More gardens, more growers, more shared harvests, and more hands in the soil.
About
Food Army is local food power.
Food Army is a community-centered movement for neighbors who want to grow food, share skills, preserve seeds, support events, and build practical care where they live.
What we do
We organize around the simple idea that food should not feel distant, fragile, or isolated from the people eating it. Food Army helps turn everyday places into places where people can learn, grow, gather, and share.
The work can look like planting a bed, sorting seeds, running a workshop, tabling at an event, moving donated supplies, cooking from harvests, making posters, or helping a neighbor start with one container.
Seed saving, dry storage, pantry skills, and community knowledge that lasts beyond one season.
Beginner-friendly workshops that turn practical skills into neighborhood confidence.
Mutual aid, food tables, volunteer networks, and low-barrier ways to move resources.
The Food Army vision
A network of community farms and gardens across Southern Arizona.
The Food Army vision is a network of community farms and gardens that strengthens food security, builds local resilience, and creates stronger neighborhoods across Southern Arizona.
Our mission is to establish 100 acres of productive land in Southern Arizona by Spring 2028.
Why it matters
Rising food costs, economic instability, social isolation, and growing uncertainty make practical local food systems essential.
Our strategic goal
Prepare and empower communities and individuals for future disruptions, labor actions, and emergencies through local food production and mutual support systems.
Colonia Del Valle
Our first community garden is at Sky Islands Public High School, 6000 E. 14th Street, Tucson, Arizona, built with volunteer labor and repurposed materials.
We are looking for
Many hands. Many skills.
Gardeners, coordinators, volunteer laborers, educators, data analysts, seed librarians, drivers, inventory managers, cooks, harvesters, graphic designers, artists, programmers, content creators, fundraisers, marketing strategists, arborists, landscapers, and more.
Come through
There is a place for every skill level.
You can grow, teach, cook, table, flyer, donate, document, haul supplies, design materials, organize neighbors, or simply learn where to start.