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The Battle in the Bottle

Rick Anglin doesn’t remember a time when he was not in love with cows. He met his first love at the age of 9—a...

May 8, 2017

Growing Arevalos

It’s a pleasant January afternoon at Arevalos Farm, and two generations of the Arevalos family are gathered...

March 11, 2017

The Dream Farm Notebook

On four and a half acres along the Pantano Wash, between stretches of housing developments, Dana Helfer...

January 5, 2017

Farming Arizona

On a secluded desert road in Marana, a vision to produce sustainable food that relies less on traditional...

November 11, 2016

Forever Farm

Sitting under a pistachio tree alive with bees, John and Yongson Rueb narrate the contours of their 20-acre...

May 9, 2016

Tasting Climate

Baja Arizona’s diverse microclimates create extremely specific growing conditions not only for wild...

March 7, 2016

Farming Economics

  Joe Marlow pinches off the end of one of his tomato vines and comments about how beautiful...

November 16, 2015

Return to Source

The backroads out to the San Rafael Valley are the kind just lonely enough to be dotted with altars....

May 9, 2015

True Foods

When Ramona Button was only 4 years old, her father told her it was time to leave her mother’s side...

March 7, 2015

High-Tech Organic

Close your eyes for a second and imagine a tomato. The small, round cherry is just ripe. It’s organic....

January 1, 2015

Larry’s Green Thumb

For years, Larry Park has lived with a medical condition. It wakes him up early in the morning, and recently,...

November 1, 2014

A Family Affair

Some siblings are close. Others can scarcely make it through a dinner together without renewing old rivalries....

July 1, 2014

Growing Veganically

When Byron Smith decided to leave northern British Columbia to grow vegetables elsewhere, his checklist...

May 1, 2014

Digging Tradition

Anyone consulting a map of the Tucson metro area will find a thin, but obvious, line—sometimes...

March 1, 2014

The Wisdom of Big D

In September, when Leo Dunaetz of Big D Farm turned 88, many farmers’ market customers congratulated...

January 1, 2014

Chile Relleno, With Curry

If you’ve ever eaten a chile relleno in the desert borderlands, it is quite likely that it has some...

November 1, 2013

Walking in Cycles

To get to walking j farm, nestled in the Santa Cruz River valley watershed near Amado, Arizona, you have...

June 23, 2013