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AZFB Ag in the Classroom Coming to a School Near You!
Hungry for a Hamburger? Arizona Farm Bureau's new Agriculture in the Classroom program is gearing up for a curriculum launch into Arizona schools statewide beginning this fall. The AZFB program will feature all sorts of fun agriculture-centric educational material including this custom made hamburger that's part of a "Build Your Burger" lesson. This particular lesson shows children the parts of the burger and where the various food groups originate from. Katie Schmidbauer-Aikins, Ag Education manager, and Paula Jensen, membership administrator, display the hamburger created by Paula for the lesson. For more information about the statewide program, contact Katie Schmidbauer-Aikins at 480.635.3608.
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Food Prices Top News Item on Several Fronts
Retail food prices at the supermarket increased in the first quarter of 2008, according to the latest Arizona Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey. The informal survey shows the total cost of 16 basic grocery items was $53.53, up more than 8 percent or $4.33 from the fourth quarter of 2007, comparatively the American Farm Bureau Federation survey was $45.03, up about 8 percent or $3.42 during the quarter. Full Report
KFYI Reports on Rising Food Prices
KTAR Reports on Food Prices
KOLD TV 13 inTucson
AZFB Gives Advice on Stretching Your Food Dollar
Down In Price:
- Potatoes
- Chicken
- Oat cereal
- Apples
- White Bread
- Beef and pork remain steady
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Arizona Farm Bureau Becomes Leading Source for Food Prices
Reflecting the ongoing media attention to Arizona Farm Bureau's quarterly food price report, TV 3 recently interviewed the "Bureau" about food prices.
Watch News Clip Here
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Employers: E-Verify Compliance, The New I-9 Form, and More!
As of January 1, 2008, you must comply with the new employer sanctions law. You do not need to sign up for E-Verify (identified in the law for new hires) until you consider hiring new employees. If you are now hiring do a careful review of all links below. Remember, it is against federal law to use E-Verify on existing employees. Additionally, you cannot use E-Verify to pre-check the legal status of a new hire. You only use E-Verify once you have hired the new employee.
If you sign up for E-Verify (Basic Pilot) you must do so online here. You will be required to take an online tutorial - it can take up to two hours. You will be required to sign a Memorandum of Understanding. You must comply with all of the requirements of the I-9 process and complete an I-9 for each new hire.
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AZFB Appears on Channel 8's Horizonte
Arizona Farm Bureau President Kevin Rogers and Government Relations Director Joe Sigg recently spoke on Channel 8’s Horizonte regarding the labor issue and the Legal Arizona Workers Act. They were able to highlight AZFB’s positions on many fronts relating to this issue. The organization endorses a:
- secure border
- legal and reliable labor pool
- recognition of common cultures in a free-market business environment that adheres to the law, and
- setting where business is not unfairly burdened by excessive and ineffective regulation.
View the Segment Here
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Labor Issues: When ICE or Other Government Agencies Come Knocking ...
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLC, provides careful instructions on your rights as an employer and procedures to follow when a government agency visits or calls regarding Social Security MisMatches, including how you should respond if non-governmental third parties contact you seeking information. The law firm encourages you to carefully follow certain steps in order to protect your company and your employees. The three memos below spell out procedures and processes.
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Listen To AZFB Convention Speaker Presentations
AZFB’s 2007 Convention, held November 8 and 9, was rich in content. This year we’re making some of the speaker presentations available to you via audio. Select the links below based on what you want to listen to. Special Note: These audio files are large and require a broadband (high-speed) Internet connection.
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AZFB Leaders Profile Arizona Agriculture on Talk Show
Arizona Farm Bureau First Vice President Tim Dunn and President Kevin Rogers spoke to Arizona residents Saturday, December 8th on 1480 KPHX about Arizona Agriculture. Show host Todd Landfried of Desert Politics wanted an overview of the current state of agriculture in Arizona and for the next hour gave Arizonans a clear picture. Listen to the hour-long show here.
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In the News: AZFB Board Member Discusses Labor Issues
Arizona Farm Bureau Board member Steven Bales was recently interviewed about Arizona labor issues on FOX BUSINESS news and KTVK TV 3. Bales, a cotton and hay producer in the Buckeye area, was elected president of the Arizona Cotton Growers Association.
* FOX BUSINESS News
* KTVK TV 3
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Arizona Agriculture Video Tells Our Story
Arizona Farm Bureau recently updated its video "Today in Arizona Agriculture." If you are wanting an informative and colorful way to tell the Arizona agriculture story send viewers here.
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NBC's Today Show Teaches Food Safety
Last week, NBC's Today Show with Matt Lauer gave an educational overview of how safe our food handling process is and also pointed out the consumer's role in safely handling food. Watch the Video here
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