Regenerate AZ Farmland Commons
A partnership to form the Regeneration Arizona Farmland Commons 501(c)(25)
Founded in 2023 by the Developing Regenerative Yields Cooperative in Arizona, Regenerate AZ is a collaboration between farmers, ranchers, and supply chain entrepreneurs to create a more sustainable local food system. With a focus connecting Urban with Rural, the collaboration of Dry Co-op, Mollen Foundation, Think Regeneration, and The Farmers Land Trust are creating and stewarding the Regeneration Arizona Farmland Commons 501(c)(25). The mission of this collaborative is to celebrate life through securing, owning, revitalizing, and stewarding farmland for regenerative food production agriculture and education within its community.
Connections
Regeneration Arizona Farmland Commons Partners
Seeking Land, Seeding Change
Project Summary
What We Are Looking For
What We Are Looking For
The Regeneration Arizona Farmland Commons is pursuing transfer of title ownership of farmland real estate into the Commons for regenerative agriculture, economically viable farm businesses, and equitable land access and tenure for farmers to create a positive example of community-centered and owned farmland as an integral part of the local food system in Southern Arizona.
What We Are Looking For
What We Are Looking For
What We Are Looking For
- 70+ acres
- Full agricultural water rights
- Existing utility infrastructure, i.e. electricity, well
- Existing building or warehouse infrastructure, i.e. barns
- Close Interstate proximity and access
- 45 +/- minutes from Tucson
- Homestead Zoning if in Pima County
Long-Term Agreements
What We Are Looking For
Long-Term Agreements
The land managers in the 501(c)(25) will have access to the land for 99 years and generations. If they choose to leave the land, we will recruit a new land manager and farmer with the skills to create a viable, profitable operation that benefits the Tucson community for the long-term. The land will not be sold for development.
2024 Program Partners
The 2023 Field Trials
EnSoil Algae Tests
Enlightened Soil will be providing EnSoil Algae to the managers at Oatman Flats Ranch for a test trial in 2023. Details about the results of the trials will be made available to the participants, and will also be included in white paper to be published in 2023 after the conclusion of Regenerate AZ.
Information about the product and research done by Dr. James White at Rutgers University is available by request to info@think-regen.com.
Recent Media
In Parched Arizona, the Produce Gardens Bloom (New York Times, May 2023)
Read a weekend feature that informed millions about the regenerative farming practices in Arizona, including Oatman Flats Ranch. “Farming can’t continue like it is in the West,” said Dax Hansen. “You have to grow regeneratively or you’re going to run out of water.” Read the full story.
OTHER MEDIA:
microBIOMETER & Regenerate AZ Announce Official Partnership (Think Regeneration, July 2023)
Regenerate AZ & Enlightened Soil Corp. Announce Partnership (Think Regeneration, June 2023)
Regenerative Farming at the Oatman Flats Ranch in Dateland (AZ Central, March 2023)
Regenerate AZ: On the Ground (and River) at Oatman Flats Ranch (Think Regeneration, May 2023)
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