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Desert-Adapted Food Production

01 Desert-Adapted Food Production · 15 edit slice
5
orgs
15
activities
6
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 5 organizations and 15 activities — Desert Rose Baha'i Institute, TERRASANTE VILLAGE, IMPACT of Southern Arizona, URBAN FARMING EDUCATION and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Community-Led Systems Change", run by 2 orgs.
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shortlist

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where this slice is thin

gap signals

Concrete structural gaps — method mix, geographic concentration, coalition density, funder diversity. Evidence is cited from the slice's own numbers.

where the field lives · works

geography

Orange headquarters dots are sized by how many grantees are based in the state. Green circles mark real locations these orgs say they serve — from city-level populations in this slice's impact_map_populations data. Toggle layers at the bottom right.

regional breakdown · hq density
Arizona 100% · 5 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 5

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where the money comes from

funders already active in this field

Funders named as a funding source on these orgs' own materials. The count is the number of orgs in this slice that cite them — higher means a funder with demonstrable commitment to the field.

GrowthPoint Inc. 1
Corporate
National Science Foundation (NSF) 1
Foundation
Trader Joe's 1
Corporate
how the field thinks

strategies in this slice

Theories of action extracted from the orgs in this slice. The count is how many orgs cite each one — a strategy run by many orgs in common is a through-line; one cited by a single org is still surfaced so the reader can gauge the full spread.

where strategy meets practice

strategies × activity types

How each shared strategy breaks down across the four activity types the orgs running it actually do.

direct service
advocacy
research
capacity building
Community-Led Systems Change
7
Dignity-Centered Service
3
Education for Self-Sufficiency
2
Experiential Learning Model
2
Holistic Youth Development
2
Nature-Based Therapeutic Engagement
2
who works with whom

named partnerships · coalitions · networks

Entities these orgs explicitly call out as partners, coalition members, or networks. Unlike the strategy-sharing graph below (which is inferred from shared approaches), these are relationships the orgs claim on their own sites.

AZYP Partner
shared by 1 org
Academy of Caregiving Excellence Partner
shared by 1 org
Airbnb Partner
shared by 1 org
Alzheimer's Association SW Desert Chapter Partner
shared by 1 org
Amazon Partner
shared by 1 org
Amphi PAT Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Seed Source Partner
shared by 1 org
Austin-Tillotson University Partner
shared by 1 org
Blake Easter Seals Partner
shared by 1 org
Bosch Baha’i School Partner
shared by 1 org
Catalina Village Council Partner
shared by 1 org
ClarkeHopkinsClarke Partner
shared by 1 org
Community Food Bank Partner
shared by 1 org
Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona Partner
shared by 1 org
DES Government
shared by 1 org
Desert Rose Farms LLC Partner
shared by 1 org
where the field connects

strategy-sharing network

Inferred from shared theories of action: each line connects an org to a strategy it runs. Organizations that share many strategies cluster through the same nodes — funders can spot the field's structural bridges.