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Rising Food Prices Part I: A Farmer’s Point of View
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] First in a series on rising food prices. By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau I know how to…
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…
Why Your Favorite Meats Could Soon Disappear!
If you are like 96% of the American population, you enjoy eating meat. Whether it’s steak, hamburger, pork, fish, or chicken, we consume on average,…
Farmers; Ranchers Take Their Dog to Work Every Day
By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau [caption id=”attachment_600″ align=”alignright” width=”300″ caption=”Every day is "Take Your Dog to Work Day" for farmers and ranchers! This is…
YOUNG ARIZONANS ARE MORE INTERESTED IN COOKING
[caption id="attachment_512" align="alignleft" width="130" caption="Young Arizonans Like Rebecca are in the kitchen more for health reasons, but also to celebrate family and good food."][/caption] A…
Arizona Farm Bureau Featured Member: Schnepf Farms
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Farming: The Original ‘Green Collar Job’
By Stewart Truelsen As the economy loses blue collar and white collar jobs, one bright spot in the employment outlook appears to be so-called “green…
Our Worker Gloves Are More Valuable than Michael Jackson’s
[caption id="attachment_10" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Jackson's Famous Glove went for $350,000"][/caption] By Pennee Murphree, former cotton, wheat and alfalfa grower Why do I even watch the…
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