This year, Foodlink advanced their mission by creating a series of events collectively known as Building Community through Food. First, Flagstaff Foodlink organized a fruit tree gleaning day (part of the larger Flagstaff Fruit Tree Project), wherein residents with fruit trees were connected with volunteer pickers who harvested the fruit that would otherwise go to waste. After the gleaning event, Flagstaff Foodlink partnered with Willow Bend Environmental Education Center to host a community workshop at Willow Bend that would teach interested residents multiple ways they could process and store apples for long-term use. Although the Building Community through Food Series has wrapped up for the year, Flagstaff Foodlink’s work strengthening and supporting our local food system and the community that sustains it will continue. Details about future events, workshops and other opportunities can be found at flagstaffoodlink.com or at the Flagstaff Foodlink Facebook page.

Source: Daily Sun October 19, 2023 19:17 UTC