Upcoming
- September 26, 2010:
Desert Harvesters Annual Pre-Season Hammermill Operation Training
Sunday, September 26, 2010: This is a mandatory event for all Desert Harvesters volunteer and paid staff. It is also a great opportunity for those who want to become staff at milling events to get trained for the 2010 season. To get more information on this you must sign up on our Desert Harvesters email [...]
- October 2, 2010:
Oracle Farmers’ Market Mesquite Milling (times TBA)
Where: Oracle Farmers’ Market Venue: Triangle L Ranch, click here for their website, which includes directions Details forthcoming….
- October 9, 2010:
Phoenix Mesquite Milling (times TBA)
Stay tuned for details….
- October 16, 2010:
Oro Valley Farmers’ Market Mesquite Milling
Times: 9 am to 1 pm Details to come…
- October 23, 2010:
Marana Heritage Festival and Mesquite Milling
Saturday, October 23, 2010 9 am to 4 pm Marana Heritage Park Farm 12375 N Heritage Park Drive Marana, Arizona A fun family event that includes mesquite milling, fresh local produce for sale, arts and crafts fair, history displays, music and food. At the Park you’ll visit the Community Food Bank’s 10-acre Marana Farm which [...]
- November 6, 2010:
8th Annual Desert Harvesters Mesquite Milling Fiesta & Mesquite Pancake Breakfast
When: Saturday, November 6, 2010, 9 am – 2 pm Where: Dunbar/Spring Organic Community Garden, Tucson, AZ Details: The mesquite pancake breakfast is from 9 am to noon. The mesquite milling is from 8 am to 2 pm. At the Dunbar/Spring breakfast we proudly serve mesquite/whole-wheat pancakes made with all organic, local ingredients. The mesquite [...]
- November 13, 2010:
12th Annual Cascabel Mesquite Milling Festival Cascabel Community Center, Cascabel, AZ
Saturday, November 13, 2010 Breakfast: 9:00 to 10:00 AM Milling: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM (if we can finish by then) Milling is free for non-commercial home use, though donations are gratefully accepted. The day will start with a free mesquite pancake/waffle breakfast. This event is hosted by the Cascabel Hermitage Association Education Program. For [...]
- November 18, 2010:
6th Annual Santa Cruz River Farmers’ Market Mesquite Milling
Thursday, November 18, 2010 3 to 6pm Santa Cruz River Farmers’ Market (on the NE corner of Speedway and Riverview, between Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind and El Rio Neighborhood Center) Tucson, Arizona Contact: Sara Rickard (520) 622-0535, ext 242 The Market will include: mesquite milling; samples of food made from mesquite and [...]
Past Events
- May 23, 2010:
Local Food Demonstration and Dinner for Kim Fox’s Food Trek!, Sunday, May 23, 2010
Local chefs cook meals with produce from local gardens at a fundraiser for Kim Fox’s Food Trek Time & date: 4 to 6:30 p.m., Sunday, May 23 Cost: $25 to $75 Location: Mercado San Agustin 100 S. Avenida del Convento. For more information: Call 461-1106, or visit theoriginalhoe.blogspot.com. Sara Jones of Tucson CSA will make [...]
- April 11, 2010:
Calling All Pie-Bakers and Pie-Eaters! 2010 Pie Party Baking Contest and Benefit, Sunday April 11 – Tucson AZ
With less than two weeks until the pie party, we hope you’re dusting off your rolling pins, testing pie recipes, and working up an appetite for all things pie. The pie party is on the horizon, and you won’t want to miss it! If you’ve visited our website, pieparty.org, lately, you’ll know some of the [...]
- November 19, 2009:
5th Annual Santa Cruz Farmers’ Market Mesquite Milling
Thursday, November 19, 2009 3 to 6pm Santa Cruz River Farmers’ Market (on the NE corner of Speedway and Riverview, between Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind and El Rio Neighborhood Center) Tucson, Arizona Contact: Sara Rickard (520) 622-0535 ext242 The Market will include: mesquite milling; samples of food made from mesquite and other [...]
- November 14, 2009:
11th Annual Cascabel Mesquite Milling Festival Cascabel Community Center, Cascabel, AZ
Saturday, November 14, 2009 Breakfast: 9:00 to 10:00 AM Milling: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM (If we can finish by then.) Milling is free for non-commercial home use, though donations are gratefully accepted. The day will start with a free mesquite pancake/waffle breakfast. This event is hosted by the Cascabel Hermitage Association Education Program. For [...]
- November 7, 2009:
7th Annual Desert Harvesters Mesquite Milling Fiesta & Mesquite Pancake Breakfast
Saturday, November 7, 2009, 9 am – 2 pm: Dunbar/Spring Organic Community Garden, Tucson. The mesquite pancake breakfast is from 9 am to noon. The mesquite milling is from 8 am to 2 pm. Also, the San Martin de Porres Festival will also be going on next door at the Holy Family Church. Check out [...]
- October 31, 2009:
Phoenix Mesquite Milling: Smaller-Volume Day at RoadRunner Park
Mesquite Bean Milling Event Saturday, October 31st, 9AM – 4 PM Bring your buckets of beans for grinding to flour! *NOTE LOCATION*: ROADRUNNER PARK 3502 E Cactus Road, Phoenix, AZ 85073 Cash or Check only please! $5/5 gallon bucket It’s Milling Time! Our Annual Milling Event is coming up this week on Halloween (Saturday, October [...]
- October 30, 2009:
Phoenix Mesquite Milling: Larger-Volume Day at Private Residence
For those Extra Large Orders of Beans… We will be trying something new this year, bringing up the mill for an extra day, Friday (before the main event on Saturday). If you have four or more 5-gallon buckets, please take advantage of this special offer so that we can make sure all the beans are [...]
- October 24, 2009:
14th Annual Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Tree Planting
Saturday, October 24, 2009, 9 am: Come help us plant native shade trees within water-harvesting earthworks in neighbors’ yards and along the neighborhood streets. The idea is to plant food-producing, flood-controlling, wildlife habitat-producing, beautiful, air- and water-filtering, living air conditioners. Mature shade trees on the east, west, and north sides of a home can reduce [...]
- October 3, 2009:
Mesquite Milling at Fiesta de las Calabazas in Oracle, Arizona
The 10th Annual Fiesta de las Calabazas will be held on Saturday, October 3, 2009 At Oracle State Park in Oracle, Arizona From 11am to 3pm The Fiesta de las Calabazas was founded in 2000 as a pumpkin or harvest festival to celebrate the beginning of the fall season in southern Arizona. Now in its [...]
- September 26, 2009:
Desert Harvesters Annual Pre-Season Hammermill Operation Training
Saturday, September 26, 2009: This is a mandatory event for all Desert Harvesters volunteer and paid staff. It is also a great opportunity for those who want to become staff at milling events to get trained for the 2009 season. To get more information on this you must sign up on our Desert Harvesters email [...]
- June 20, 2009:
“Eat Mesquite” Recipe Tasting
Saturday, June 20, 2009 6pm Mercado San Agustin 100 S. Avenida del Convento (at Congress) Tucson, Arizona Celebrate mesquite from Tree to Table Learn to harvest and prepare mesquite pods for milling See mesquite pods turned into tasty and nutritious flour at a demonstration milling Taste different uses of mesquite flour and help pick dishes [...]
- December 13, 2008:
End of Season Mill Cleaning and Cob Oven Homemade Pizza Party and Potluck
Saturday, Dec. 13, 2009 Noon 17 N. Linda Avenue. (Evolving Menlo Park Neighborhood Center) Tucson, Arizona 85745 This is our end of season cleaning of the hammermill – so wear work clothes to help us clean up the mill to put away for storage until next season. We’ll be making pizzas in the wood-fired cob [...]
- November 20, 2008:
4th Annual Santa Cruz Farmers’ Market Mesquite Milling
Thursday, November 20, 2008 3 to 6pm Santa Cruz River Farmers’ Market (on the NE corner of Speedway and Riverview, between Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind and El Rio Neighborhood Center) Tucson, Arizona Contact: Sara Rickard (520) 622-0535 ext242 The Market will include: mesquite milling; samples of food made from mesquite and other [...]
- November 15, 2008:
10th Annual Cascabel Mesquite Milling Festival Cascabel Community Center, Cascabel, AZ
Saturday, November 15, 2008 Breakfast: 9:00 to 10:00 AM Milling: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM (If we can finish by then.) Milling is free for non-commercial home use, though donations are gratefully accepted. The day will start with a free mesquite pancake/waffle breakfast. This event is hosted by the Cascabel Hermitage Association Education Program. For [...]
- November 8, 2008:
6th Annual Desert Harvesters Mesquite Milling Fiesta and Mesquite Pancake Breakfast
Dunbar/Spring Organic Community Garden, Tucson, AZ Saturday, November 8, 2008 9am – 2pm The mesquite pancake breakfast is from 9am to noon. The mesquite milling is from 8am to 2pm. At the Dunbar/Spring breakfast we proudly serve mesquite/whole-wheat pancakes made with all organic, local ingredients. The mesquite flour is made from native Velvet mesquite pods [...]
- November 1, 2008:
Phoenix, Arizona Mesquite Milling
Saturday, November 1, 2008 8am to noon Downtown Phoenix Public Market – 721 N Central Ave SE Corner of Central Ave. & McKinley St. Phoenix, Arizona 85004 Website or Map: http://maps.google.com/?q=7… Contact Info: 602-252-8977 Organized By: Jennifer and the Phoenix Permaculture Guild Mesquite and Carob Milling and Slow Foods Mesquite Bake Sale Sat Nov 1st [...]
- October 25, 2008:
Marana Heritage Festival and Mesquite Milling
Saturday, October 25, 2008 9am to 4pm Marana Heritage Park Farm 12375 N. Heritage Park Drive Marana, Arizona A fun family event that includes mesquite milling, fresh local produce for sale, arts and crafts fair, history displays, music and food. At the Park you’ll visit the Community Food Bank’s 10-acre Marana Farm which grows year [...]
- October 19, 2008:
Dunbar/Spring Community Garden Fall Planting Spruce Up Work Party – Tucson, AZ
Help us get ready for our big annual Desert Harvesters fundraiser mesquite milling and organic mesquite pancake breakfast at the Dunbar/Spring Community Garden on Nov. 8th. To prepare we need to get the Dunbar/Spring Community Garden spruced up, pruned up, cleaned up, planted for the fall season, and mulched. So, Sunday, Oct. 19th at 9am [...]
- October 18, 2008:
Bisbee, Arizona’s 3rd Annual Mesquite Milling, Mesquite Pancake Breakfast, and Mesquite Bake Sale at the Bisbee Farmer’s Market
Saturday, October 18, 2008 8am to 1pm Bisbee Farmers’ Market at Vista Park in Warren Section of Bisbee (From the traffic circle take Bisbee Road to end where it curves around to the southern end of Vista Park opposite the ball park) Bisbee, Arizona Contact: Valerie McCaffrey – (520) 378-2973 or vallimac@cox.ne Try some delicious [...]
- October 11, 2008:
Tucson Meet Yourself
Noon to 4pm Main Library courtyard Downtown Tucson Desert Harvesters staff and hammermill will be on hand to grind mesquite pods in delicious flour at this wonderful event – the greatest annual feast in Tucson www.tucsonmeetyourself.org
- October 5, 2008:
13th Annual Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Tree Planting
Sunday, October 5, 2008 7am 828 N. Queen Ave (we’ll meet at 7am for a planting demonstration then keep going to various part of the neighborhood) Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Tucson, Arizona Come help us plant native shade trees within water-harvesting earthworks in neighbors’ yards and along the neighborhood streets. The idea is to plant food-producing, flood-controlling, [...]
- October 4, 2008:
Desert Harvesters Annual Pre-Season Hammermill Operation Training
Saturday, October 4, 2008 12 noon Menlo Park neighborhood Tucson, Arizona This is a mandatory event for all Desert Harvesters volunteer and paid staff. And it is a great opportunity for those who want to become staff at milling events, and to get trained for the 2008 season. To get more information on this you [...]
- September 15, 2008:
Eat Local America Challenge
In Tucson, AZ September 15 – 30, 2008 Dates differ in other parts of the country depending on harvest season This September, you can kick-start your quest to eat more local by joining the “Eat Local America” challenge, presented by food co-ops around the country. This national challenge celebrates and supports the growing interest and [...]
- August 8, 2008:
Mesquite Harvesting Workshops every Friday through August 15
Friday, August 8 and Friday, August 15 Marana Heritage Park Farm 12375 N. Heritage Park Drive Marana, Arizona The Marana Heritage Farm is conducting Mesquite Harvests for those who call and schedule with them ahead of time. To schedule and for more information contact the Food Bank at 622-0525 ext 249
- July 13, 2008:
Mesquite Harvest Workshop
Saturday, July 13, 2008 10am to 1pm At the home of Laurie Melrood, 1991 W. Calle Campana de Plata, between Speedway and Grant, off Silverbell MESQUITE is a life giving tree for desert people and a veritable wealth of medicines and food can be found in all its parts. Now is about the time to [...]
- June 28, 2008:
Mesquite Harvest Workshops
Saturday, June 28, 2008 10am to 1pm At the home of Susan Lobo, in the middle of a wonderful mesquite grove 1415 E. Prince —west of Campbell, north side of street, light blue stand-up mailbox, and sign saying “Rancho Prince” drive in, park and walk back to the site about 100 yards. We will be [...]
