Desert Harvesters Events |
Desert Harvesters typically hosts a full calendar year of events and activities, including free native desert foods and desert living demos at Santa Cruz River Farmers Market, free Delicious Desert presentations at local library branches, trainings, festivals, guided harvest walks, hands-on workshops, and cooking classes. Please contact us if you would like to collaborate or invite Desert Harvesters to participate in your event on unscheduled dates in 2023 (see Upcoming Events). Desert Harvesters is not currently holding community mesquite millings, but consulting services are available to community millers for best harvest and safety practices. If you would like to share your milling event, please let us know. | Upcoming eventsDESERT HARVESTERS EVENTS 2023 (SANTA CRUZ RIVER FARMERS MARKET (SCRFM) is located at 221 South Avenida del Convento, Tucson, AZ) March 23: SCRFM- Delicious Desert Seasonal Foods & Living Demo, 3-6pm March 29: Green Valley Library- Stories from the Delicious Desert presentation, 2-3:30pm April 6: SCRFM- Delicious Desert Seasonal Foods & Living Demo, 3-6pm April 15: Boyce-Thompson Arboretum- Flavor of Arizona, 10am-3pm (NEW cookbook sales) April 20: SCRFM- Delicious Desert Seasonal Foods & Living Demo, 3-6pm (NEW cookbook sales) May 10: Sam Lena Library- Stories from the Delicious Desert, 2:30-4pm May TBD: NEW COOKBOOK RELEASE EVENT! June 9: Murphy-Wilmot Library- Stories from the Delicious Desert, 2-3:30pm June 16: Eckstrom-Columbus Library- Stories from the Delicious Desert, 2:30-4pm June 17: Mission Garden Mesquite Milling- display and new cookbook sales (not a Desert Harvesters event) ---------SUMMER HIATUS: July, August, September--------- October 5: SCRFM- Delicious Desert Seasonal Foods & Living Demo, 3-6pm (NEW cookbook sales) October 19: SCRFM- Delicious Desert Seasonal Foods & Living Demo, 3-6pm (NEW cookbook sales) November 2: SCRFM- Delicious Desert Seasonal Foods & Living Demo, 3-6pm (NEW cookbook sales) November 30: Delicious Desert Seasonal Foods & Living Demo, 3-6pm (NEW cookbook sales) December 7: Delicious Desert Seasonal Foods & Living Demo, 3-6pm (NEW cookbook sales) December 14: Delicious Desert Seasonal Foods & Living Demo, 3-6pm (NEW cookbook sales) ------ Baja Arizona Sustainable Agriculture (BASA) offers and supports Mesquite Milling events in south/east AZ: October TBD- Sierra Vista Farmers Market- 10am-2pm October TBD- Patagonia- Borderlands Restoration Network's Mesquite Pod Milling & Food-Safe Processing - 9am-2pm October TBD- Bisbee Saturday Market- 9am-1pm |