Community Farms & Gardens
A local food movement for gardens, seeds, workshops, neighborhood events, and mutual aid. Grow something. Share something. Bring somebody with you.
Herbs
Seeds
Soil
Mission
The Food Army is a volunteer-powered network creating community farms, neighborhood gardens, food-sharing systems, and local resilience throughout Southern Arizona.
Food Army is more than community gardening. It is foundational community infrastructure: food security, community connection, volunteer networks, neighborhood micro-economies, and safe third spaces.
Our strategic goal
Food Army helps prepare communities and individuals for future economic disruptions, labor actions, including the anticipated nationwide United Auto Workers strike in May 2028, and emergencies through local food production and mutual support systems.
Our mission
Our mission is to establish 100 acres of productive land in Southern Arizona by Spring 2028.
Every garden bed, seed library, tool share, compost pile, volunteer crew, and local food exchange moves that goal forward.
Learn soil, seeds, compost, watering, preservation, and garden basics.
02Save, label, share, and protect locally useful seeds.
03Build home plots, shared beds, and harvest routes.
04Grow days, skill shares, food tables, and volunteer calls.
05Connect neighbors, crews, resources, and practical care.
06Food justice, outreach, mutual aid, and direct support.
How we move
Food Army is for beginners, growers, cooks, artists, organizers, drivers, teachers, neighbors with space, neighbors without space, and anyone ready to help make food more local and more collective.
The call
Every page on this site is an entry point. Pick the work that fits your hands right now, then move with the crew as the season changes.
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