The University of Arizona and others were awarded almost $4.8 million in federal money to transform farming and growing practices in drought.
Eva-Marie Hube For the Arizona Daily Star Addressing the future of farming in an ever-drying climate is the focus of a three-year, almost $4.8 million grant to the University of Arizona and others from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The grant-funded Arizona Partnership for Climate-Smart Food Crops includes the UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Tucson City of Gastronomy, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and Local First Arizona.
She said the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences will help create models to predict growing conditions in 30 to 50 years. Farmers not only need support with processing and harvesting new crops but with generating demand for what they are growing, Corral said. Making some of these crops affordable will be a challenge, and educating consumers will be key, she said.
Such a small selection of crops leads to a lack of diversity in our nutrition and leaves our food supply susceptible to pests and diseases. The grant partnership will draw upon the expertise of native farmers, Johnson said, adding that his primary role will be to engage with those growers in Arizona. He also wants to ensure that heritage farming practices are passed on to future generations of native farmers.
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