The Ajo Center for Sustainable Agriculture is a grassroots, community-based non-profit organization which promotes development of a sustainable and just food system in Ajo, Arizona and surrounding region. Focusing on empowering the community to help itself, theCenter teaches all-natural, low-input sustainable agricultural methods combining Old-World and Native American techniques with biodynamic and permaculture practices. The Center specializes in preservation and revitalization of heirloom Sonoran Desert adapted crops and techniques through their Adopt-A-Sonoran-Desert-Crop Program. As teaching tools, the Center manages a 1/2 acre Many Hands Urban Farm and Learning Center, a Dolce Vita Market Garden and 2 dry-land fields (1 acre). The Center organizes a weekly Authentically Ajo Farmers Market and supports Ajo Gardeners Network (over 100 households) and other community gardening efforts, including the school gardens.

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The Ajo Center for Sustainable Agriculture

The Ajo Center for Sustainable Agriculture

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