Media & Press
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Mission Garden in the Press
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2024
Photos of Lunar New Year Observance, Arizona Daily Star, February 2024
Ten things you can only do in Tucson, The Denver Post, February 2024
Linda Ronstadt’s Favorite Places, New York Times, January 2024
2023
🔴 Dragonflies: Learn About This Ancient Insect With Jeff Babson video, AZPM, October 2023
Exploring the Food Heritage and Culinary Highlights of Tucson, Arizona Danielle LeBreck, October 2023
Mission Garden: Backwards to the Future (Pages 9-12), Arizona Native Plant Society’s Plant Press Arizona, Summer 2023
Why Tucson, Arizona has the best Mexican food in the US, LoveFood.com, August 2023
Garlic festival shares its namesake’s history, Tucson Weekly, July 2023
Garlic Festival at Tucson's birthplace to celebrate valley's agriculture history, Arizona Daily Star, July 2023
🔴 Best of Arizona Innovation | Made In America (video starting at 3:00) Consensus Digital Media, July 2023
A Prickly Pear History Lesson: Getting Schools in Native Foodways, Orion Nature and Culture, July 2023
How Chinese heirloom seeds can lead to climate-adapted food for future gardeners, Arizona Republic, June 2023
🔴 Cultivating Identity: How Heritage Foods Connect Past, Present, & Future video, Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area, May 2023
In Parched Arizona, the Produce Gardens Bloom, New York Times, May 2023
AARP’s City Guide to Tucson, Arizona, AARP, April 2023
Trying to find the best food in Tucson is a fool’s errand. It’s all so good., Boston Globe, April 6, 2023
🔴 Monica Yrigoyen’s video on Tucson, American Dream TV (ADTV), 2023
A Taste of History, Green Living Magazine, Feb. issue 2023
Mission Garden, Atlas Obscura, Jan. 2023
Tasting Tucson’s Bounty: Past and Present, (digital pg. 22-27) Tucson Official Travel Guide 2023 by Visit Tucson, Jan. 10, 2023
Praising Arizona, Food and Travel, Jan. 2023
🔉E39 - Kendall K + Verdin & Mission Garden Looking at Birds: A Birding Podcast
2022
These 4 acres reveal Tucson's entire food history: Here's how to explore Mission Garden, Arizona Republic, Dec. 28, 2022
’Weird by Nature’ page 63, Tucson Guide, Fall 2022-Winter 2023
2,000 Years of Human History at Mission Garden, Desert Archeology, Inc., Sep. 20, 2022
Archaeology Archive: What Lay Beneath Spruce Street, Desert Archeology, Inc., Sep. 14, 2022
🔴 Tucson Celebrates Agave, Arizona Public Media, Sep. 8, 2022
🔴 What Makes Barrio Bread So Good, KGUN 9, June 17, 2022
John Adams and Kendall Kroesen; Tell us about their future farming vision, Southern Arizona Nonprofits
This Unesco City of Gastronomy Brings Bravo’s ‘Top Chef’ Season To An End, Forbes Travel, May 24, 2022
Arizona Le Retour Des Pionniers, Regal May/June 2022 Issue, France
Restaurants and Farmers Grow Food in the Desert, Farms Across America
🔴 The process of turning Agave into a source of food, KGUN 9 Apr. 30, 2022
City of Tucson Proclamation: Tucson Declared America’s City of the Century Plants, Apr. 19, 2022
🔴 Video: Lunar New Year Celebration, Arizona Illustrated, Arizona Public Media, Mar. 31, 2022
Hope flows through the heart of Tucson: The Santa Cruz River Heritage Project Planet Forward, Halley Hughes, Mar. 08, 2022
Where to Eat in Tucson, Arizona’s Desert Jewel Bon Appétit, by Jackie Tran, Feb. 18, 2022
2021
Ha:l squash, membrillos, Quitobaquito figs: Mission Garden's guide to seasonal produce in Tucson This is Tucson, by Ellice Lueders, Oct 29, 2021
Maintaining the Roots: Mission Garden still growing, despite weather and world extremes Tucson Weekly, by Jeff Gardner, September 23, 2021
Plants on a Mission Tucson Lifestyle, by Elena Acoba, photography by Thomas Veneklasen, August 2021
Community Outreach at Mission Garden - A Six Month Review by Katie Herder, Mar 10, 2021
Friends of Tucson’s Birthplace Arizona Association for Environmental Education, Lorianne Barnett & Jan Schwartz, February 6, 2021
Mission Garden Desert Spotlight, January 16, 2021
2020
🔴 Favorite Places: Mission Garden Arizona Illustrated, AZPM PBS 6, November 22, 2020
Mission Garden Preserves Rich History, Cultures of Tucson Arizona Daily Star, November 21, 2020
Photos: Mission Garden in Tucson Tucson.com, November 20, 2020
Watch Now: Mission Garden Project is an Agricultural Museum Tucson.com, November 10, 2020
Around the Corner: A Look at Tucson’s Agriculture through the Lens of Mission Garden The Daily Wildcat, November 10, 2020
Mission Garden Arizona Virtual Plant Festival, November 2020
Meet Kendall Kroesen Voyage Phoenix , June 25, 2020
2019
County approves sediment removal project, reigniting push for park at ‘A’ Mountain Arizona Daily Star, Justin Sayers, December 10, 2019
The Legacy of the Trees: Preserving Historical Edible Landscapes in Arizona Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Magazine, Jesus Garcia, November 19, 2019
Tucson UNESCO City of Gastronomy Produced by Tucson City of Gastronomy & Barry Infuso, November 4, 2019
El Otro Tucson Video por Favio Winehouse, October 2019
Hasta la Raíz Travel and Leisure (Mexico), Domenica Diaz, October 2019
🔴 It’s always Bat Night at Mission Garden Arizona Spotlight, Arizona Public Media, Mark McLemore, September 26, 2019
🔴 The Santa Cruz Arizona Public Media, Arizona Illustrated, Vanessa Barchfield, July 14, 2019
🔴 Tucson, USA: Delice Network Meeting, May 1-3, 2019 Delice Network, July 7, 2019
🔴 Native Arizona fish finds new home in Tucson’s Mission Garden News: Arizona Public Media, Ariana Brocious, July 1, 2019
The Canary Island Connection Aramco World, Gary Paul Nabhan, Illustrations by Norman MacDonald, July/August 2019
Mission Garden Acequia: Water canal represents history, what might come next Arizona Daily Star, Tony Davis, June 28, 2019
Tucson’s 4,000-year-old food culture makes it the ultimate melting pot USA Today 10 Best, Larissa Milne, June 28, 2019
Gila topminnows released at Mission Garden Arizona Daily Star, Mamta Popat, photographer, June 27, 2019
🔴 Endangered species Gila topminnow to be released in newly created stream at Mission Garden KGUN 9 News, Veronica Vernachio, June 27, 2019
🔴 Fish and Wildlife to introduce ‘mosquito eater’ topminnow at Mission Garden canal KOLD News 13, Bud Foster, June 26, 2019
Starting today, a small section of Tucson’s Santa Cruz River to flow again Arizona Daily Star, Tony Davis, June 24, 2019
A ‘dead’ portion of Tucson’s Santa Cruz River will flow again, for 5,000 feet Arizona Daily Star, Tony Davis, June 22, 2019
The Santa Cruz River will flow again near Tucson’s birthplace This is Tucson: Tucson Life, Johanna Willett, June 21, 2019
🔴 Bat Night at the Mission Garden (forward to 7 minutes and 35 seconds for the Bat Night segment) Arizona Spotlight: Arizona Public Media, Mark McLemore, June 19, 2019
Tucson Joins Food Tourism Network Arizona Public Media, Ariana Brocious, May 6, 2019
Tucson City Council considers rezoning Tucson Origins site Tucson del Sur News, Angelo Levo, April 8, 2019
🔴 Tucson’s birthplace may get historic landmark designation KOLD Channel 13 Tucson, Bud Foster, KOLD News, April 3, 2019
Joaquin Ruiz BizTucson, Spring 2019, Pg. 189
Get out of your head and into nature with a workshop that fuses science and art Arizona Daily Star, Johanna Willett, March 14, 2019
Arizona: Descubre el sunset state Caras, Pamella Vieyra, March 4, 2019
“Der Geschmack der Wuste” (Taste of the West) American Journal, Marion Trutter, February 2019
“Neto’s Tucson: A park on the old ‘A’ Mountain landfill?” Arizona Daily Star, Ernesto Portillo Jr., February 2, 2019
“Tucson, Cultures, Intensives” Liberation, Charlotte Oberti, January 25, 2019
“Old landfill near Tucson’s “A” Mountain could become a park after all” Arizona Daily Star, Tony Davis, January 24, 2019
“Forgotten Crops of the Past” Sierra, Jennifer Allford, January 13, 2019
2018
“Desert dream: Why you need to put this Arizona city at the top of your list” 2018PebbleMag.com, Georgina Wilson-Powell, December 10, 2018
“Tucson Joins Delice Network of Good Food Cities Around the World” VisitTucson.org, Visit Tucson, October 14, 2018
“How to spend a day in Tucson, Arizona” Travel Awaits, Desiree Rew, October 11, 2018
“Seven amazing destination a non-stop flight away from Austin” Austin Monthly, Darcie Duttweiler, Becca Hensley, Madeline Hollern, and Megan Kimble, October 2, 2018
“Two of a Kind: UNESCO Creative Cities of Gastronomy“ AAA Traveler Worldwise
“36 Hours in Tucson” New York Times, Elaine Glusac, September 20, 2018
“Some historic trees at Tucson’s Benedictine Monastery will be saved“ Arizona Daily Star, Gabriela Rico, August 15, 2018
“Mission Garden: Friends of Tucson’s Birthplace” Pima County Video about Mission Garden and San Ysidro Festival, Pima County, June 22, 2018
“Tucson Arizona: A City Tasting Tour” Fine Dining Lovers, Amie Watson, May 16, 2018
“Siete Facetas de Tucson” Reforma | De Viaje, May 2018
“Tucson, ville créative de la gastronomie,” Le Devoir, by Katherine Lefebvre, March 10, 2018
“Get at taste of Tucson” Oakland Magazine, February 16, 2018
“Tucson chefs find tasty ways to honor ‘City of Gastronomy’ tradition” Chicago Tribune, Elaine Glusac, February 7, 2018
2017
“City halts work after earth-movers grade Tucson’s birthplace site,” Arizona Daily Star, Tony Davis, December 11, 2017
“Tucson group claims city began project on protected land,” KVOA by Alyx Dote, December 11, 2017
Friends of Tucson’s Birthplace: Mission Garden KGUN 9 Morning Blend, April 27, 2017
2016
“Tucson Becomes an Unlikely Food Star,” New York Times by Kim Severson, August 24, 2016
“Chasing the sources in Tucson’s budding food scene“ USA Today, by Ashley Day, August 19, 2016
“Tucson, Arizona, cultivates its foodie reputation – with a nod from UNESCO,“ The Guardian, Kate Eshelby, July 17, 2016
Mission Garden Will Take You Back Centuries Arizona Daily Star, May 7, 2016
3rd Annual San Ysidro Festival Edible Baja Arizona online, May, 2016
Our City of Gastronomy Edible Baja Arizona, Issue 16
A World City January 2016
2015
Coyote Talking, November/December 2015 Edible Baja Arizona, Issue 15, December 2015
* Interpreting Ethonobotany at Mission Garden, Tucson, AZ, Part 1 (please see page 17) The Plant Press, Arizona Native Plant Society, Winter 2015
Mission Garden is recreated at the base of ‘A’ Mountain Examiner.com, September 2015
Rise of the Clones Edible Baja Arizona, Issue 12, May 2015
** A Gastronomy of Place Edible Baja Arizona, Issue 10, January 2015
2014
** Taste Memory. Dad’s sour-orange marmalade, memories, and migrations. Edible Baja Arizona, Issue 4, January 2014
2013
In Padre Kino’s Veggie Garden Edible Baja Arizona, Issue 3, December 2013
A report featuring the Mission Garden Project Arizona Public Media, November 11, 2013
Growing Tucson’s History Tucson Weekly, Chelo Grubb August 29, 2013
Big Jim: The Mission Gardens Arizona Daily Star, Big Jim Griffith, August 16, 2013
Arizona Cox Conserves Heroes Award Founding member of FOTB Board, Diana Hadley, finalist for, August, 2013
Zocalo Magazine story located on page 8 By Teya Vitu, January 2013
Summer at Mission Garden – why we need your help now! Every donor has their own reason for contributing to Friends of Tucson’s Birthplace. Discover yours here.
2012 Annual Report In our first year as developers and operators of Mission Garden, we accomplished more than we originally thought possible.
Evidence for Large-scale Agave Cultivation in the Marana Community Suzanne K. Fish, Paul R. Fish, and John H. Madsen
Position Paper-Final By Friends of Tucson Birthplace Board Members, January 2013
Mission Garden’s New Tree of Life By Raul Ramirez, July 2012
** Tasting History (video) By Dena Cowan and Jesus M. Garcia, November 2012
These volunteers could succeed where Rio Nuevo failed Arizona Daily Star, Josh Brodesky, August 12, 2012
** Seeds of an Era Long Gone New York Times, Michael Tortorello, November 21, 2012
2011
The Importance of the Historical and Cultural Assets of Tucson and the Santa Cruz Valley By Friends of Tucson’s Birthplace, 2011
Raising Money to Cultivate History KVOA 4 News, December 5, 2011
Proyectan nueva vida donde se originó Tucsón La Estrella de Tucsón, Rhonda Bodfield, November 25, 2011
2010
Fruit trees re-create Tucson’s birthplace Arizona Daily Star, Tom Beal, December 6, 2010
A Friend of Tucson’s Birthplace YouTube, Photojournalist Mitch Riely, April 30, 2010
Putting Down Roots Tucson Weekly, Dave Devine, April 29, 2010
2003
Re-Creating history: Controversial plans move forward on Rio Nuevo’s Tucson Origins Heritage Park Tucson Weekly, Margaret Regan, October 16, 2003