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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Tyler Crosby of Crosby Mint Farm stands at the farm's booth at a farmer's market on the University of Arizona campus Wednesday, April 25. Crosby's family has operated a mint farm in Tucson for 10 years. (Photo by Ava Garcia/Arizona Sonora News Service)

Climate change could shake up Arizona agriculture

Ava Garcia May 15, 2018

The agriculture industry has a tough job ahead of it. The United Nations estimates the world will need 70 percent more food to feed the global population by 2050. But the real challenge lies...

Erik Kolsrud/Arizona Sonora News

Legislative Roundup: Minimum Wage, Campus Free Speech, Egg De-reg

Erik Kolsrud February 15, 2018

PHOENIX -- This week the House of Representatives quickly filled the vacant seat left by former Representative Don Shooter from Yuma. His replacement is Tim Dunn, who was sworn in Tuesday afternoon. Dunn...

Employees wait for the next load of pecans to be dropped off at the cleaning plant at the Green Valley Pecan Company on Monday, Dec. 5, 2016. (Photo by Rebecca Noble / Arizona Sonora News)

Guest farm workers do not always understand the rules

steven spooner December 4, 2017

With almost no one in the U.S. willing to work harvest jobs, farms have imported workers via temporary visas, a program widely criticized for the extensive bureaucratic requirements including housing...

U.S. Border Patrol searching cars for drugs and other illegal items.  Photo provided by U.S. Border Patrol Twitter Account

Drug trafficking in southeast Arizona declining but still national crisis

Garrett Green October 11, 2017

Drug trafficking across the U.S. and Mexico border continues to be an epidemic, not just for Southeast Arizona, but the nation as a whole. Cochise County is one of the primary points of entry. Since...

Actors from Arizona Theatre Company's Summer on Stage program. (Photo by Arizona Theatre Company)

Rural community theater’s across Arizona struggle to survive

Betsy Kaplan October 1, 2017

In a world with limited arts funding, community theaters across the state of Arizona struggle to sustain themselves. According to Arizona Commission on the Arts, in rural areas only 52 percent of...

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