In the face of a historic drought, gardeners and small farmers across Arizona are growing produce with a surprisingly scant amount of a precious ingredient: water. They are converting lawns to forest gardens, and tending urban farms in food deserts around Phoenix. And many are drawing on the agricultural knowledge of Native Americans, who thrived in the arid Southwest before colonization. Their work is inspiring. And if the rest of the state can follow their example, fast-growing Arizona could serve as a model of how the Southwest can survive a water crisis that is only getting worse.

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