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10 Articles to Help You Kickstart Your Desert Garden

A Beginner’s Guide to Seed Sourcing: Love the idea of using heirloom seeds from Native SEEDS/SEARCH...

January 24, 2017

Voices: How Would Students Change Food at UA?

From left to right: I work as part of a Smart Moves initiative on campus. A dietician analyzes recipes,...

January 1, 2015

A Renaissance of Diversity

Every issue, in these pages, my goal is to get you to plant varieties of vegetables and fruits that you don’t...

January 1, 2015

The Neverending Garden

The Neverending Garden By Jared R. McKinley I grew up in New York state; when I talk to friends who still...

November 1, 2014

The Not-So-Tame Summer Garden

Not all gardens are well kempt and closely managed - even if they started off that way. This is especially...

July 1, 2014

Summer Is Coming

The summer is a tough time for both humans and gardens alike. But a change of attitude can change...

May 1, 2014

Eat the Cactus

I love nopalitos—the tangy green vegetable is not only full of fiber, vitamins, and minerals, but it’s...

May 1, 2014

Shortening the Line

The food pantry at the Community Food Bank is surprisingly quiet. It’s quiet like a warehouse is quiet—not...

March 1, 2014

Acortando la Fila

La atmosfera en el Community Food Bank (Banco de Alimentos de la Comunidad) está sorprendentemente callada....

March 1, 2014

Heirloom Garden: Agretti, Okahijiki, Tumbleweed

by Jared R. McKinley, Associate Publisher Edible Baja Arizona The Heirloom Garden series highlights crops...

January 7, 2014

Zoning into Urban Agriculture

Ahh, Baja Arizona in the wintertime—the time of year when we can open the windows, play outside in the daytime,...

January 1, 2014

Voices: Why do you grow your own food instead of buying it?

“Sustainable” is not a good goal. If we manage to sustain what we have now, it will destroy our world...

November 1, 2013

Forged Ingenuity 

My love affair with Langford Tools began three years ago on a rainwater cistern installation. In 2009,...

November 1, 2013

Homestead Gardener Q&A with Noel Patterson

Noel Patterson works as a sommelier for Quench Fine Wines. A true foodie and urban homesteader, he raises...

November 1, 2013

A Desert Foods Celebration

Interested in experiencing the bounty of our desert surroundings? Want to learn how to get involved with...

October 4, 2013

Get Your Garden On!

Pictured (above): Kate Christian harvests amaranth at the Community Food Bank garden. Do you have...

September 13, 2013

The Edible Homestead

Seasonal Guidelines for Home Food Production Those of us who really love Arizona want to say, “We...

September 12, 2013