Campus Pantry combats student food insecurity

On Tuesday mornings at 11 a.m. third-year student Anisa Maani heads to the University of Arizona’s Student Union to get food. But Maani does not head into the Union’s food court-style dining hall. She does not survey the ready-made pizzas keeping warm under lights at Papa John’s or patiently wait for waffle fries and nuggets…

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Native Chiltepine pepper in Southern Arizona

Something other than coffee is brewing at Exo Roast Co. Along with the typical coffee beverages like lattes, cappuccinos, and chai, Exo Roast Co. also offers something with a little extra kick to it—a chiltepine cold brew. “It sprung from an interest in using local ingredients,” Doug Smith, co-owner of Exo Roast Co., said. From…

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Desert dwellers get down in the dirt

  There is not a more relaxing springtime activity in Arizona than gardening on a cool, 85-degree day surrounded by sky-high saguaros and the dry, cracking dirt floor beneath you. Gardening in desert lands can seem impossible. The days are warm—hot, even—and rainfall is few and far between, but what many desert dwellers do not…

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