Tucson Village Farm (TVF) is a working urban farm built by and for the youth of our community. A program of the Pima County Cooperative Extension and the University of Arizona TVF is a seed-to-table program designed to reconnect young people to a healthy food system, teach them how to grow and prepare fresh food, and empower them to make healthy life choices.
To accomplish this mission, Tucson Village Farm offers year-round, instructional, hands-on programs for youth of all ages. We target urban youth from all ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds. The farm, located at 4210 N. Campbell Ave., serves as a safe urban location where youth can come to be out of doors and engage in physical activity while contributing to and participating in local food production, preparation, and consumption. By focusing on the building of soil, integrative pest management (IPM), weed management, crop rotation, and cover cropping, Tucson Village Farm is committed to practicing integrated farming techniques and stewardship of our land. All TVF produce is grown herbicide and pesticide-free, with lots of love for and by the youth and our community. Tucson Village Farm relies on grants, private donations, and program fees in order to maintain and expand our programming. We have a proven track record of successfully leveraging every dollar in order to continue to bring our much-needed programming to Tucson’s youth. A true community-based program TVF has partnered with over one hundred community organizations, businesses, schools, and governments to build our program up from the dirt lot that it was in January 2010, to the successful seed-to-table program that it is today. In 2019, we reached a total of 15,030 youth and adults (11,053 youth and 3,977 adults), and we delivered 62,117 hours of educational programming.