Food & Agriculture

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Farmers Markets in the Tucson Area

Find fresh, locally grown produce year round, every day of the week.

Scroll to the desired county on FoodConnect.org
- Pima
- Cochise
- Santa Cruz

Affiliated Organizations

  • Baja Arizona Sustainable Agriculture
    "a 501c3 non-profit organization working to increase local sustainable food production and marketing in southern Arizona."
  • Canelo Project
    "A small non-profit dedicated to the exploration and education of natural, local and artistic building techniques Workshops in straw bale, earthen and lime plasters...
  • Center for Sustainable Environments
    "CSE is a national leader in university-based sustainability science" (Northern Arizona University)
  • Community Food Security Center
    "... supporting community organizations, schools and individuals in becoming more food secure through education, advocacy, food production and desert gardening, and providing healthy food access through markets."
  • Community Gardens of Tucson
  • CSA - Tucson's Community Supported Agriculture
    Locally grown produce - weekly shares program, or trade yours
  • Desert Harvesters
    Desert Harvesters is a volunteer -run, grassroots organization based in Tucson. We strive to promote, celebrate, and enhance, local food security and production by encouraging the planting of indigenous, food-bearing shade trees (such as the Velvet mesqui
  • Food Conspiracy Co-op
    Organic produce, award-winning bulk section, fair trade and local food and items, plus community programs.
  • GMO (genetically modified organisms) Free Project of Tucson
    GMO Free Project of Tucson www.gmofreeprojectoftucson.org Vote with your food dollars. Say NO to GMO! Pick up a copy of the non-GMO shopping guide at New Life Health Center - Speedway/Swan or at New Life Health Center - Ajo/Mission Download one from www.g
  • Iskashitaa Refugee Harvesting Network
    “We empower refugees by creating opportunities to use their knowledge and skills from Africa to help their families and their own community and to better integrate with the larger Tucson community while gaining life skills that serve them in America.”
  • Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance
    The Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance is an advocate for our region’s valuable heritage. Publishes Local & Heritage Foods Directory
  • Slow Food Tucson
    This group holds events exploring the joys of locally-produced--and savored--foods and beverages.
  • Sonoran Kitchen Gardens
    "We started Sonoran Kitchen Gardens to make sure every school in the Sonoran bioregion has a drylands kitchen garden linked into our local food economy."
  • Sonoran Permaculture Guild
    An excellent resource for all people wanting to design systems guided by ecology, including building, food production and water harvesting. The site also features workshops taught by Tucson's experts in the field.
  • Tucson Area Farmers Markets
  • Tucson Botanical Garden
  • Tucson Community Food Bank
  • Tucson Farmers Market
    Tucson Farmer's Market hours, events, favorite vendors, and other info

Other Local Organizations

  • Community Food Security Center
    "... supporting community organizations, schools and individuals in becoming more food secure through education, advocacy, food production and desert gardening, and providing healthy food access through markets."
  • CSA - Tucson's Community Supported Agriculture
    Locally grown produce - weekly shares program, or trade yours
  • GMO (genetically modified organisms) Free Project of Tucson
    GMO Free Project of Tucson www.gmofreeprojectoftucson.org Vote with your food dollars. Say NO to GMO! Pick up a copy of the non-GMO shopping guide at New Life Health Center - Speedway/Swan or at New Life Health Center - Ajo/Mission Download one from www.g
  • Sonoran Kitchen Gardens
    "We started Sonoran Kitchen Gardens to make sure every school in the Sonoran bioregion has a drylands kitchen garden linked into our local food economy."
  • Sustainable Seafood Program - Desert Museum
    Resources on sustainable seafood choices (including a downloadable wallet card), with a special focus on the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez).
  • Tucson Farmers Market
    Tucson Farmer's Market hours, events, favorite vendors, and other info
  • Tucson Organic Gardeners
    Tucson Organic Gardeners began more than 20 years ago as a club where people who chose to use organic methods to maintain their gardens could exchange ideas and enjoy fellowship. Today almost 200 members, associates and friends continue this tradition thr
  • UofA Sustainability Centers
    Various Centers for Sustainability in conjunction with the University of Arizona.

Local Businesses

Other Resources

  • Green Drinks Tucson
    Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up for a drink at informal sessions around the world known as Green Drinks.
  • Sonoran Permaculture Guild
    An excellent resource for all people wanting to design systems guided by ecology, including building, food production and water harvesting. The site also features workshops taught by Tucson's experts in the field.
  • UofA Sustainability Centers
    Various Centers for Sustainability in conjunction with the University of Arizona.

Global Organizations

  • Bountiful Backyards (Durham, NC)
    Bountiful Backyards is an edible landscaping collective with a radical vision for the future. It starts with the attainable ideal of transforming the relationship that people have with food and their communities. From kitchen gardens and composting to n
  • Community Solution
    Community Service, Inc. (CSI), founded in 1940, is a non-profit organization that educates on the benefits and values of small local community living. We envision a world where people live sustainably and cooperatively in local communities which are diver
  • Farm & Garden
    Farm & Garden is an online magazine and community website. We publish news, information and resources related to living in a sustainable fashion with a focus on food, flowers, fiber and families. We publish monthly columns in addition to continually e
  • Institute for Responsible Technology
    A leading spokesperson on the risks of genetically modified (GM) foods, Jeffrey Smith started this organization to promote the responsible use of technology, and stop GM foods and crops through both grassroots and national strategies.
  • LocalHarvest.org
    Find and connect with locally-focused farmers, CSA, seeds, etc. anywhere in the country.

Local Discussion Groups

Articles

  • Really Really FREE Market!
    A Community Celebration of Sharing, Reusing, and Recycling. Bring something to share: useful items, a vegetarian snack, music or poetry, skills (haircuts, painting, knitting, etc.), or just your smile. Take home what you need or want. 3rd Saturday of every month at Himmel Park. Meet east of the tennis...
  • A New Book from Steven McFadden
    The Call of the Land Explores Surging Agrarian Movement New book is “An Agrarian Primer for the 21st Century” “Food and farms are involved in a blitzkrieg of changes,” writes veteran journalist Steven McFadden in The Call of the Land, published this October by NorLightsPress. The book gives...
  • Earth Day Festival and Parade
    Tucson\'s 16th Annual Earth Day Festival and Parade will be held on Saturday, April 17, 2010 at Reid Park. The theme for the 2010 Festival is “All Species Deserve a Place on Earth!”  All species great and small - insects, plants and animals - the Earth needs them all! Exhibits related to the environment...
  • Micro-urban Farming Workshops
    Hello Food Enthusiasts, chicken revolutionist and organic gardeners! Below are upcoming micro-urban farming workshops at Pachamama’s Garden. Please call at 622-1917 for more information or to RSVP. All workshops $20. CHICKEN REVOLUTIONIST WORKSHOP Sunday – December 6th Noon- 2 pm Sunday – December...
  • Used Cooking Oil Collection
    Enjoy Dining Green (EDG) will collect used cooking oil the Day after Thanksgiving! EDG will start the first of their regular monthly collection sites in hope to reduce the amount of oil being dumped in our sewer system. Enjoy Dining Green will have 2 collection sites, one at the EDG building located...
  • Sustainable Tucson General Meeting
    The focus of the Sustainable Tucson General Meeting will be Food Sustainability. On February 8, your view of food sustainability in Tucson ’s future may change forever. The Sustainable Tucson Working Group on Food & Agriculture will engage your mind and your tastebuds in thinking about the sources...
  • Composting Workshop
    A free composting workshop will be held at the Tierra Anita Community Garden site, located in Barrio Anita at the corners of N. Anita Ave and W. Williams St. on Saturday, November 14th from 8:00-9:00am. The workshop will be taught by Kent Sorensen and Diane DePaul of Sonoran Desert Landscape. Directions...
  • Native Foods and Herbs Workshop
    Nov. 14th Time: 10AM to 3PM Cost: $65 – partial scholarships available as class registration allows. Includes all class materials. Location: Bean Tree Farm at Dancing Rocks Community, 15 miles north of downtown Tucson. Directions and more info sent with registration. Instructors: Barbara Rose and...
  • A Perspective on Meat in Your Diet
    Nicolette Niman, from a decidedly self-interested perspective on the matter, still has some interesting arguments to consider about what she refers to as "the real story of meat's contribution to global warning." You might want to read her op-ed in the New York Times.
  • Land Institute President Wes Jackson announced as new Post Carbon Institute Fellow
    Land Institute President Wes Jackson announced as new Post Carbon Institute Fellow Published Mon, 09/28/2009 - 07:00 by Energy Bulletin (http://www.energybulletin.net) Click on the headline (link) for the full text. Many more articles are available through the Energy Bulletin homepage From the Post...