In the year and a half that I’ve been running Tucson Foodie, I’ve spent most of my time connecting to people — restaurant owners, chefs, artisans, etc. But food systems aren’t just made up of people, and lately, I’ve been feeling a pull to connect to the non-human parts of our local food system.
I'm starting with water.
Water is so deeply connected to food that it just makes sense for Tucson Foodie to talk about it. And in the dry, arid desert landscape of the Sonoran Desert, water is always a hot topic, and increasingly so.
The first stop in my journey to connect myself to our local water systems and better understand how it has, does, and will impact our food systems, is an interview with Lisa Shipek. Shipek co-founded Watershed Management Group (WMG) and has acted as its Executive Director for 17 years.
Connecting to Our Foodie System: Lisa Shipek of Watershed Management Group