Tag Archives: Arizona
Do Honey Bees Need Pesticides, or More Specifically, Miticides?
By Amber Morin, Arizona Farm Bureau Field Manager and southern Arizona rancher with her family Miticides, as the name implies, is an agent used to control mites. If you read my last article concerning honey bees and their unwelcome parasitic friend, … Continue reading
Let Fill Your Plate Fill Your Plate
By Ashley TenBrink, Recent Arizona State University Nutrition Student I have a question for you. Are you interested in buying ‘real food’, from ‘real farmers’, while embracing your ‘real community?’ I can bet the answer is a definite … Continue reading
Hive-proud Honey Bees
By Amber Morin, Arizona Farm Bureau Field Manager and southern Arizona rancher with her family With all the talk surrounding honey bee declines, you might be wondering why I would spend any amount of time talking about “hive-proud” honey bees. … Continue reading
Crazy for Cantaloupe
By Kevann Jordan, Recent Arizona State University Nutrition Student As mentioned previously on Fill Your Plate, Arizona ranks second in the production of Cantaloupe nationwide. This beautiful melon is grown both in the spring and in the fall. With spring … Continue reading
7 of Arizona’s Best Picks
By Kevann Jordan, ASU Communication Nutrition Student According to the Arizona Farm Bureau and the United States Department of Agriculture, the following seven nutritional gems are specialty crops grown right here in Arizona: spinach, cantaloupe, watermelon, cabbage, Leaf Lettuce, Broccoli, … Continue reading