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May 29, 2025

A little bit of farm, a little bit of suburbia: That’s the recipe for Agritopia

  • Outside of Phoenix in suburban Gilbert, one farming family decided over 10 years ago to get ahead of development and urban sprawl by developing their way.
    • By MELINA WALLING, ANNIKA HAMMERSCHLAG and JOSHUA A. BICKEL
    Associated Press

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    Children play in a “kid pod,” a cluster of families with more than 20 kids between them, at Agritopia, a community nestled around a plot of agricultural land in Gilbert, Arizona.

    GILBERT, Ariz. — Just steps from the porticos, patios, clay-tiled roofs and manicured lawns of suburbia, Kelly Saxer has gotten used to questions. As she weaves through tomato vines, snaps asparagus and generally gets her hands dirty, visitors and even some nearby residents want to know what she’s doing — and how the farm where she works wound up here.


     
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