About the Farm
The Marana Heritage Farm at the Marana Heritage Park is a 10-acre farm dedicated to raising high quality vegetable and fruit crops as well as heritage plants from Southern Arizona. The Farm is a partnership between the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona’s Community Food Resource Center, the Town of Marana Parks & Recreation Department and dedicated community members. The farm is a Certified Naturally Grown farm that uses organic production methods and strives to operate a farm that improves the health of the community and environment.
Marana Heritage Farm Wish List
Learn more about heritage plants
As part of Marana’s Heritage River Park, the Farm celebrates and honors the agricultural heritage of the people who have farmed this for land centuries. The Farm offers the community and visitors a place to:
- Access healthy locally grown produce
- Learn about the important role that agriculture plays in the history and future of Marana and Southern Arizona
- Learn to grow food in the Sonoran Desert through workshops and events for youth and adults
- Learn about community food security and food bank programs
- Experience a diverse farming system
The farm began production September 2007 and grows produce year round. Half of the farm is still under development and current production is on a 1-acre rotation to improve our soil — 1/2 acre in crops and 1/2 acre in cover crops, approximately. Produce grown on the farm is sold each Tuesday at the Marana Farmers’ Market and other Community Food Bank Farmers’ Markets. It is also supplied to the Marana Community Food Bank (a branch bank of CFB) and other Community Food Bank programs such as SnakPaks.
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The Community Food Resource Center sees the farm as an exciting opportunity to grow good food, reconnect people to where their food comes from and encourage conversation about how together we can build a healthy food system for Southern Arizona.
OUR PARTNERS
The Farm’s success is driven by quality relationships with several partners. This list is certainly not complete and we’re adding to it all the time. Whether offering advice, loaning equipment or in the case of some working with us daily to make the farm beautiful and thrive, here are some of people and organizations making this place possible:
Town of Marana Parks and Recreation Department
Tohono O’odham Community Action
Crooked Sky Farms
Forever Young Farms
San Xavier Cooperative Farm
Taylor Dairy
Sprinkler World – Tucson
Rooted in Community
Town of Marana
Heritage Conservancy
The farm site is also home to the Heritage House — a 1950s farm building that houses the Marana Heritage Conservancy.
The Marana Heritage Farm is In the News. Click the link to read about and see videos of the farm.
