By Lauren Kobley
Cronkite News 

Ajo Center for Sustainable Agriculture teaches next generation farmers sustainable practices

 

Last updated 3/26/2024 at 8:36am

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Sterling Johnson, third from right, poses in Ajo with a group of Ajo CSA farmers on Jan. 31, 2024.

AJO, Ariz-Jesse Garcia was first introduced to farming in his grandmother's garden. As a child, he recalls not quite understanding the true purpose of growing and how important it is.

It was in high school that he first started taking an interest in farming and agriculture. After graduating, he had a number of jobs, but he did not feel passionate about any of them. It was then that he found the Ajo Center for Sustainable Agriculture.

Arizona farmers are aging. With a hope to sustain farming practices in the state, particularly within Indigenous communities, the co-executive directors of Ajo CS...



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