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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Local organizations work to feed Tucson's homeless

Local organizations work to feed Tucson’s homeless

Gabby Goduco March 1, 2018

In Pima County, 1,574 people are homeless, according to the Arizona Housing Coalition. Local organizations, Felicia’s Farm and Casa Maria are aiming to help feed Pima County’s neediest. Casa...

Eggplants and tomatoes in the beginning stages of growing.

Desert dwellers get down in the dirt

Elena Gonzalez February 23, 2018

  There is not a more relaxing springtime activity in Arizona than gardening on a cool, 85-degree day surrounded by sky-high saguaros and the dry, cracking dirt floor beneath you. Gardening...

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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