Tag Archives: United States Department of Agriculture

Play Your Part in Writing the Story of American Agriculture

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Fill Your Plate

If you think back over the past 100 years, the world we live in today is a completely different one than the one our grandparents and great-grandparents grew up in.  From the availability of electricity to the Internet to space … Continue reading →

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Help for Eating Healthy for Life

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Fill Your Plate

Eating healthy is one of the most important things you can do to safeguard your health.  Research into the link between our diet and our health makes it clear that what we put into our bodies plays a big part … Continue reading →

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Arizona Food Prices are Down 3.5% in the Second Quarter of 2013

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Fill Your Plate

This quarter’s Stretch Your Dollar menu and recipes are available on fillyourplate.org. Arizona retail food prices at the supermarket are down in the second quarter of 2013, according to the latest Arizona Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey. The informal survey … Continue reading →

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Food FYI: Should You Wash Your Chicken?

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Fill Your Plate

If you are like most home cooks in this country, you take a page from the past when it comes to cooking chicken and you rinse the raw meat off in the sink as part of your meal preparation.   This … Continue reading →

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Arizona Agricultural Exports

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Fill Your Plate

China, Indonesia, and even Mexico may be able to produce clothing, electronics, and even cars at lower costs than the United States, but when it comes to producing food, America gets a lot with a little.  According to the United … Continue reading →

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