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Feeding People While Making a Difference: The Legacy of Dave Schwake
Some people leave behind buildings. Some leave behind money. David Schwake left behind something harder to quantify and more durable than either — a community of people who...
From Desert Soil to Your Dinner Plate: The Story Behind Sun Produce in Arizona
Let’s be honest — most of us don’t think about where our food comes from until we’re already chewing on it. We walk into a restaurant, order something...
From Empty Pool to Blooming Oasis: Clark Park Is Back — and It’s Growing
There’s a certain kind of loss that a neighborhood feels when a beloved space goes dark. Clark Park in Tempe has been a fixture of its community since...
Food as Medicine: How One Chef Is Healing Her Community One Plate at a Time
Before she became a chef, before she built a food business rooted in ancestral healing, Maria Parra Cano was just a woman fighting for her life. A mother...
Arizona’s Small Farmers Are Doing Everything Right — and Still Getting Squeezed
Here’s the reality nobody talks about when they romanticize local farming: the person growing the most beautiful, nutritious food in Maricopa County might also be the most financially...
Your Thursday Just Got a Whole Lot Healthier
So Imagine this: It’s Thursday afternoon. Maybe you’ve just picked up your kid from school, your brain is already running the dinner math — what’s in the fridge,...