Arizona grocery stores are full of local food. It’s in the dairy, meat, and egg case and the produce aisle. 53% of the beef in the meat case comes from Arizona ranches, and you’ve eaten leafy greens from Yuma farms in winter.

How well do you know your leafy greens? (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com)

If you eat beef, you’ll get ZIP: an excellent source of zinc, iron and protein – and vitamin B12, vitamin B6 and niacin. Our Arizona cattle on our ranches will give you ZIP as you eat our delightfully tasty beef.

Every shipment of milk from the farm entering a dairy plant is tested for safety and quality. By law, no antibiotics are allowed in dairy products and Arizona Dairy farmers are very careful to make sure this is the case . Federal, state, and local regulatory agencies make frequent and unannounced on-site inspections to ensure high-quality and nutritious milk gets to your home.

Have you obtained your daily dose of dairy today? (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com)

Both methods of farming, Arizona Organic and Conventional farming are more alike than different. They both have well-established markets. They both use approved pesticides and they both feed us with the same level of nutrition.

Arizona agriculture uses 70% of our water but 100% of Arizonans eat the food grown and raised by that water. As Arizona grows, a shift will take place from agriculture to development. But we’ll always need water to grow healthy, local Arizona food.