A small bird is part of a big plan to help endangered animals in Arizona. The Working Lands for Wildlife project is helping private landowners preserve habitats of endangered animals, including the Southwestern willow flycatcher. The Natural Resources Conservation Service, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and their partner the U.S. Fish and Wildlife…
Arizona has a new friend in the farming industry, and it’s called organic. Certified organic farms have more than doubled in Arizona in the past seven years, from 63 in 2008 to 140 today, according to the United States Department of Agriculture . “People are only going to produce what they can sell on a…
Some Canadians making a run for the border back home ended up having to leave their horses in Arizona. During the past year, some horses in the state have been quarantined for Vesicular Stomatitis Virus, according to the Arizona Department of Agriculture. That meant Canada wouldn’t let any horse back into its borders from Arizona. “Countries…
