Kelsey Clark has a favorite spot to do her class work at Mesa's Red Mountain High School.

If you’ve been drawn to the idea of a sustainable lifestyle — growing your own veggies, making compost, raising chickens — but have yet to get started, you might find the motivation to get rolling in this one-day course.

Gilbert farmer Dave Lamoreaux thinks the Salt River Project is "the greatest irrigation district in the world, bar none."

The first tangible improvement to result from the iMesa initiative sprouted Thursday as the city broke ground on a downtown community garden.

After six years of unrelenting drought, an uncomfortable question is being asked more frequently in the Southwest: Will we have enough water to sustain human habitation here?

Freshman and sophomore students interested in welding, woodworking, gardening and raising animals are looking forward to Campo Verde High School's agriculture program.

A new community garden has sprouted up in Mesa, where Eagle Scout Nathan Diemers spearheaded the building and installation of 22 raised beds on the grounds of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 2745 N. 32nd St.

Drivers along rural roads between urbanized areas of the East Valley were reminded in the last several days of potential danger to themselves and to livestock grazing in that open range: Cows’ horns don’t honk and horses don’t come with reflectors.

BOULDER, Colo. — Ethan Welty is thinking ahead to harvest time as he cycles through tidy Boulder streets pointing out apple, plum and mulberry trees on public and private land.

PHOENIX - Urban growth into Arizona’s farmland will push farmers to take part of the state’s $6.3 billion-a-year agriculture industry into Mexico, the state’s agriculture director said Thursday.

This is the calm before the swarm. Things are relatively quiet now, but the East Valley can expect to soon see early waves of resurgent Africanized bees, experts say.

A million people per decade.

Agritopia, an agriculturally-focused, multi-use community in Gilbert, is planning what’s shaping to be its largest project since its establishment. Epicenter at Agritopia will be a food-based shopping center established over an estimated 25 acres that aims to showcase local farmers and retailers in an innovative way.

WASHINGTON - Changing climate will mean increasing drought in the Southwest - a region where water already is in tight supply - according to a new study.

If we were doing the math correctly, we would see cause for heightened urgency over water use and population growth issues in the Valley.

Anyone looking for clarity is not going to find it in Arizona water law. But the fight over the right to water grass, trees and other landscaping on 950 acres of Gilbert farmland as it’s transformed into an urban hub near Williams Gateway Airport is a relatively clear-cut situation of private property rights being pitted against government regulation.

Johnny Milton wakes up every morning and works in the sun, digging his hands in the dirt and planning the urban farm of his dreams.

Johnny Milton wakes up every morning and works in the sun, digging his hands in the dirt and planning the urban farm of his dreams.

Walter Thurber’s Audubon Society outings aren’t just for the birds.

Salt River Project board elections, like other municipal elections, unfortunately don't attract a lot of attention or voters. Too bad. With a service area of 2,900 square miles, SRP is the largest municipality in Arizona, with enormous impact on our lives and wallets.

With the state facing a possible "mega-drought,’’ an Arizona Drought Task Force is being assembled to ensure there will be enough water to survive an extended dry period.

YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO - The panoramic view from the front steps of Loretta Bares’ modest hillside home says a lot about this old, industrial city. The houses, generally well-kept, are a testament to a time when steel jobs were abundant.