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Arizona Sonoran News

Buck Reed picks out avocados at Whole Foods in Tucson. A new study expects staple crops to lose some nutritional value as CO2 emissions continue to rise. Photo by: J.D. Molinary for Arizona Sonora News.

Climate change stunts nutritional needs

J.D. Molinary October 19, 2018

Because of climate change, you might be getting less in what you eat and not even realize. According to a study published in August by the journal Nature Climate Change, rising carbon dioxide...

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...

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...

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