Tag Archives: farmers

Why Your Favorite Meats Could Soon Disappear!

If you are like 96% of the American population, you enjoy eating meat. Whether it’s steak, hamburger, pork, fish, or chicken, we consume on average, about eight ounces of meat per day; more than twice the global average.

But before we can eat that meat it needs to be processed; that is killed, cut up, packaged, and distributed.

And a good percentage of that meat that we enjoy eating is processed by small and independent meat processers located in the United States. However new regulation is threatening to put many of these smaller processers out of business.

Share This:
Posted in Arizona farmers and ranchers | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Farmers; Ranchers Take Their Dog to Work Every Day

Every day is “Take Your Dog to Work Day” on the farm. Here are some heart-warming dog stories from farmers and ranchers.

Share This:
Posted in Animals, Arizona farmers and ranchers | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

7 Little Known Facts about Ice Cream

June is National Dairy Month, and what better way to celebrate than with ice cream!! So we’ll use this as an opportunity to throw some perhaps-untold facts about everyone’s favorite dairy treat.

Share This:
Posted in In Season | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Zucchini Sweet Potato Frittata Will Make You Sing “Hakuna Matata!”

I should have known that when I had to turn the recipe over and the instructions kept getting more complex that I’d be in for a real learning experience.

Share This:
Posted in Cooking, Healthy Eating | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

NRCS Offers Help for Agricultural Energy Audits Individual energy audits will help Arizona producers reduce energy use

Arizona farmers, ranchers, dairies, nursery growers, and other agricultural producers can apply for financial help to get an energy audit for their operation.

Share This:
Posted in Arizona farmers and ranchers, Farm Technology | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment