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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Donna Bruce holding one of her chickens, in front of her plant beds, on her farm Sharing Life's Abundance (Photo by: Amanda Sladek / Arizona Sonora News).

Arizona leads nation in female farmers

Amanda Sladek April 19, 2018

In Queen Creek, Arizona, you can find a 1.33-acre lot growing oranges, apples, figs, peaches, pears, grapes, sugarcane, lettuce, tomatoes, pepper, eggplant, okra, corn, green beans – and also raising...

Farmers at the Tucson Village Farm get their hands dirty and pick fresh organic lettuce. (Photo by: Brittney Smith/Arizona Sonora News)

Organic farms on the rise in Arizona

SBlum May 13, 2015

Arizona has a new friend in the farming industry, and it’s called organic.Certified organic farms have more than doubled in Arizona in the past seven years, from 63 in 2008 to 140 today, according to...

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