(From the Desmoines Register)
Food shortages are suddenly front-page news, but they are not new. Hundreds of millions of people were left starving or malnourished last year, and this has been going on for decades. The only change is that it has become more difficult for the institutions that control the global food chain to manage [...]

In the Garden, By ANNE RAVER, New York Times, April 17, 2008
MY peas are coming up - sugar snaps and snow peas - and the seeds I scattered out in my cold frame a month ago are now a blanket of baby greens. A few mornings ago, while weeding, I popped a tiny bok choy [...]

Either donate your excess grown produce OR simply have your resource added to the database.
Iskash*taa is an inter-generational group of refugees from Africa and Tucsonan volunteers harvesting approximately 20,000 lbs. of fruits and vegetables each year from backyards and local farms and redistributing to refugee families from many countries and other Tucson organizations that assist [...]

Farmers Markets (in the Tucson Area)
Sunday
- Civano Artisans and Farmers Market - Civano Nursery, 5301 S. Houghton Road. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sundays. 248-9218.
- St. Philip’s Plaza Farmers Market - 4280 N. Campbell Ave. 8 a.m.-noon Sundays. 918-9811.
Tuesday
- Community Food Bank Farmers Market, 3003 S. Country Club Road. 8 a.m.-noon Tuesdays. 622-0525.
Wednesday
- Downtown Farmers [...]

By Katherine Kizilos, published December 5, 2007 by The Age (Australia)
The inventor of permaculture is among those calling for backyard farmers to be freed from water restrictions. Katherine Kizilos reports.
In a drought year, during an era of climate change, what does it mean to be a responsible gardener? Cactuses, paving and a sculpture near [...]

One species-Homo sapiens-consumes nearly a quarter of Earth’s natural productivity.

Sunday
Civano Artisans and Farmers Market - Civano Nursery, 5301 S. Houghton Road. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sundays. 248-9218.
St. Philip’s Plaza Farmers Market - 4280 N. Campbell Ave. 8 a.m.-noon Sundays. 918-9811.
Tuesday
Community Food Bank Farmers Market, 3003 S. Country Club Road. 8 a.m.-noon Tuesdays. 622-0525.
Wednesday
Downtown Farmers Market and Arts and Crafts Mercado - Joel D. Valdez Main [...]

Guest Opinion by Lindianne Sarno
Why should Tucson’s citizenry care about local food production? Let’s start with the scary fact that virtually all of the food we eat travels an average of 1,500 miles to get to our tables in Tucson, according to the USDA. Tucson’s food supply is vulnerable to events beyond our control like [...]

The world has come full circle. A century ago our first transportation biofuels — the hay and oats fed to our horses — were replaced by gasoline. Today, ethanol from corn and biodiesel from soybeans have begun edging out gasoline and diesel.
This has been hailed as an overwhelmingly positive development that will help us reduce [...]

Ten Ways to Prepare for a Post-Oil Society
By James Howard Kunstler, Kunstler.com. Posted February 10, 2007.
The best way to feel hopeful about our looming energy crisis is to get active now and prepare for living arrangements in a post-oil society.
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Editor’s Note: James Howard Kunstler is a leading writer on the topic of peak [...]