Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

A young boy harvests cholla buds. Photo courtesy of TOCA.

Historical crops may be the future of sustainable agriculture

Gareth Farrell May 6, 2015

Two Southern Arizonan nonprofit organizations, Native Seeds/SEARCH and Tohono O’odham Community Action, are working to promote wild food sources and desert tolerant crops in the region.Before Arizona...

The Dragoon Mountains stand imposingly to the west of Curry Farms. Photo by Gareth Farrell/Arizona Sonora News Service

Farmer’s genetic engineering breeds top notch chiles

Gareth Farrell March 25, 2015

PEARCE, Ariz. – Chances are, if you’ve enjoyed a chile pepper or any type of chile product recently, those peppers can trace their origins back to the 1500 acres that make up Ed Curry’s farm in...

UA professors take the fight to citrus greening

UA professors take the fight to citrus greening

Gareth Farrell February 19, 2015

Under threat from a crippling, deadly bacteria, the Arizona Department of Agriculture is escalating its war against a disease crippling the nation’s citrus crops by expanding quarantine zones throughout...

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