Home Grown: Kiss melons sweeter than cantaloupe
The Kiss melon line consists of many different types of melons for all…
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Home Grown Exclusive: Telling a farmer’s story through social media
The agriculture industry has been a staple to Yuma county for many years, and so has the organization committed to keeping a steady force with a…
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Home Grown Exclusive: 4th generation farmer continues family farm legacy
For this week’s exclusive episode of “Back to Ag. Roots”, I talked to a 4th generation farmer whose young life on a farm-inspired him to…
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Home Grown Exclusive: The man of Mellon Farms
The agriculture industry has been a staple to Yuma county for many years, and so has the organization committed to keeping a steady force with a…
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Home Grown Exclusive: Continuing the push to educate farmers
The agriculture industry has been a staple to Yuma county for many years, and so has the organization committed to keeping a steady force with a…
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Home Grown Exclusive: Back to Ag. Roots
The agriculture industry has been a staple to Yuma County for many years, and so has the organization committed to keeping a steady force with a…
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Home Grown: Local restaurant deals with produce shift
As coronavirus continues to affect the U.S., its impacts have touched every part of our lives.…
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Home Grown: Supporting agriculture during a pandemic
During this time of the coronavirus, for farmers and ranchers, their calling hasn’t…
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Home Grown: Enjoying the great outdoors from inside
April is a National Gardening Month and what better way to celebrate than by starting your very own container garden.…
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Home Grown: Harvesting Joy
For today’s Home Grown, I spoke to a girl who is using Instagram to advocate for agriculture.…
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Home Grown: Agriculture remains essential industry during coronavirus outbreak
In today’s Home Grown, we talk to one farmer who proves that whether rain or shine, the agriculture industry pushes forward.…
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Home Grown: How drying vegetables cuts down on food waste
One of the oldest domestic arts, dehydrating foods at home provides an easy, economical way to save surplus food for a later time and in turn,…
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Home Grown: The life of a farmer’s wife
From field to storefront, women in agriculture are helping to pave the way for a better…
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Home Grown: Farm Fresh Forks – a vegetable tasting experience
As the Winter Vegetable Capital of the World and 93% of the country’s winter leafy greens coming from the area, Yuma is the perfect place to launch…
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Home Grown: The Harvest Dinner takes you back to Yuma’s “roots”
It’s the week of the Ag Summit and soon the fields of the Colorado River State Historic Park will be decorated with the roots of Yuma.…
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Home Grown: Arizona Farm Bureau Discussion Meets over the years
A few weeks ago, Yuma’s own Kirk Dunn won runner up at the national Discussion Meet in Austin Texas at the 101st Farm Bureau Annual Convention.…
Continue Reading Home Grown: Celebrating 100 years of the Yuma County Farm Bureau
We all know that agriculture is essential to feeding America, but who do farmers go to when they need their voices…
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Home Grown: The 2020 Agriculture Summit – coming soon!
One of the biggest local agriculture events of the year is just around the corner!…
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Home Grown: The “Hemp-ress” and her “Hemp-ire”
If you are someone who is still skeptical about the Hemp industry, the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension wants to clear the air for growers…
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Home Grown: A “Labor of Love”
When you think about the produce on grocery store shelves, how often do you think about the workers who harvest it?…
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