chard a Chance
By Kevann Jordan, Recent Arizona State University Nutrition Student Chard is member of the beet family that is a nutritional super food. Chard comes in…
We Need to Have a Heart to Heart about Dairy
By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern Something has happened in the last 20 years, and fast-fading fad diets have become a societal norm. To…
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What Nutrition Does Cabbage Have? Exploring the Benefits and Arizona’s Winter Bounty
Recently, I feasted on fresh fish tacos and the veggie packed in between the flour tortilla was fresh cabbage. This got me to thinking about…
Crop Protection from Insect Pests: How Farmers Win the War on Bugs
According to a report by UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, farmers lose 10% to 40% of their crops to pests and plant diseases. On a…
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