¿Pueden los humanos cultivar comida en Marte de la misma manera que el personaje de Matt Damon, en la película nueva de “Marte: Operación rescate”? Los científicos de la Universidad de Arizona dicen que sí, pero no necesariamente como lo hizo el héroe de la historia, Mark Watney. Los investigadores de la universidad han trabajado…
Can humans grow food on Mars in the same way that Matt Damon’s character did in the popular new movie “The Martian”? University of Arizona scientists say yes, but not necessarily in the fashion that the hero of the story, Mark Watney, did. Researchers at the UA have been working for years on ways to…
Two Southern Arizonan nonprofit organizations, Native Seeds/SEARCH and Tohono O’odham Community Action, are working to promote wild food sources and desert tolerant crops in the region. Before Arizona became known for its cotton and citrus, before farmers moved west to tame the land, before Spanish explorers first set their eyes on the Grand Canyon, the Tohono O’odham…
Under threat from a crippling, deadly bacteria, the Arizona Department of Agriculture is escalating its war against a disease crippling the nation’s citrus crops by expanding quarantine zones throughout Arizona and enlisting the help of some of the University of Arizona’s brightest minds. The bacteria, also known as Huanglongbing, functions as an infectious disease and…
The Garden Kitchen, 2205 S. Fourth Ave., caters to those who want to learn how to garden and be healthy. They offer free gardening classes on Saturday mornings, fresh food tastings, and occasional special events with music and dancing. The Garden Kitchen from Jordan Clifton on Vimeo.
