Pima County Food Alliance Pima County Food Alliance

Food Trivia, Music, and Good Eats at La Cocina

Think you're a smarty pants when it comes to food? Here's your chance to prove it, at our (second) Food Trivia Night on September 29th at La Cocina Restaurant & Bar. Join us for trivia, live music, and delicious food and drink!

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Policy, Tucson Pima County Food Alliance Policy, Tucson Pima County Food Alliance

Keep Calm and Farm On

You may have heard that the City of Tucson is considering changes to the zoning code that would make it easier to practice urban agriculture. Exciting, right? Unfortunately, not everyone thinks so...

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Heritage Pima County Food Alliance Heritage Pima County Food Alliance

What A Victory Garden Can Be

As our nation’s birthday draws near I find myself thinking about what food production has looked like in the past and the role it has played in our culture. More specifically, I’ve been thinking about victory gardens.

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Heritage, Local, Native Pima County Food Alliance Heritage, Local, Native Pima County Food Alliance

Culinary Arts and Indigenous Foods

Having instructed in Pima Community College's Culinary Arts program for over 10 years, I’m familiar with all the standard practices—what students need to know to survive in the restaurant industry, to open a bakery, or just to ensure they (not to mention their friends and their family!) will eat good food for the rest of their lives. But over that time...

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