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Arizona Agriculture’s Centennial Celebration! February 24, 2012

By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau

Beginning in January, I began a series of articles on Arizona’s Centennial and the state’s agriculture history. I hope to continue the article series in Arizona Agriculture through the year.

The first article, “A piece of Arizona Agriculture History in our Home” highlights the Arnold Pickel & Olive Company and Arizona’s pickle farmers. The story begins by telling readers about a redwood kitchen island made out of old pickle vats that came from Arnold Pickel & Olive Company.

Second in the series, “The Man from Gila River,” tells the farming and ranching story of Wilbur Lunt, a still-active Arizona Farm Bureau members. His story is as much about his love for the Gila River as it is about his family’s farming history in Arizona.

The Gila River is the division between norther...

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Both articles will take you back in time an make you proud of our state’s agriculture history here in the desert.

 

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