Tag Archives: agriculture
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.
Your Food Dollar and the Farmer’s Cut
By Kevin Rogers, Arizona Farm Bureau President My wife, Janel, does the grocery shopping for our family of five. She’s asking why her food budget dollars don’t go as far as they did just a year ago. The Arizona Farm … Continue reading
Summer Ag Institute: Teachers Learn Hands On About Arizona Agriculture
This poem was written by Jerry Freed, one of the 20 teachers that attended the Farm Bureau’s Summer Ag Institute. Jerry teaches 6th grade at Cactus Middle School in Casa Grande. He says he has taught school for 25 years and still looks forward to going to school every day! There are some pretty lucky kids in Casa Grande.
Imagining Arizona Agriculture in the Next 20 Years
By Pat Rorabaugh, Ph.D., Lecturer in the School of Plant Sciences and a hydroponic specialist with the Controlled Environment Agriculture Center, University of Arizona. The Rillito Creek in Tucson has been running for a couple of months, a beautiful sight … Continue reading