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AG community paves way in food safety standards
Monday, August 13, 2018YUMA, Ariz. - In this week's Home Grown we learn about the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and how our local agriculture community is helping to pave the way in food safety standards for the United States. “You have a group of people that work very very hard to produce and to be the winter vegetable capital of the world," the Assistant in Extension and Research for the University of Arizona, Natalie Brassill told 13 On Your Side. Brassill visit Yuma, Arizona on a regular basis to teach growers how to take water tests. She also helps them understand what the generic E. Coli bacteria m...Read More -
MAC Farm hosts Desert Ag-Ventures in February
Friday, February 2, 2018Maricopa Agricultural Center is set for a busy February. The MAC Farm hosts its annual Desert Ag-Ventures Tours for senior residents and winter visitors on four days. Registration fee of $20 includes a hot lunch. Ag-Ventures are an opportunity to learn how agriculture works in Arizona and how farming in the west may be different than it is elsewhere in the country. The tours typically draw “snowbirds” from the Midwest who already know a thing or two about farming. Extension agent Victor Jimenez, who will demonstrate how to siphon water and also allow participants to give it a try, said there w...Read More -
Everywhere & Everyone IPM Integrated Pest Management Newsletter – February 2018
Thursday, February 1, 2018Everywhere & Everyone IPM Integrated Pest Management Newsletter – February 2018Read More -
Indoor IPM Integrated Pest Management Newsletter – January 2018
Monday, January 1, 2018Indoor IPM Integrated Pest Management Newsletter – January 2018Read More -
12 News Midday: University of Arizona Agricultural Center
Monday, September 25, 2017Agricultural Research Thrives in Maricopa. [Note: if you want to expand image to full-screen, right-click in viewing window and copy video URL to a new browser tab]Read More
