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Urban Food Forest 

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Trees provide many functions and benefits. The Urban Food Forest program is devoted to demonstrating the important function of community engagement that trees provide by showing how different trees can be harvested, processed, and prepared as a means of food. Currently, this program is solely resource-based as we provide education on trees as a means of food through a number of free online resources for the community:

Tree-sources for treats! 

Watch other Trees Matter recipe videos!

Spicy Mango Avocado Salad

Learn from a chef how to make a delicious avocado salad using simple ingredients you can find in the grocery store and in trees around the Valley!

Juniper Berry Potatoes

This recipe uses Juniper berries from Juniper trees in the Valley to create a delectable meal.

Cheese Stuffed Dates with Nuts

In this cooking class, learn how to make a tasty treat using common ingredients and dates from trees you can find near the Valley!

Mesquite Flour Pancakes

Everybody loves pancakes! Watch this video to learn how to make pancakes using Mesquite flour from Mesquite trees!

Arizona Lemonade

A perfect recipe to keep you cool, make a unique, local lemonade using ingredients grown here in the Valley!


Trees Matter tree education sheets with even more recipes!

Tree's Matter Recipe Book

Loving the recipes? Find even more with the Urban Food Forest Recipe Book at our store! It contains over 50 recipes all using ingredients found in trees around the Valley!

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Events we have done

  • Mesquite Pancake Breakfast for DINNER 2024

    • Fri, November 01, 2024
    • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • PERA Club, 1 E. Continental Dr. | Tempe AZ 85288
    • 114
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    Trees Matter 11th Annual 

    Mesquite Pancake Breakfast for DINNER

    Join Us for Our Annual Fundraiser!

    Event begins at 6pm, and program speeches begin at 7pm from staff and board, plus announcement of our McPherson Award Winner! 

     Our Dinner is at a new location this year:
    PERA Club, 1 E. Continental Dr., Tempe AZ 85288

    This event is a fundraiser to support Trees Matter. Ticket sales go to support our mission to foster and inspire an increased, more equitable tree canopy in the Valley of the Sun! Come support Trees Matter and enjoy a delicious breakfast for dinner featuring mesquite flour pancakes! 

    Menu:

    Mesquite Pancakes 

    (Vegan and gluten free options available on request)
    Breakfast Potatoes
    Fresh Seasonal Fruit
    Scrambled Eggs
    Applewood Bacon
    Coffee and Iced Tea
    Cash Bar will be provided

    Enjoy great company, good food, bid at our silent auction, and learn more about our work with trees and the food they provide right in our backyard!

    Jim McPherson Awards
    We will be honoring award winners for the 2024 Jim McPherson award. To learn more about the award, and past awardees, here.


    Currently Accepting Sponsors!
     Learn more here.     

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