Sunizona Family Farms is of one the world's few farms pioneering veganic farming (vegan-organic) and we're lucky enough to have them just south of us, in Willcox. We will be taking part in their Farm day on Nov 11th!

YOU NEED TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT AT:

http://datatap.com/sunizona-farmday/

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UPDATE (Oct.19): Farm Day has been rescheduled for Nov 11th, Sunizona has had an unexpected death in the family.
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Excerpt from an email with Sunizona Family Farms:

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"On Sunday the 28 of October [rescheduled: 11th of November] , we were planning to have a FarmDay for our FarmBox members.

Since you contacted us [about a group tour], & since the year is rushing along, & our schedule is pretty tight, we decided to open it up to your group as well (basically we are opening it to the public as well as to our farmbox members).

It is free for FarmBox members but we will need to charge non-FarmBox members to help defray the expenses involved I really think it will be a fun day for people. We will need people to register in advance since it involves logistics & a meal. "

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Farm Day Details (actual lineup may differ slightly)

1. Arrive at farm at 11:00 am
2. Refreshments served (homemade vegan farm fresh ingredients)
3. Tour of farm (1 hr)
4. Dig in & Experience the Farm (40 - 45 min)
(hands on events such as seed starting, transplanting baby plants, baking vegan bread, fresh smoothie making, harvesting 6 ft tall green beans, harvesting carrots & beets... etc.)
5. Short informative lecture / Video about the urgency of eating well & living well & how Organic Veganic local farming plays into it. (30 - 40 min)
6. Enjoy a Vegan Vegetarian meal on our lawn. Visit with each other and the people who grow, harvest, and pack your food everyday.
7. Be ready to go home anytime after 2:30 or 3 pm or stay & visit under the willow tree.

The cost for this is $15 per adult and $10 per child (for non farmbox members). This includes the refreshments, meal and all activities.

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Consider that the farm is in Willcox, and according to Google is a 2hr drive from the center of Tucson. Some of us may want to discuss carpooling in the comments.

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Sunizona has has developed their own veganic fertilizers using composted plant matter instead of manure, bloodmeal, fishmeal, and bonemeal typically used in organic farming. You may have heard the myth that we need animal products to grow vegetables. However, animals get nutrients from plants and we can skip the animal's body and instead compost plant matter directly to attain nutrient rich soil without animal hormones, antibiotics and mercury (all which can uptake into plants) as well as harmful bacteria.

Explore their lush website that's chock-full of information:

http://www.sunizonafamilyfarms.com/

You can buy direct from Sunizona by joining their Farm Box program and picking up your produce at one of the 30+ local pick-up locations in Tucson and surrounding areas including Oro Valley, Tempe, Scottsdale, Sierra Vista among others.

Check out their Farm Box webstore with awesome all vegan bakery items as well as their veganic soil so you can start your own veganic garden!

No shipping fee, you can just pick-up items at one of the weekly drop-off locations.

The Farm Box program can be subscribed to and conveniently managed through their website. Alternatively, you can buy some of their produce at Whole Foods and AJ's Fine Foods but the Farm Box is a great deal.

Lets support what will hopefully be a growing trend in local, sustainable, veganic farming!

Ben B

The Tucson Vegan & Vegetarian Meetup Group

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Sunizona Family Farms is of one the world's few farms pioneering veganic farming (vegan-organic) and we're lucky enough to have them just south of us, in Willcox. We will be taking part in their Farm day on Nov 11th! YOU NEED TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT AT: http://datatap.com/sunizona-farmday/

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Sunizona Family Farms is of one the world's few farms pioneering veganic farming (vegan-organic) and we're lucky enough to have them just south of us, in Willcox. We will be taking part in their Farm day on Nov 11th!

YOU NEED TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT AT:

http://datatap.com/sunizona-farmday/