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Cotton is not the only Fiber grown in Arizona
Alpaca and Llama Producer Puts Herself On The Map [caption id="attachment_454" align="alignright" width="230" caption="Ashfork, Arizona"][/caption] Located 150 miles north of Phoenix, the small town of…
Creating with Cotton — Cotton Bur Wreath
By Tiffany Shedd, The Cotton Shedd Cotton is so much a part of our lives that we may not even be aware that it is…
EPA Permitting Could be the Straw that Breaks the Dairy Cow’s Back
EPA Permitting Could be the Straw that Breaks the Dairy Cow’s Back [caption id="attachment_424" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Wes and Bill Kerr at their Dairy"][/caption] By Julie…
Arizona Grown Produce and Meats Make Summer Grilling Even More Delicious! Find Some Here!!
[caption id="attachment_430" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Steaks on the Grill"][/caption] Cooking outdoors during the summer is an American tradition as popular as turkey on Thanksgiving and fireworks…
The Secret to Looking and Feeling Good
Next time you are running from a beehive, consider this: you are witnessing about 60,000 bees that travel thousands of miles and visit millions of…
Where Can I Get Farm-Fresh Vegetables Delivered Right To My Door?
You haven’t really eaten your vegetables until you’ve eaten them from a CSA! By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau You want more vegetables in your…
Breakfast in a Corn Field
This morning I ate breakfast in a cornfield. No, I’m not having flashbacks to the movie, “Field of Dreams.” The cornfield was the setting for…
Arizona BBQ Fans Invited To Enjoy Free Barbecue Meal From Award Winning Joe’s Real BBQ on May 5th, 2010
[caption id="attachment_396" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Getting ready for #freebbqday"][/caption] Arizona BBQ fans are invited to experience one of Arizona’s most famous barbecue restaurants for free! On…
Earth Day 2010: How Some Arizona Farmers Celebrate Every Day!
[caption id="attachment_386" align="alignright" width="199" caption="Buying locally grown produce is earth friendly. Check out the u-pick garden at Schnepf Farms. Photo credit: Foskett Photography"][/caption] Most Americans…
Arizona Beef: Some of the Most Flavorful in the World!
[caption id="attachment_380" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Future Rancher Cort Tomerlin is raised on natural beef and his boundless energy attests to that fact. "][/caption] By Julie Murphree,…
A Day for Chicks to Shine! Mom Bloggers Flock to Hickman’s Family Farms
[caption id="attachment_373" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Mom Bloggers go hands on at Hickman Egg Farms"][/caption] By Jody Serey, Contributor to Arizona Farm Bureau In early March, the…
A Dining Experience I Will Never Forget..Dinner Down the Orchard
[caption id="attachment_362" align="alignright" width="214" caption="Dinner Guests at Schnepf Farms"][/caption] By Wendy Kenney, Contributor to Arizona Farm Bureau I didn’t know what to expect when I…
Social Media Goes Rural…
Farms have been using technology and modern equipment to provide the best possible agricultural products at the most competitive rates, but did you know that…
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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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