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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 events

DESERT HARVESTERS EVENTS CALENDAR 2023

(SCRFM/SANTA CRUZ RIVER FARMERS MARKET  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)

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 TBD: Las Milpitas Farm- mesquite workshops about best harvest practices and uses (not a Desert Harvesters 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 22: Wheeler-Taft Abbot Library- Stories from the Delicious Desert, 2:30-4pm

June 24: Scottsdale Mesquite Milling by Sonoran Desert Scavengers, 7-10am, more details TBD- (not a Desert Harvesters event)

July 1: Mission Garden Mesquite Milling, 7-11am- (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: 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 and other events in south/east AZ:

October TBD- Mesquite Milling @Sierra Vista Farmers Market- 10am-2pm

October TBD- Patagonia- Borderlands Restoration Network's Mesquite Pod Milling & Food-Safe Processing - 9am-2pm

October TBD-  Mesquite Milling @Bisbee Saturday Market- 9am-1pm

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