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5 Tips for Living with Food Allergies
[caption id="attachment_10439" align="alignright" width="212"] Have a food allergy? Follow these tips to stay safe (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com)[/caption] If you are one of the 15 million…
6 Ways Cooking More Can Cost You Less
[caption id="attachment_10354" align="alignright" width="300"] Follow these helpful tips to cook delicious food while saving money. (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com)[/caption] If your family is like many Arizona…
Arizona Strawberry Day
Learn how to grow strawberry hydroponically in Arizona greenhouse Saturday February 22nd (10AM to 2PM) University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ For more information visit the strawberry information…
Give Gifts that Give Back This Holiday Season
[caption id="attachment_10313" align="alignright" width="300"] Here are some gift ideas that will keep giving long after the holidays (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com)[/caption] This year, use your holiday…
Smart Ways Your Smartphone Can Help You on Black Friday
[caption id="attachment_10219" align="alignright" width="300"] Looking for Black Friday deals? Check out these tips using apps to save money. (Photo Credit: BigStockPhoto.com)[/caption] Black Friday is almost…
CommonGround Volunteers Discuss Food on Popular Morning Show
Lifetime Network’s “The Balancing Act” welcomes farmers to discuss popular food and farming issues CommonGround volunteer Sara Ross sits down with Danielle Knox to discuss…
7 Simple Ways Your Family Can Help Save the Planet
[caption id="attachment_10163" align="alignright" width="300"] Any of us can take these simple steps to help save the planet (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.ccom)[/caption] There are many things we…
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…
Arizona Food Prices are Up 6% in the Third Quarter of 2013
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] American Farm Bureau Federation (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] This quarter’s Stretch Your Dollar menu and recipes are available on fillyourplate.org Arizona…
Play Your Part in Writing the Story of American Agriculture
[caption id="attachment_10029" align="alignright" width="300"] Do your part to write America’s agricultural story (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com)[/caption] If you think back over the past 100 years, the…
Ask a Farmer: Should We Get Away From Industrial Farming and Back to the Family Farm?
Questions Moms Ask Arizona Farmers & Ranchers: Response to AZ Mom Question #9 ” Shouldn’t we get away from industrial farming and back to the family farm?…
Arizona Food Prices are Down 3.5% in the Second Quarter of 2013
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] American Farm Bureau Federation (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] This quarter’s Stretch Your Dollar menu and recipes are available on fillyourplate.org. Arizona retail…
4 Foods that Help Fight Cholesterol
[caption id="attachment_9906" align="alignright" width="300"] Try grilling salmon for some healthy, low cholesterol cooking (photo credit: BigStockPhotos.com)[/caption] Heart disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control,…
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How to Reduce Your Sugar Intake—and Why It Matters
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!
When was the last time you pondered the wonderfulness of spinach—a leafy green so packed with goodness it might just deserve its own superhero cape?…
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