Flagstaff Youth Gardens

Farm to Table

Foodlink
Board Members

Melissa Klatzker
Rosemary Logan
Art Babbott
Heather Babbott
Liz Taylor
Karna Otten
Sue Norris
Meredith Hartwell
Naima Schuller
DeJa Walker

Flagstaff Foodlink aims to offer strong educational, organizational and fundraising tools to the exciting, emergent local food movement in the greater Flagstaff community.

Our country is in the midst of a health and healthcare crisis, global climate change and an economic and energy crisis. Producing local, healthy, affordable food for ourselves and our children is a powerful solution for all of these dilemmas. Flagstaff Foodlink believes there are abundant opportunities to connect farmers, ranchers, restaurateurs, food distributors and sellers, the general public, community organizations, and the governments of the City of Flagstaff and Coconino County into a food network to encourage local economic self-sufficiency, community and individual health, greater food security and energy-conserving agricultural practices.

There are so many hard-working and creative members of this community that share the vision for a more resilient, healthier and more profitable local food system. By creating sustainable agriculture curricula for Flagstaff schools, convening members of the Flagstaff food system on a regular basis and channeling funding opportunities to food system innovators, Flagstaff Foodlink offers an organizational body through which to catalyze profound change in the way we produce, consume and value local foods here in Flagstaff.

We invite all those who are interested in working on revitalizing Flagstaff’s food system to contact us and join the network!

Education: Flagstaff Youth Gardens

We dream that every child in Flagstaff grows up eating healthy local food and knowing where it comes from and who grew it. We see a garden at every school in Flagstaff so are creating a resource website for educators seeking to start or sustain a youth garden at their school. The website will include K-12 curricula aligned to Arizona state standards.

Networking: Farm to Table

We create venues for dialogues about local food, celebrations welcoming new markets and businesses, and task forces to identify how local and state governments can help in the effort to create Flagstaff’s foodshed (local food system).