Today skyscrapers in Phoenix tower above the city below. Roll back the clock six hundred years and it was this building that towered above the desert floor. The structure remains, but it’s use is still a mystery…
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It’s just a small town of about 500 people. You’ve driven through bunches of them. But you probably have not driven through this town of a half thousand unless you were specifically headed there. That’s because you must drive 26 miles of dirt roads just reach the remote location…
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The city of Buckeye, Arizona was a small farming community for much of its life. That’s not so today. The landscape is changing and two young people involved in agriculture see the chance to till the land quickly moving ahead of the sprawling city…
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On the north edge of Florence, AZ you’ll find a small outcropping once known as Primrose Hill. Today there is a small pyramid of stones on top of the butte, the resting place of the man who helped make this a state; a man who actually hoped there would be a much larger temple built here…
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If you have trouble finding the Lucky Nickel Ranch, just look up. Wherever you see the skydivers floating to the ground could easily be the spot where you can find his produce.
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Some people might say you can’t make a living on a forty acre farm. Michael McKenzie is out to prove people wrong. His combination of high quality agriculture and perfected public relations skills have people driving to his farm to buy their produce each week.
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California produce growers rely heavily on hand labor to tend their crops. For Michael McKenzie, that labor has come from a unique source…
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Arizona did not become a state until 1912, so for several decades of it’s existence, it had a territorial prison to handle the work of that a state penitentiary would carry out it a full fledged state. The same town that housed the prisoners in the territorial days, still fulfills the mission today…
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Most high schools hope to turn out classes of top notch students. This school consistently produces a new crop of criminals–but that’s all right with them. We head to the cell blocks for a graduation of not-so-ordinary criminals…
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The Bible’s parable of the prodigal son shares the story of a wayward son that comes home to a father, who has every right to be livid with him, yet welcomes him with open arms. Ron Searle sees the parable play out many times each year. This is the story of cattle, horses and raising boys to be men…
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The Arivaca ranch has been breaking horses since the late 1800s. They’re still breaking horses, but today the horses are also used to break young men. This story of horses teach us the lesions of life…
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For over a century, this ranch near Arizona’s border with Mexico has raised thousands of head of cattle, herded by generations of desert cowboys. Today the ranch is raising more than cattle though…
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Some farmers need expensive, high tech equipment to harvest their crops. This crop requires a very low-tech method of harvest, but it does help if you aren’t afraid of heights…
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David’s farm is just 2 ½ acres in size…but that does not mean he’s not busy. In fact, the crop he grows will require full time labor and nice earnings as well. Where is the farm and what crop is it…?
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Angus Brown is used to dealing with 120 plus degree heat and three inches of rain a year. It’s a cattle operation that thrives in some of the most extreme weather conditions…
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Along Interstate 8 in Southwestern Arizona, you can find one of the largest cattle operations in the nation. It’s called the McElhaney Cattle Company and today we take a look at a herd of over 100,000…
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When life throws you a lemon, you make lemonade. Mark certainly has plenty of lemons, but he doesn’t have to make them into lemonade to compete. Even though trade rules have made this a difficult business, his family is still finding ways to thrive in growing lemons…
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You’ve probably bought their fruit and not even realized it. This is a family-owned citrus packer that grows, packs, markets and ships around the world. We head to Southwestern Arizona for a look ourselves…
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Although it’s been about a millennium since this place rumbled to life, the mountain still speaks of the event that took place here…
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