Here are all the steps you need to carve a pumpkin!
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Here are some helpful farm facts and fresh produce tips on how to select, store and cut fresh produce. Click on the fruit or veggie below to learn all about them!
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Blueberries
- Jul 11, 2021 How To Store Blueberries
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Corn
- Feb 13, 2023 How To Shuck Corn
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Lettuce
- Nov 4, 2020 Arizona Leafy Greens Month
- Jan 27, 2019 Is Lettuce Safe to Eat?
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Peaches
- Oct 11, 2022 How to Wash & Cut Peaches
- Sep 6, 2022 How to Select a Ripe Peach
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Pumpkins
- Feb 14, 2023 How to Carve a Pumpkin
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Strawberries
- Feb 13, 2023 Strawberry Picking
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Sweet Potatoes
- Oct 30, 2018 Sweet Potato Harvest
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Watermelon
- Aug 15, 2021 How To Cut Watermelon
- Aug 2, 2021 Watermelon Accessories
There is more in season than just pumpkins and gourds, so I created a free Printable Seasonal Produce List for fall!
You can print it out and put it on your fridge and then select a few items a week to incorporate into your meal planning. If you just want to try a couple items, simply take the list with you on your next run to the grocery store!
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Arizona LGMA established Arizona Leafy Greens Month as a means to celebrate and educate the extraordinary work that goes into growing, harvesting and shipping leafy greens each year!
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There is more in season than just pumpkins and gourds, so I created a Free Printable Grocery Shopping List for Autumn! It lists out the produce in season at the top and leaves space for you to write your shopping buys beneath.
You can print it out and put it on your fridge and take the list with you on your next run to the grocery store!
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When an outbreak happens, it is usually the result of one contaminated source. Problem is that it makes us, the consumers, think that all lettuce is bad. Farmers reached out to let me know how they were affected by that. Some said that they did not harvest their lettuce fields because no one would buy it. Therefore they did not have any work for the harvest crews and they ended up throwing away safe lettuce, leading to a market crash.
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There is so much patience and planning that goes into harvesting sweet potatoes. Here are all the different steps involved in harvesting sweet potatoes!
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