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Beets – A Vibrant and Healthy Veggie!
By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern I absolutely LOVE vegetables. I’ll eat them raw, roasted, sautéed, grilled, and pretty much any way that…
Fill Up Your Plate with Veggies!
By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern Growing up, my mom always had to fight my brothers and me about eating our vegetables. The…
Why Beets Are Considered a Superfood
By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Outreach Director My salad today was full of red and gold beets; so yummy. I love beets in a…
Beets Give You Needed Nutrients
By Julie Murphree, Director of Outreach and Sarah Hunt, Communications Intern Beets grow well in Arizona! When you go to an Arizona farmers…
25 Really Fun Facts about Root Vegetables
Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Outreach Director We’re all about root vegetables. And, we have a lot to tell you about root vegetables. Here, we…
Filling Your Plate With Beets
By Sarah LeVesque, Recent ASU Nutrition Student Beta vulgaris! Almost sounds like a spell in a whimsical film on sorcerers. But it won’t make beets…
What’s in Season in May?
Don’t miss out on these fresh in season vegetables this May! (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com) It’s May which means Mother’s Day brunches, Memorial Day cookouts, and…
What’s in Season in March?
Incorporate fresh in season leeks into your recipes this March (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com) Spring is here and that means you will start to see even…
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