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COURSE DESCRIPTION: Small-scale farms account for nearly a third of global food production. The number of farms with fewer than 50 acres is increasing. This course aims to introduce students to practical small scale growing methods while also engaging with the question: How do we fashion a more sustainable agriculture for the Central Arizona Highlands or for your own bioregion? Various approaches to small scale agriculture-including community gardening, urban homesteading, and market farming-will be explored through readings, discussions, and site visits. Farm and garden work sessions will demonstrate such techniques as propagation, transplanting, direct seeding, weed and insect management, irrigation, and harvesting.SPECIAL NOTES: