Rattlebox Farm

Rattlebox Farm is a 4.5 acre urban sanctuary for farming, native plants, wild animals, and humans...

Rattlebox Farm is a 4.5 acre urban sanctuary for farming, native plants, wild animals, and humans. We are located on traditional unceeded Tohono O’odham land in southeast Tucson, Arizona along the Pantano Wash. The farm was established by Dana Helfer and Paul Buseck in 2013. After many years working in food systems and agriculture education, we started farming fulltime in 2009, in our neighborhood, and on urban plots along the west side of the Santa Cruz River. We called ourselves Menlo Farms and had plots in Menlo Park, Barrio Kroger Lane & El Rio Acres. We sold our produce to neighbors and at the Santa Cruz River Farmer’s Market. After 3 years, and a wide search for land on which to consolidate the farming and raise our family, we found this lovely little piece of land and gave it a new name – Rattlebox Farm.