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Located on Highway 70 in the Town of Duncan, Greenlee County, Arizona, the Simpson is an historic gem, a gourmet bed & breakfast, and a gateway to southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.

News from the
Upper Gila Valley

June 2009: Duncan Farmers Market is about to sprout again; Duncan celebrates new Mayor M.C. Holliday.

The Duncan Farmers Market will re-open on Independence Day, July 4th, from 8 am to noon, and will continue on Saturday mornings into the fall. This year the market will move to Spezia Square, on the main highway. Look for the big sign on the corner between the Visitors Center and Duncan Dollar.

As with last year’s market, we’ll be featuring fresh-picked produce from Duncan Valley farmers and gardeners, potted herbs, native and non-native plants and arts and crafts by local folks. We expect to see an occasional bake sale and –we hope!—locally made preserves too. And the 4th grade plant sale will return once or twice – we’ll send a special notice about that when it happens.

The Upper Gila River Valley has been an agricultural center for more than a century. Blessed with pure waters from the Gila and naturally rich soil, the valley is adorned year after year by verdant fields filled with neat rows of crops. In recent years, shifts in immigration policies and other factors have forced many farmers to change from food crops to mechanically harvested crops like cotton and alfalfa. A few farmers, notably Rex Jensen in nearby Virden, New Mexico, still grow the superb chiles, tomatoes, squashes and melons that the region is known for...

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