We set up to sell our food products and African baskets made by refugees. It was a warm day but we were glad to be in the shade, where it was comfortable. We did pretty well in sales, especially since we split our product between 3 events. The Farmer's Market happens every Saturday, so that was one of the events, and the other was a sale at the UNICEF store for UN Day.
Event days (for sales) consist of trying to set up a visually appealing display and then engaging people who come by our booth. Even if they are not interested in buying something, we still want to share with them about Iskashitaa. We are always looking for volunteers, and we are also trying to spread the word about our harvesting program so we can keep food from going to waste! It's always great to hear people say, "My neighbor has a huge grapefruit tree; I'll give them your flyer!"
We have a lot of events coming up as the holiday season draws nearer. This is a busy time of year for us. We have lots of sales, and lots of people purchasing products for Christmas gifts. This means lots of food preservation workshops to actually make these products!
This weekend we are having our next food workshop, and we plan to make a wide range of items:
- Pumpkin butter
- Apple butter
- Cinnamon apple sauce
- Lemon Curd
- Ruby Red Grapefruit Curd
- Dressings
- Prickly Pear Syrup
We will be doing a lot with apples and pumpkins. On Friday we had a huge apple harvest in partnership with Brown's Apple Orchard in Wilcox. Because Halloween is this week, lots of pumpkin patches are letting us come harvest their excess pumpkins starting November 1st! We will have a lot to do. On a personal note, this weekend my Dad is coming to visit! He's going to join us for the food workshop, and I'm hoping we'll be able to see some of the great landmarks around Tucson.
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| Pictures from the event at St. Mark's on Saturday. |
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| The green basket in the back is one of my favorites. Beautiful. These baskets take weeks to make. |
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