flagstaff’s food system past, present, & future. creating a local food system a few questions:...
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Creating a local food system
A few questions:• How much of Flagstaff’s food is grown
locally?• Where does most of Flagstaff’s food
come from?• How much food was grown in the area
by prehistoric peoples and farmers in the last 100 years?
• Why did local agriculture decline after World War II?
• How much food could potentially be grown near Flagstaff?
• How much food could be obtained through regional trade?
• What can we grow in Flagstaff?
Creating a local food system
Where COULD most of Flagstaff’s food come from?
Flagstaff Community Market Crooked Sky Farm
Farmer Frank© Debbie Leavitt Glendale, AZ Flagstaff
CSA
History of Farming in FlagstaffHow much food was grown by
prehistoric farmers?
Terrace-garden at Hotevilla. Everyone in this village has a small garden which is irrigated by the village spring. The women own and maintain these gardens. 1936. NAU Special Collections Call no.: HCPO.PH.2003.1.HA3.7
Moencopi — Hopi cornfields.NAU Special CollectionsCall no.: NAU.PH.96.4.14.10
Prehistoric Farming Techniques
• Dry Farming• Berm and swale
systems• Terraces and check
dams• Rocks and
microclimates• Variety and Diversity• Seed adaptation
History of farming in Flagstaff
Pre-WWII Farming in Flagstaff
Embach sheep grazing in ponderosa pine forest. NAU Special Collections Call no. NAU.PH.84.1.78Hay field after harvest, 1920
NAU Special Collections Call no. NAU.PH.412.2.
History of farming in Flagstaff
Pre-WWII Farming in Flagstaff
Museum of Northern Arizona Colton Collection, c. 1940 No.MS207-211-2 (31B-9)
History of farming in Flagstaff
Flagstaff — the Potato Capital of Arizona
Albert D. - Spuds - Norman D., 1920 NAU Special Collections Call no. NAU.PH.412.3.4
History of farming in Flagstaff
Pinto beans take over
Bean Field--Combine Thresher Operating near Flagstaff, Arizona, 1938
NAU Special Collections Call no. AHS.0770.00016
Red Lake2,500 acres
Black Bill Park7,000 acresCorley Park
500 acres
Kendrick Park2,000 acres
Doney Park8,000 acres
Munds Park1,000 acres
Oak Creek150 acres
Garland Prairie1,250 acres
Flagstaff Area Commercial Bean Farming Regions, 1930s
History of farming in Flagstaff
Pre-WWII regional trade: Mormon cooperation
Mormon farm field, Bluff, Utah, 1909NAU Special Collections Call no. NAU.PH.643.2.5
History of farming in Flagstaff
Why did local farming disappear after WWII?
Bean Field--Combine Thresher Operating near Flagstaff, Arizona, 1938
NAU Special Collections Call no. AHS.0770.00016
History of farming in Flagstaff
In the 1940s there were 16,000 acres (25 square miles)
under cultivation within a 10-mile radius of Flagstaff