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 at right). 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 CALENDAR 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 3: Southwest Library- Stories from the Delicious Desert presentation, 3-4:30pm April 6: SCRFM- Delicious Desert Seasonal Foods & Living Demo, 3-6pm April 15: Boyce-Thompson Arboretum- Flavor of Arizona, 10am-3pm (NEW cookbook sales) (not a Desert Harvesters event) April 20: SCRFM- Delicious Desert Seasonal Foods & Living Demo, 3-6pm (NEW cookbook sales) May 9: Sounds of the Sonoran Desert, an Immersive Audio Event by Thomas Weiwandt, 6-9pm @Fox Theater, tickets @ https://foxtucson.com/event/sounds-of-the-desert (not a Desert Harvesters event) May 10: Sam Lena Library- Stories from the Delicious Desert, 3:00-4:30pm May 23: NEW COOKBOOK RELEASE PARTY @La Cocina!, 5-8pm, specialty cocktails, book sales, excellent food, fundraiser! June 3: Las Milpitas Farm- Mesquite Tree Workshop Series- Mesquite: Ethnobotany and Medicine (not a Desert Harvesters event) June 9: Murphy-Wilmot Library- Stories from the Delicious Desert, 2-3:30pm June 10: Las Milpitas Farm- Mesquite Tree Workshop Series- Mesquite: Pod Harvest, 10-11am (not a Desert Harvesters event) June 16: Eckstrom-Columbus Library- Stories from the Delicious Desert, 2-3:30pm June 22: Wheeler-Taft Abbot Library- Stories from the Delicious Desert, 2:30-4pm June 24: Las Milpitas Farm- Mesquite Tree Workshop Series- Mesquite: Art and Food, 11am-12pm (not a Desert Harvesters event) June 24: Scottsdale Farmers Market- Mesquite Milling by Sonoran Desert Scavengers, mesquite pancake breakfast, 7-10am (not a Desert Harvesters event)
July 1: Mission Garden, 946 W Mission Lane Tucson AZ- Mesquite Milling, 7-11am (not a Desert Harvesters event) July 8: Roadrunner Farmers Market, 3502 E Cactus Rd Phoenix AZ- Mesquite Milling by Sonoran Desert Scavengers, 7-10am (not a Desert Harvesters event) July 15: Bisbee Farmers Market, BASA (Baja AZ Sustainable Agriculture) offers info and answers questions on mesquite harvesting and more! 9am-noon (not a Desert Harvesters event) ---------SUMMER HIATUS: July, August, September--------- October/Nov TBD: COOKBOOK CELEBRATION EVENTS @EXO Roast, Desert Survivors Nursery, and Antigone Books! Stay tuned for details. 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 TBD: Las Milpitas Farm- Mesquite Milling (not a Desert Harvesters event) November 2: SCRFM- Delicious Desert Seasonal Foods & Living Demo, 3-6pm (NEW cookbook sales) November 30: SCRFM- Delicious Desert Seasonal Foods & Living Demo, 3-6pm (NEW cookbook sales) December 7: SCRFM- Delicious Desert Seasonal Foods & Living Demo, 3-6pm (NEW cookbook sales) December 14: SCRFM- Delicious Desert Seasonal Foods & Living Demo, 3-6pm (NEW cookbook sales) BASA (Baja Arizona Sustainable Agriculture) offers mesquite milling and other educational events in south/east AZ: September 21 (or October 12th) - Mesquite Milling @Sierra Vista Farmers Market, 10am-2pm October 7 (or 21st)- Mesquite Milling @Bisbee Farmers Market- 9am-1pm October TBD- Patagonia- Borderlands Restoration Network's Mesquite Pod Milling & Food-Safe Processing - 9am-2pm |