The Community Food Bank's Community Food Resource Center will team up with the Pima County Library system in June to present a series of workshops on Sustainability and Home Food Production. The workshops are free and open to the public.  Pre-registration is not required. For questions or information on this series, contact Leona Davis at (520) 882-3295 or by email at ldavis@communityfoodbank.org.  

  

June 11, 10-11:30am, Mission Library- Intro to Water Harvesting: Explore & discuss the core principles of rainwater harvesting and a variety of strategies, from cisterns to earthworks, with Leona Davis of the Community Food Bank. In this workshop they will calculate how much rainfall you will receive off your home roof and on your landscape, and how you can best use this water on your site. Participants are encouraged to bring a base drawing with measurements of their house roof and yard.

June 18, 10:30am-12:00pm- Main Library, Joel D. Valdez - Urban Farming pt. 1 - The Homegrown Movement: The way we grow food, distribute food, and eat has rapidly changed in the last 50 years, and with it has changed our environment and physical health as a society. Now, many people are reversing the trend towards commercialized agriculture by growing food at home and distributing it in their own community. Join this discussion with Leona Davis of the Community Food Bank and urban farmer Jennifer Liu around how our commercial food system works, and how the local food movement in Southern Arizona is changing our soils, our economies, and our own physical health.

June 23, 5:30-7:00pm, Martha Cooper Library- Intro to Urban Farming: How does the way we grow food affect our health, economy, and society? Discuss the benefits of growing your own food, even in the Sonoran desert, and learn the basics of soil, sun, water, planting, and harvesting during this discussion around the technical aspects of desert gardening with Leona Davis of the Community Food Bank and urban farmer Jenna Rhea.

June 25, 10:30am-12:00pm, Main Library, Joel D. Valdez - Urban Farming pt. 2 - How to Grow Food at Home in Tucson: Nothing beats walking right out your back door to pick that fresh organic tomato off the vine- but how do you grow it in Tucson? Learn the basics of soil, sun, water, planting, and harvesting during this discussion around the technical aspects of desert gardening with Leona Davis of the Community Food Bank and urban farmer Jenna Rhea.

Last month's "Community and Neighborhood Analysis" workshops at Pima Association of Governments were so successful that the Census Bureau will return to Tucson to give two additional workshops.

When: Wednesday, June 29th 
Where: Pima Assocation of Governments 5th Floor Conference Room, 177 N. Church Ave.
Time: 9:00 a.m. to Noon "Using Census Data for Grant Writing"
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. "Understanding Economic Census Data"

Seating is limited and computers will be provided.  Registration is limited to the first twenty-five (25) participants who register.
To register: please RSVP with Nubia Bertsch, nbertsch@pagnet.org, (520) 792-1093 x458.