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Agritopia is a 166-acre mixed use planned community in Gilbert, Arizona designed to encourage agrarianism combined with a sense of community among the socioeconomic ranges. It is an agrihood with housing plots, a certified organic farm, and commercial spaces. [1] Homes range from 1300 square feet to 7000 square feet.
Courtesy of Hayden Flour MillsHayden Flour Mills founder Jeff Zimmerman An almost-century old family farm sits on the outskirts of Phoenix where asphalt and suburbs yield to dirt roads and fields.
Boskovich Farms is a historic ... it has grown organic vegetables. [3] It ships its produce from its facilities in Salinas, California and Yuma, Arizona. [2 ...
Shamrock Farms was founded in 1922 in Arizona by Irish immigrant W.T. McCleland (1892-1968). He and his wife would deliver milk on a Ford Model T truck. In 1933, Shamrock Farms started utilizing milking machines. In 1951, it acquired its first refrigerated truck. [1] By 1967, it became the biggest dairy company in Arizona. [2]
Out of 20,005 ranches and farms in Arizona, cattle is raised on more than 30% of them. In 2015, Arizona's cattle industry allowed ranchers to produce 1.4 billion beef meals and feed 8 million people, and in 2018, the state was able to produce 455.7 million pounds (206.7 kt) of red meat.
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., is a supermarket chain headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.The grocer offers a wide selection of natural and organic foods, including fresh produce, bulk foods, vitamins and supplements, packaged groceries, meat, poultry, seafood, deli, baked goods, dairy products, frozen foods, natural body care, and household items. [3]
The railroad arrived in 1880, which brought Chinese workers to the area as well. By the 1930s, the farms that these Chinese people raised food on had disappeared. Mission Garden’s Chinese garden represents these influences. Another influence on the area was the 1887 Sonora earthquake, which lowered Tucson’s water table.
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