Category Archives: Arizona farmers and ranchers
It’s National Meat Month – Let’s Celebrate Arizona Beef!
Meat lovers rejoice! The month of January has been set aside as a celebration of all things meat and beef is Arizona’s leading agricultural product. In fact, Arizona produces enough beef annually to feed over 4.6 million Americans. When you go to the grocery store, though do you wonder what the names on the various cuts of meat actually mean?
Simmer Down
Soups on! Good, homemade soup is just the ticket in the month of January. Plus, you can fill your soups with lots of Arizona home-grown products. Soups, stews and comfort foods make these long cold stretches more livable.
Celebrate National Oatmeal Month!
Do you remember those mornings when you rolled out of bed and shuffled down to the breakfast table only to be faced with a bowl of oatmeal and your mom saying, “Eat your oatmeal, it’s good for you?” It turns out that Mom was right all along; oatmeal is good to eat and good for you too!
Hopi Agricultural Expo & Photo Exhibit
Known as Arizona’s Original Slow Food Farmers, the Hopi have been dry farming the mesas for thousands of years. Preserving the farming and cooking techniques through the Hopi Cookbook Project and the differences between Hopi and non-Hopi tobacco are just two of the presenter topics.
Organic Food in the News
Basic economics teaches that as demand increases, so should supply. This offers increased opportunities for small to mid-size farmers who can (pardon the pun) grow their business and satisfy the demand for organic products.