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The Healing Power of Horsing Around
Last week, Diane Sawyer interviewed Jaycee Dugard, the California woman who was kidnapped at 11 and held captive for 18 years, to hear her moving…
Fill Your Plate is a Work in Progress
By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Fill Your Plate is a work in progress. At the Farm Bureau, we’re working to add more recipes. Right…
Federal Regulations have a Negative Impact on Farmers and Our Food Supply
Congress must help alleviate the burden of an ever-increasing array of federal environmental regulations on agriculture, according to Arizona Farm Bureau President Kevin Rogers, who…
Focus on Agriculture: Farmer Engagement Must Move Beyond Feeding the World
Editorial by Mace Thornton, American Farm Bureau Producing a bounty of U.S.-grown food to sell and share beyond our borders remains a matter of deep…
5 Ways to Make Healthier French Fries
America has long had a love-love relationship with french fries. Nothing is more perfect on a Sunday afternoon than a juicy burger, a cold drink,…
American Century Farms: Meet America’s Farm Families that have farmed for More than 100 Years!
Information provided by American Farm Bureau’s Staff The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture launched American Century Farms, a new, interactive website that invites the…
Farmers Helping Ranchers While Wildfires Rage
Short and Long-Term Impact of the State’s Wildfire’s on Arizona’s Cattle still to be determined. By Philip Bashaw, Arizona Farm Bureau with Contributions by Liz…
It is not the corn it’s the carelessness
Editor’s note: This article was written on behalf a Fill Your Plate blog reader asking about E coli and cattle. We hope this helps you…
5 Reasons You Should Be Happy Supermarkets Aren’t Run Like Schools
In a recent opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, Donald Boudreaux asked what would happen “If Supermarkets Were Like Schools.” The picture he paints…
Alert for Arizona Horse Owners: Horse Illness Outbreak Notice!
—HORSE ILLNESS OUTBREAK NOTICE: HORSE OWNERS ENCOURAGED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS— An outbreak of a strain of equine herpesvirus has veterinary experts asking horse owners to…
Farmer John, Food Safety Begins with You
ADA rolls out voluntary training program focused on building an understanding of good agricultural practices. This article will appear in the May 2011 issue of…
Easter Bunny Thanks Big Ag!
By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau During the recent Easter week festivities, Hickman Family Farms, Arizona’s only commercial egg producer, gave away well over one…
Modern-Day Farms: “A Billion Acts of Green”
By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau If you were old enough, you might remember April 22, 1970. That year was Earth Day’s inauguration year.…
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The New Food Pyramid: A Historic Reset in U.S. Nutrition Guidance
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