Every morning in Yuma, before the sun rises, thousands of people head to work in fields, clinics, classrooms, small businesses, and other industries that keep this region moving. Yuma’s strength has always come from its people: families whose roots run generations deep, seasonal workers who travel great distances to support the harvest, and a community that feeds the nation and, in many ways, the globe.

Known as the salad bowl of the world, Yuma grows more than 90 percent of America’s winter leafy vegetables. It is a cornerstone of Arizona’s economy and a mainstay of the nation’s food supply chain. When Yuma’s workforce is healthy, our state is stronger.

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But today Yuma, like all of rural America, faces a challenge that threatens that vitality, a profound shortage of primary care physicians.

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