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ABOUT US

Desert Harvesters (DH) is based in Tucson, Arizona, in the beautiful, unique Sonoran Desert. For over twenty years Desert Harvesters has supported and grown community food and water security by inspiring the “re-wilding” of urban and suburban neighborhoods with delicious, drought-hardy, super-nutritious desert food plants, and cooking up affordable, place-based recipes anyone can create in their kitchen: A Grass-Roots Gastronomy!


Welcome to Desert Harvesters’ new website!

The site is under construction until projected completion in 2023.  It is being designed in response to community feedback to be more organized, user-friendly, easier to navigate, visually engaging, inspiring and interactive. Thanks to all who have helped improve this site!

For updated information about Sonoran Desert plants, tending, processing, cooking etc. see our 15 NEW Native Food Guides

Desert Harvesters is grateful to be able to work within traditional Tohono O'odham,

O'odham Jeweḍ and Pasqua Yaqui homelands, and acknowledges our ongoing commitment

to un-learn and help change colonial behaviors through personal and group work.

EAT MESQUITE & MORE COOKBOOK, Second Edition is now available on our Store page!

Thanks to all the folx who showed up for the celebration and fundraiser at La Cocina. Hope you also enjoyed LaCo's special Desert Rain Daquiri with a wild desert herbal bitter!

THANKS to the 170+ people who  pre-ordered the cookbook- your up-front funding made it all possible!

We are grateful for support from the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona's THRIVING COMMUNITIES GRANT and The Community Foundation for Southern Arizona Viva La Vida Local Fund, which helped fund this work.

NEON:  Neighborhood  Empowerment and Outreach Network

Got something to share?

Want something to harvest? 

Sign up to join NEON on our facebook page!


NEON was created for folx to connect and exchange desert foods and resources focused on planting, tending, harvesting, processing, sharing, innovating, appreciating, trading and using foods from local native Sonoran Desert food forests and Sky Islands.

 

Acknowledgements

Desert Harvesters thanks the following organizations for ongoing partnership, support, and generous funding over many years:

The Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona, Santa Cruz River Farmers Market, Las Milpitas de Cottonwood Farm;  State of Arizona Forestry Division-Urban and Community Forestry Financial Assistance Program; Tecovas Foundation; Threshold Foundation; LUSH Foundation; PRO-Neighborhoods; La Cocina Cafe & Cantina; Pima County Public Library and Seed library, Food Conspiracy Co-op.

Desert Harvesters also appreciate decades of enthusiastic support from diverse members of the Tucson community, including many wonderful volunteers, members, organizers, donors, businesses, event partners, staff, and old and new friends of Desert Harvesters.

Thanks also to everyone who has purchased Desert Harvesters STORE products and services, including aprons, cookbooks, bandanas, posters, seed balls, scarves, tote bags, potholders, and Delicious Desert Slideshow, consulting, and milling services. We rely on Store sales to produce income, as well on donors and patrons!

Your donations support our important work in the community and beyond, and are tax-deductible.

We look forward to ongoing and new collaborations for Sonoran Desert deliciousness! 

Desert Harvesters is a project of Arizona Homemade Artisans Inc (AHA), a registered Arizona nonprofit and IRS 501(c)(3).

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