Agave Expo Day 2: Talks, Tastes, Plant Sales & Art!
Saturday, April 30, 2022, 8:00 am to 1:30 pm
FREE event, suggested $5 donation
Explore, engage, and understand the truly amazing Agave in this immersive day-long event featuring the industry's best, brightest, and passionate experts on pollination, ecology, biodiversity, culture, sustainability, regeneration and the overall impact Agave has on our past, present and future. Rub elbows with industry experts in a family friendly environment filled with activities, art and food!
Mission Garden fruit raspados with artisanal agave syrup offered for sale
Chocolate truffles infused with Mezcal available to purchase
Schedule Overview:
● 8:00 am: Garden opens
● 8:00 am: Agave Art Show with Judy Ganz, Cold Goose Pottery; Leonard Ramirez, Found Design Sculptures, Rick Manuel, Tohono O'odham Silversmith; and Royce Davenport, recycled materials artist.
● 8:00 am -12:00 pm: Agave Plant Sale & Tabling continues with Borderlands Restoration
Network, Bat Conservation International, and Colectivo Sonora Silvestre
● 8:30 am - 9:15 am: Meet & greet with presenters.
● 9:15 am - 10:00 am: Panel 1 - Pollination Nations (Agaves & Bat Conservation)
Featuring Jesus Garcia (Arizona Sonora Desert Museum); Dan Taylor (Bat Conservation International); Francesca Claverie (Borderlands Restoration Network); Diana Pinzon (Mezcal Zincantan), Lea Ibarra & Valeria Cañedo (Colectivo Sonora Silvestre)
● 10:00 am -12:00 pm: Mission Garden fruit raspados with artisanal agave syrup offered
for sale
● 10:15 am-11:00 pm: Panel 2 Regenerative Agave Agriculture: Cultivation is Conservation
Featuring Featuring: Emily Rockey (Mission Garden Supervisor), Robert Villa, Research Associate, UA Tumamoc Desert Lab; Vinick Jure (regenerative agriculture in Oaxaca); Pedro Jimenez (Mezonte); David Suro (Siembra Azul, Tequila interchange); Rafael Encinas, (Bacanora Batuq); Emilio Vieyra, Fracisco Terrazas (Mezcal Vago)
● 11:15 am -12:00 pm: Panel 3 Agave Spirits: Stories from Makers and Aficionados
Featuring Featuring: Doug Smith (owner, El Crisol Bar); Shad Kvetko (Los Almas Rotas); Dallas Mezcal Bar; Luis Loya (Naicon De Las Verdes Matas, La Mata); Colton Brock (Phoenix Mezcal Bar); Nick Robison (Aficionado), Francisco Terrazas (Mezcal Vago)
● 1:30 pm the Garden closes
Sponsored by BeachFleischman, Visit Tucson