Master Gardeners: You are invited to the next Agriculture to Appetites to be held on April 18 at 6:30pm at NAU’s Ashurst Auditorium. Please see the attached
flier for more information.
Agriculture to Appetites: Sustaining Working Landscapes in a Changing Arizona
Spring Presentation/Community Roundtable Series to focus on preserving agriculture
Agriculture
is important to Northern Arizona, where long--‐standing traditions of
farming and ranching provide good food, good jobs, and valuable open
space.
Yet these traditions are under fire due to a growing population, rising
land prices, changing markets, threatened water supplies, and a warming
climate.
Agriculture to Appetites: Sustaining Working Landscapes in a Changing Arizona
is
an interactive series of three evening events that will take a close
look at how agriculture is dealing with these threats, and what might be
done in the future.
The sessions, to be held on three separate evenings in Clarkdale, Tuba
City, and Flagstaff, will feature short presentations by regional
experts and roundtable discussions among interested community members.
Anyone interested in food is invited to attend—growers,
marketers, chefs, hunters, elected officials, eaters. Participants will
hear details about the challenges growers face, and about opportunities
for helping regional agriculture grow and thrive—and they will be given
the opportunity to share experiences and
insights of their own. The topics addressed will include preserving
agricultural open space, the safeguarding of water supplies and
ecological integrity, and the development of local markets for locally
produced foods. The discussions will particularly focus
on establishing and nourishing mutually beneficial relationships
between rural food producers and urban food consumers.
Hattie Braun
County Director/Horticulture, Coconino County
University of Arizona
Cooperative Extension
2304 N. 3rd St.
Flagstaff, AZ 86004
FAX: 928-774-1860
