11/28/2021
Learn more about planting and growing in the desert!
Volunteer at your local farm to learn more about the food system and how you can be involved.
The Johnston Family Foundation was incorporated in 2015 to enrich Gilbert and its surrounding communities with the benefits of urban agriculture. They're grown.
Communities aren't built. The Foundation hosts workshops, educational tours and events on an 11-acre USDA Certified Organic farm in the heart of Agritopia. PHOTOGRAPHY PERMIT
We have intentionally created a picturesque environment at The Farm at Agritopia® owned and supported by The Johnston Family Foundation for Urban Agriculture for the enjoyment of residents and visitors. This environment is so
11/28/2021
Learn more about planting and growing in the desert!
Volunteer at your local farm to learn more about the food system and how you can be involved.
08/07/2021
Great work going on around the valley.
Arizona’s Heart and Sol: Gardener helps donate 20,000 pounds of fresh veggies The group has grown and donated more than 20,000 pounds of food in seven years. The last two months alone, they’ve donated about 1200 pounds of fresh, organic vegetables to the Sahuarita Food Bank, all heading to families in need.
08/05/2021
What are your thoughts on indoor farming?
Farms don't have to be outside anymore - Marketplace Irving Fain, CEO of Bowery Farming, hopes growing crops in warehouses near cities will increase access to fresh produce.
07/27/2021
Great to see other agrihoods popping up around the nation:
New housing project breaks ground in Santa Clara combining urban living and a working farm It’s something we’ve never seen before in the Bay Area, a residential development in the heart of a major city that sits next to a sizeable, working farm.
07/19/2021
The classroom garden is looking good 🌱
05/04/2021
Getting plants in the ground for our new farm to school program, Farm Hands, that we will start up in the fall.
Thank you so much FOX 10 Phoenix for visiting on Earth Day while the Zovio volunteer crew was here to help us get set for our Farm Hands program this fall.
04/19/2021
We have an exciting program in the works!
This is progress towards inspiring future farmers.
12/15/2017
Come check out all the cool vendors coming to tomorrow night! We will be keeping everyone cozy with some hot chocolate! Thank you to these great local folks for donating items for us to make our hot chocolate - and .mallow
We will also be holding a raffle for a loaded Christmas cactus! Stop by and enter to win a gorgeous cactus from with some amazing gifts attached!
See everyone tomorrow at Barnone from 5:00pm-9:00pm.
12/03/2017
We're looking forward to all the amazing vendors that will be at the Barn in December. Come and grab a hot cocoa from us that evening, and be sure to enter our raffle to win our decorated cactus from
10/14/2017
We had a great time planting with kids this morning! Thank you so much for having us! Happy growing 🌞🌻
10/06/2017
We’re all about the dates lately. This is from the beginning of summer after the bunches were thinned. Dates are such an interesting produce.