Tucson Unified School District’s Food Services is proud to be participating in Farm to Student serving local foods & celebrating local farmers!
C elebratin g local food & local farmers!
Southwinds Farm
Merchant’s Garden
SouthWinds Farm
Arizona is the 6th largest greenhouse tomato producing state in the U.S.
Cherry tomatoes, as their name suggests are of similar size & shape to that of cherries.
Cherry tomatoes grow faster than larger tomatoes.
There are over 10,000 different varieties of tomatoes.
Botanically, tomatoes are a fruit! season crop.
Cherry tomatoes are known for their small size & natural sweetness.
Tomatoes are easy to grow & very commonly grown in home gardens
Tomatoes take 60 - 100 days to grow from seed to fruit.
Tomatoes come in a variety of colors including yellow, pink, purple & more!
SouthWinds Farm is a small farm owned and run by Joe Marlow.
Florida is ranked the #1 state for growing fresh tomatoes.
Visit them at the Rillito Farmers Market on Sundays!
SouthWinds Farms runs almost entirely off of solar energy!
SouthWinds Farms is on 8 acres of land.
Southwinds Farms is dedicated to growing delicious, healthy foods using organic & sustainable methods. variety of crops.
SouthWinds Farm is located in Benson, AZ.
Between November – March, 90% of America’s lettuce is grown in Arizona.
Darker green lettuce leaves are MORE LEAST MOST
Lettuce plants grow to be 6 - 12 inches tall.
95% of Arizona lettuce is grown in Yuma County.
Lettuce grows best in cooler climates.
Iceberg lettuce (also known as crisphead) is the most popular type of lettuce in the U.S.
Aquaponics are suspended in nutrient-rich water rather than soil.
Merchant’s Garden uses an aquaponics system to grow their lettuce.
Visitors welcome on Thursdays & Fridays!
Merchant’s Garden started in 2015 Bill Shriver and his son growing plants.
Merchant’s Garden is located at what used to be a TUSD school!
Merchant’s Garden is located in Tucson, AZ.
Merchant’s Garden grows butter lettuce, red & green leaf lettuce, frisée, basil & much more!
Arizona grows & harvests cucumbers year-round. Cucumbers in AZ are grown outside or in greenhouses.
The U.S. is the 4th largest cucumber producing country in the world.
Cucumbers take 12 to produce fruit after being planted.
cucumbers are grown worldwide each year.
Cucumbers are 90% water.
Bees are essential for the pollination of cucumbers.
Cucumbers are a Cucumbers can grow 2 feet
The large leaves on the cucumber plant provides shade for the developing fruit.
SouthWinds Farm is a small farm owned and run by Joe Marlow.
Florida is ranked the #1 state for growing fresh tomatoes.
Southwinds Farms is dedicated to growing delicious, healthy foods using organic & sustainable methods.
Visit them at the Rillito Farmers Market on Sundays!
SouthWinds Farms runs almost entirely off of solar energy!
SouthWinds Farms is on 8 acres of land.
SouthWinds Farm is Benson, AZ.
Radishes are typically in season in Arizona from September through March
The name radish comes from the Latin word “radix” that means
Radishes come in many different shapes & sizes.
Radishes are cool season vegetables.
Radishes are a root vegetable. The Red Globe common variety of radish.
Radishes grow very fast – taking only 25 days to grow from seed to harvest ready vegetable.
Blue Sky Organics is a family-owned & operated organic vegetable farm
Blue Sky Organics grows 120 different kinds of vegetables! Blue Sky Organics was started by David Vose
Blue Sky Organics is located in Litchfield Park, AZ. Agriculture (CSA) boxes - boxes of produce harvested straight from their farm to YOU! raise goats!
Arizona’s dairy industry is currently the state’s largest agriculture commodity.
Arizona’s largest dairy farm has around 10,000 active milk cows.
1. Ayrshire 2. Brown Swiss
Guernsey
Holstein
Jersey 6. Milking Shorthorn Dairy Cows:
Holstein cows all have a unique pattern of spots!
AZ is home to just about 100 dairy farms.
Nearly 98% of U.S. dairy farms are family owned & operated.
ALL 50 states have dairy farms!
1 cow produces around 6 gallons of milk per day. Milk is the source of ALL products! Cows can SEE almost 360 degrees and SMELL up to 6 miles away!
Shamrock Farms all started in W.T. McClelland
Shamrock Farms is home to 10,000 dairy cows.
Shamrock Farms (& their cows)
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L O V E visitors!
“Making sure all our animals are well looked after is the
Every month, Shamrock Farms provides 80,000 pounds of dairy to local food banks.
Shamrock Farms offers organic & traditional milk.
Shamrock Farms is located in Phoenix, AZ.
Shamrock Farms cows graze OPEN pastures.
