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Keep Your Kids Well-Nourished This Summer!
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05.31.2024

Keep Your Kids Well-Nourished This Summer!

By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern It’s summer, which means that school is out, the kids are home, and it’s now more important…

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Non-Starchy Veggies Offer Healthful Fiber, Nutrients
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08.08.2022

Non-Starchy Veggies Offer Healthful Fiber, Nutrients

You’ve heard it before, but I’m going to say it again: Yuma, Arizona is the lettuce bowl capital of the nation from November to late…

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Your Ultimate Salad Guide
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02.15.2016

Your Ultimate Salad Guide

By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern When you’re trying to eat healthy, it seems like all you ever eat is salad. Whether it’s a…

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Dandy Dandelions
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12.16.2015

Dandy Dandelions

By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern Let me set the stage: It’s a beautiful day outside and you’ve decided to go out and clean…

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Little Known Facts about Arizona’s Leafy Greens
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01.09.2015

Little Known Facts about Arizona’s Leafy Greens

January is a good time for green!!! No, not money. That other green – fresh, nutritious, delicious leafy green vegetables like endive, Spring Mix, cabbage, Romaine,…

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Let’s Celebrate Arizona Grown Leafy Greens
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11.19.2014

Let’s Celebrate Arizona Grown Leafy Greens

November is the month of gratitude and if there is one thing we have to be grateful for here in Arizona it is the abundance…

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Get to Know Your Leafy Greens
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11.04.2013

Get to Know Your Leafy Greens

Yuma, Arizona is gearing up for the winter “leafy greens” growing season! This modest community in southern Arizona becomes widely known as the nation’s winter…

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Arizona Leafy Greens Celebrates Advent of Season
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10.31.2013

Arizona Leafy Greens Celebrates Advent of Season

November marks beginning of Arizona-grown lettuce shipments  Arizona Leafy Greens Food Safety Committee and Safeway stores are coming together to celebrate the advent of Arizona’s…

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Arizona Leafy Greens Week Celebrates Impact of Lettuce on State’s Economy
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11.09.2011

Arizona Leafy Greens Week Celebrates Impact of Lettuce on State’s Economy

Gov. Jan Brewer dedicates Nov. 13-19 in honor of state’s bountiful leafy greens harvest In recognition of the bountiful harvest generated by Arizona’s abundant lettuce industry, Governor…

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