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Gunnison, that I watch throughout the day, also sits near the Thompson Divide. This beloved area spans the upper reaches of the North Fork watershed and those of the Crystal and Roaring Fork rivers, which join the Colorado River in Glenwood Springs. Although expansive, my view is just a small frame of a broad panorama of public lands that secures a great treasure of resources, and provides immeasurable value to Colorado and to America. The eastern face of Mt Gunnison rises above headwaters of the North Fork on the Gunnison National Forest in the vicinity of the Thompson Divide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/c6d35f69-579b-4702-b6ad-590a8ee39a0f/20241019_155705.jpg Our Blog - Public Lands and Rural Resilience - The North Fork’s ranches, vineyards, farms and orchards rely on the water supplies that well-managed public lands help to secure. As the ditches are starting to flow, and as we look at the snowpack up on the public lands surrounding our farms, considering the season ahead — The value of our watersheds that the public lands secure are as tangible as the food on our tables. Conservation of public lands is an asset to all this activity and can boost the economic resilience of rural Colorado. Ensuring that our remaining natural public lands regions - America’s “natural capital” - remain healthy and intact is simply common sense. ”Conserve” is the root of both conservation and conservative. 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They are certainly notoriously difficult to square up sometimes with an expectation of immediate return. But science shows that the conservation of these lands and the maintenance of the ecological services that they provide to us, is of the utmost importance even to our bottom line. Intermixed with the Western Slope’s public lands and along valley floors, lie a necklace of beloved Colorado towns - including those of the North Fork, where the Colorado Farm and Food Alliance is based. Clustered among the small towns of the Western Slope are hundreds of small to medium ranches, farms, orchards and vineyards. Healthy public lands benefit all who live here. What these lands provide in critical ecological functions like watershed health and protecting biodiversity is of immeasurable value. 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That brings resources to projects that matter in western Colorado. Being a partner in these national networks benefits our healthier futures in Colorado, and enables us to keep ourselves and our neighbors, and partners better informed too. We are making it a a key 2025 priority to share information, resources and inspiration from and with peers, both here and around the nation. Rural resilience in a time of climate change, disruption and overall uncertainty is about perseverance and adaptability: conserving what matters most, being prepared for what lies ahead, and building community adequate to meet an unknown future. Informing, developing and elevating local solutions and supporting community action will remain our top priorities. With your support, we are ready for 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/caa3899c-c33f-49aa-b43f-18998cf3019d/20241019_155707.jpg Our Blog - Rural Resilience in a Time of Change - “All that you touch you change. 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Here is a Curated Selection of Resources on Climate Change and Agriculture: Sweeping global study charts a path forward for climate-resilient agriculture (2024) 7 food and agriculture innovations needed to protect the climate and feed a rapidly growing world (2023) The climate wrecking ball striking food supply (2023) Beyond protected areas: Novel method shows promise for monitoring biodiversity on working lands (2023) New research shows practices from the past will be key to future soil carbon solutions (2023) Five charts that show why our food is not ready for the climate crisis (2022) This giant climate hot spot is robbing the West of its water (2020) NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance: Regional Mapping (2021) New projections for low Colorado River flow speed need for dramatic conservation (2021) First fire, then floods: Landowners deal with disasters' lingering impacts (2021) When spring ephemerals fail to meet pollinators: mechanism of phenological mismatch and its impact on plant reproduction (2019) Assessment Report on Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production (2018) https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/seed-money-2024 monthly 0.5 2025-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/a33efbef-90ef-4e18-ae7f-533ada91b3bb/IMG_4883_1_optimized_100.jpeg Our Blog - Seed Money: Help Us Grow a Cold-Hardy Orchard and Medicinal Herb Garden - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/cbc7f870-13d2-468a-939c-50771c3aba97/IMG_5244_optimized_100.jpeg Our Blog - Seed Money: Help Us Grow a Cold-Hardy Orchard and Medicinal Herb Garden - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/a96d7f5b-ddb5-4246-9ad6-6199d4cd1d73/IMG_4984_optimized_100.jpeg Our Blog - Seed Money: Help Us Grow a Cold-Hardy Orchard and Medicinal Herb Garden - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/aa94201a-2921-4073-b357-df009d96434e/IMG_4824_1_optimized_100.jpg Our Blog - Seed Money: Help Us Grow a Cold-Hardy Orchard and Medicinal Herb Garden - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/the-western-colorado-water-year-2023-2024-a-closer-look monthly 0.5 2025-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/b7b77c49-834f-46bd-aa5b-21058c9ed91d/snowpack+and+stream+flow.jpg Our Blog - The Western Colorado Water Year 2023-2024: A Closer Look - Make it stand out This image is from the Colorado Climate Center’s Water Year 2024 Review https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/d5dff0a7-6e4d-4f26-9b59-7ce930cf7dff/GJ+water+and+temp.jpg Our Blog - The Western Colorado Water Year 2023-2024: A Closer Look - Make it stand out This image is from the Colorado Climate Center’s Water Year 2024 Review https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/fd3bbc54-d865-440c-9d94-3b55020ee5be/lake+powell+level.jpg Our Blog - The Western Colorado Water Year 2023-2024: A Closer Look - Make it stand out This image is from the Colorado Climate Center’s Water Year 2024 Review https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/ca9b8e55-f6c0-49e9-b32e-36c58d2aa3f8/climate+change+blog+series+graphic.jpg Our Blog - The Western Colorado Water Year 2023-2024: A Closer Look - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/fallworkshops monthly 0.5 2025-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/17b57c98-2646-42d9-9041-54745f1044ef/image_123650291+%282%29.JPG Our Blog - Fall Workshops: Regeneration in Action - Make it stand out At our Fall Tonics workshop, led by Alicia Michelsen, we gathered roots and medicinal plants from the Mariposa Ascendente gardens and classroom that are helpful for fall’s transition into winter. Then we went inside to build a fire, share tea and prepare medicines for winter health. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/56c0a86d-4e6a-43ef-9bee-eb25291dd024/image_123650291.JPG Our Blog - Fall Workshops: Regeneration in Action - Make it stand out At the water management workshop, participants learned how to approach water management with an ecological and hydrological perspective within drylands and integrated irrigation contexts, and how to implement these practices in their operations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/af68de65-abe3-4e85-bf30-75541ca9d0b0/image_50740225.JPG Our Blog - Fall Workshops: Regeneration in Action - Make it stand out Jake Hartter of Western Slope Conservation Center, Carter Keegan who focuses on beaver and promoting healthy ecosystems through community education, and Elizabeth Agee of Colorado Farm and Food Alliance led a discussion that covers beaver ecology, impact to hydrology and low tech solutions for land-owners. 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- Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/speed-weeding-bindweed-and-buddies monthly 0.5 2025-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/afdb6641-fb39-412c-af44-c5323a4eb950/speedweed615.jpg Our Blog - Speed Weeding: Bindweed and Buddies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1f26f3f1-0f78-4537-b001-2e56f1eebd87/pizzaparty615.jpg Our Blog - Speed Weeding: Bindweed and Buddies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/the-colorado-farm-and-food-alliances-local-food-action-maps monthly 0.5 2024-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/94109853-3457-4f11-9b19-c5ba656b20bc/august+blog3.png Our Blog - The Colorado Farm and Food Alliance’s Local Food (and Beverage) Action Maps - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/5fef7443-2719-4bf8-8058-5ac0fa7bc91e/august+blog.jpg Our Blog - The Colorado Farm and Food Alliance’s Local Food (and Beverage) Action Maps - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/2d201332-e832-42d2-b07a-40ab574fbf24/august+blog2.jpg Our Blog - The Colorado Farm and Food Alliance’s Local Food (and Beverage) Action Maps - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/gunnison-basin-a-hub-for-rural-climate-action monthly 0.5 2024-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/5f7472d4-6608-4909-bfc9-f59df825cd01/temp+spiral.gif Our Blog - Gunnison Basin: A Hub for Rural Climate Action - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/8ed3af6d-2534-458b-84dc-9b88f219cc7b/temp+graph.png Our Blog - Gunnison Basin: A Hub for Rural Climate Action - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/put-yourself-to-service monthly 0.5 2024-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/152abd76-b4fa-41fc-b673-b040f5bc0191/ChooseAmeriCorpsClimate1600x9001_0.png Our Blog - Put yourself to service growing rural resilience, sustainable farms, and food security. - Secure Food Systems, Climate Resilience, Rural Engagement The Colorado Farm & Food Alliance is excited to be a host site for an AmeriCorps Healthy Futures service-member, and to partner with our friends at Mountain Roots who coordinate this program around the region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/e1e6a4ec-ca45-4521-9b4a-61b0d51270f1/20200926_165838.jpg Our Blog - Put yourself to service growing rural resilience, sustainable farms, and food security. - the North Rim of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is outside of the Town of Crawford. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1862780a-f0d7-43f7-88b1-15a9ba3b445e/IMG_20230904_192202_015.jpg Our Blog - Put yourself to service growing rural resilience, sustainable farms, and food security. The Colorado Farm & Food Alliance educates about Colorado’s agricultural land and legacy in order to provide a platform for rural leadership, practice and action to promote greater food security, climate response, and healthy lands. We seek to tell the story of how agriculturalists in this region have always been specialists at adaptation and leaders in promoting system health. That legacy continues today. Go here to read more about our base of operations, Paonia one of three towns in the North Fork Valley, Delta County. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/115e2998-573e-47ea-abdf-7c35a401aeb0/dw5ea3.jpg Our Blog - Put yourself to service growing rural resilience, sustainable farms, and food security. - Make it stand out The North Fork Valley sits at the base of the Rocky Mountains and at the edge of the canyon country of the Colorado Plateau province. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1718833410829-3NXUJVFEGQAHF9Y4NW5D/FB_IMG_1690681613388.jpg Our Blog - Put yourself to service growing rural resilience, sustainable farms, and food security. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1718833494334-PKZWHODCG8YYROGU9TDI/19800566_10207570698304334_1204107195339692806_o.jpg Our Blog - Put yourself to service growing rural resilience, sustainable farms, and food security. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1718833600052-TGTLFUWI5OZP12USULF1/Dominguez.4-20.LA.052.jpg Our Blog - Put yourself to service growing rural resilience, sustainable farms, and food security. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1718834436269-CLTIKIZ017ZTE6R975F0/20240612_203808.jpg Our Blog - Put yourself to service growing rural resilience, sustainable farms, and food security. https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/north-fork-rural-leaders monthly 0.5 2024-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1712770633506-KZTOCQ5WUTJAWZWABES9/dc+image.jpg Our Blog - North Fork Valley Cultivates Rural Leaders Kolbenschlag emphasizes that these trips have positioned the North Fork Valley as a community demonstrating strong rural leadership. This commitment has cultivated a legacy of engagement and expertise, developing strong locally-rooted advocates. These trips prove that even small regions can be effective voices shaping national policy. More than fifty individuals have participated over the years, gaining firsthand experience in the decision-making process and establishing connections with legislators, their staff, and federal agencies like the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and Department of Agriculture. These trips have also garnered media coverage, highlighting effective civic engagement with limited resources and creating a positive feedback loop fostering more advocacy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1627148395646-ZMOP5GBPQX4CFGZHD9TV/IMG_20210724_103517_220.jpg Our Blog - North Fork Valley Cultivates Rural Leaders Each year, the delegations build on past efforts, to develop a broader narrative to keep decision-makers aware of their ongoing commitment to local issues. The long-term impact has been significant, as relationships and understanding have developed over time. This persistence has led to tangible outcomes, such as visits from elected leaders and high-level federal officials like the Secretary of the Interior and Bureau of Land Management leaders. Both U.S. Senators from Colorado, Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper have visited, and both have sent staff members out to the proposed community-solar agrivoltaic site at Thistle Whistle Farm. As Kolbenschlag reflects on the trips, he notes the unexpected long-term impact . He anticipated the immediate effects, but the enduring relationships and deeper understanding developed over the decade over time have been what he finds most significant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/10bb7303-578f-4e51-b920-ff15fb7c41a2/dc_2282.jpg Our Blog - North Fork Valley Cultivates Rural Leaders These delegations are unique and over time, they have comprised more than fifty individuals representing a diverse range of local businesses, organizations, and endeavors. Unlike the typical "fly-in" delegations from larger groups or bigger regions, North Fork’s delegations are self-led and include representatives from a range of groups, including nonprofits like the Colorado Farm & Food Alliance, Valley Organic Growers Association, and the Western Slope Conservation Center – the three groups leading the trips – plus Citizens for a Healthy Community, West Elks AVA, Solar Energy International and the Chamber of Commerce. Participants have also included representatives from the Town of Paonia, local ranches farms and wineries, a food author, a touring singer-songwriter, and business owners. https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/taught-by-beaver monthly 0.5 2024-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/e816bcad-8f4c-430c-adf3-b6eedcc95d25/tales+on+smith+fork+Opening+Title.jpg Our Blog - A Story Taught by Beaver - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/f8d38983-4c08-46e3-b91a-31fe0e338121/tales+on+smith+fork+doug+2.jpg Our Blog - A Story Taught by Beaver - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/7368ca7e-dbb6-43b8-ba48-7fd00c39f2c5/smith+fork+blog+Logos.jpg Our Blog - A Story Taught by Beaver - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/spring-workshops-at-regenerative-ag-gardens-classroom monthly 0.5 2024-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1712329954380-3ADPKUYOF1HKXO7XCQL7/432266579_394541383212029_6463076336193917752_n.jpg Our Blog - Spring Workshops at Regenerative Ag Gardens & Classroom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1712329971742-ZFIMQVL3EDWCV2DY1BDN/432271254_394541563212011_4438290145493664176_n.jpg Our Blog - Spring Workshops at Regenerative Ag Gardens & Classroom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/2bceea63-f550-49a2-a66e-44bae097e5bc/IMG_20230617_173254_815.jpg Our Blog - Spring Workshops at Regenerative Ag Gardens & Classroom - Hands-on Learning at Gardens & Classroom Spring workshops topics, from native pollinators, natural farming, and cover cropping in the market garden, to alley cropping and holistic grazing. The purpose of these by-donation workshops, with all welcome, are to teach agricultural and land practices that help with better water retention in the soil, higher yields for farmers, and more resilience to drought, erosion and fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/51c88883-f413-4092-a982-d5a8b66a1b96/JasonGrazing.jpg Our Blog - Spring Workshops at Regenerative Ag Gardens & Classroom - Learn from expert practitioners who farm and work in western Colorado. In addition to offering practical and useful content for farmers and others stewarding lands, we are grateful to continue the community legacy by offering a fun and engaging space. We hope that you will join us this spring for workshops on regenerative agriculture principles, to help in our demonstration and food gardens, for summer movie nights, for pizza parties and more! https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/western-water-writers-panel-and-reception-to-launch-rivershed-weekend monthly 0.5 2024-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/c820eabf-f7cd-497f-8e90-e8dbf5217922/IMG_20230311_211418.jpg Our Blog - Western Water Writers Panel and Reception to launch Rivershed Weekend! - We hope this weekend will allow the community to better understand the vital roles our river and watershed play and how we can better advocate for them. On our RSVP page, you’ll want to check out our Saturday April 6 activities, including Ponds and Tributaries, a day art, activities and education centered in Paonia’s Poulos Park. And save your spot for The Rivershed on Screen, an evening at the Paradise Theatre with a puppet show and a short film-fest on water in the west, the value of our river, and local efforts to promote watershed health. This will include a special film debut premier that you won’t want to miss! Find the weekend schedule and RSVP here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1709067193012-8P3RFKJD7QIGLTG3JDF3/Paonia_logo_RGB_1.jpeg Our Blog - Western Water Writers Panel and Reception to launch Rivershed Weekend! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1709067193037-J0KX0C6EG31IH9MCTY6X/Patti.jpeg Our Blog - Western Water Writers Panel and Reception to launch Rivershed Weekend! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1709067193808-87S8NVDW0WLTQ9FZ06NS/CFC+logo+red.jpeg Our Blog - Western Water Writers Panel and Reception to launch Rivershed Weekend! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/8bd07bb8-2839-4b84-88f8-65b93ec9c1a4/IMG_5189.jpg Our Blog - Western Water Writers Panel and Reception to launch Rivershed Weekend! - We are excited to open the weekend with TWO exceptional Friday evening activities in partnership with Paonia Books. After the panel, Paonia Books is generously hosting the Colorado Farm & Food Alliance for a Western Water Writers Reception, from 7:00 - 8:30 pm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1702839147117-3KKLV089S2LAFBI4UHKB/214308558_1728632407337789_5070566354834438139_n.jpg Our Blog - Western Water Writers Panel and Reception to launch Rivershed Weekend! - On April 5-7, we will offer up Rivershed: A Weekend of Awareness and Action for Healthy Lands and Watersheds This weekend of activities will explore themes around our river and water in the west. Through conversations, film, discussion and hands-on activities, we will touch on watershed restoration, beaver and riparian life, the risks of persistent drought and building greater system resilience, and the role of healthy lands in the security of our western river systems. https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/2024-farm-bill-holds-promise-for-regenerative-practices monthly 0.5 2024-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/421fec3a-83f3-4638-a6fa-e00abc840a8b/image_67183361.JPG Our Blog - 2024 Farm Bill Holds Promise for Regenerative Practices - From Delta County to DC Elizabeth Agee from Colorado Farm and Food Alliance joined the coalition meeting this year to advocate for and learn more about conservation and sustainable energy parts of this legislation, and to join in calling to strengthen federal support for small farmers. She met with the offices of Colorado’s U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, as well as Representative Caraveo who sits on the House Agriculture Committee and has made the Farm Bill a top priority. All were very amenable to supporting Colorado’s small farms and ranches and expanding conservation, regenerative agriculture and sustainable energy opportunities in federal funding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/7b8b3bc2-1350-4497-b70a-610901df2aac/image_123650291.JPG Our Blog - 2024 Farm Bill Holds Promise for Regenerative Practices - Now is a great time to speak up for Colorado agriculture! Producers might also be interested in the Whole Farm Revenue Protection Plan program, which makes it possible for farmers to include a diversity of products in their insurance plans as well as commodity plans and safeguard against some of the risks associated with experimentation. Expanding this program could be especially important for regenerative minded systems that incorporate multiple crops like alley cropping. https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/growing-rural-renewables monthly 0.5 2024-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/0b20e8d4-cf24-402a-bbd6-030409ecc8a2/Agrivoltaico_pergola_agricola_ombreggiante_fotovoltaica_orticultura_Laterza.jpg Our Blog - Growing Rural Renewables - Community-Solar can help put rural people at the center of the clean energy build-out. Community-solar—think “solar garden”—is a shared solar system that provides a direct benefit from the power production at that facility to a group of community-based members or subscribers. Community-solar can increase energy equity by sharing the benefits of clean energy production and savings among a number of users, and can support the expansion of renewables by putting more members from impacted communities in the driver's seat. It often is used to assist households that otherwise would be unable to afford or obtain individual solar systems in benefiting from the growth of clean energy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/7c32c712-eba8-417f-af41-55e643f9cca7/321506134_837606697511133_8194305186118550596_n.jpg Our Blog - Growing Rural Renewables - National Community Solar Prize spurs project along. Project proponents hope the latest submission will unlock the stage 2 funding award this spring, keeping things on track to put a community-owned, farm-integrated energy system into operation before next year. In any case, the National Community Solar Partnership, which helps administer the competition through the Hero X platform, also provides in-depth training, technical assistance, and a supportive cohort that has already moved this project forward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1da6afae-0e6c-4edd-9c07-e37e5e8b4715/315904489_2106383806229312_4505951372347433346_n+%281%29.jpg Our Blog - Growing Rural Renewables - What are agrivoltaics? Agrivoltaics are the pairing of solar energy—also known as photovoltaics—and agriculture. Some experts think it offers solutions that can help renewables better integrate with rural livelihoods and might also provide some enhancements for farming as we head into a hotter, drier, less predictable weather future. As an example, Jack’s Solar Garden, on Colorado’s Front Range, has been a real leader modeling how agrivoltaics, farming and community can support each other. And now, such systems are beginning to sprout on the Western Slope as well. https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/cultivating-collaborations monthly 0.5 2024-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/76a18f76-c3e4-49fe-90d2-f054460c5bfe/3rdStreetCenter.jpg Our Blog - Cultivating Collaborations: A Carbondale Visit Sparks Innovative Local Food Initiatives - Fostering Market Access A key focal point of the conversation was the pressing need for better market access for local farmers. Amidst the dialogue, promising ideas surfaced. One such notion mirrored the ambitious Rocky Mountain Farm Collaborative's vision, which seeks to establish a local food market on the Front Range. This envisioned market would aggregate statewide produce and would include non-local products so as to serve as a one stop grocery shop. Additionally, the prospect of an Online Farmer's Market, such as that used in the North Fork with the Paonia Producers market, also generated interest. The discussion explored avenues for supplying local produce to mainstream grocers like City Market and collaborating with the food security organization, Lift Up. A handy resource for those in Roaring Fork and others who want to learn from them is the Roaring Fork Valley Food Enterprise Feasibility Study published in May 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/72e7ba0e-8bd7-47ea-8ddd-6a440781b439/The_USDA_Farmers_Market_on_the_National_Mall_during_the_2023_market_season_is_the_Department%E2%80%99s_own_%E2%80%9Cliving_laboratory%E2%80%9D_for_farmers_market_operations_across_the_country_-_20.jpg Our Blog - Cultivating Collaborations: A Carbondale Visit Sparks Innovative Local Food Initiatives - Clearing Obstacles on the Path With the success of this event and the many interesting ideas that were shared, there was a proposal made to organize a Western Colorado Local Food Summit. This would be an event where we could foster more collaboration among western Colorado local food stakeholders. More information about this will be available soon if enough of the groups involved are interested. https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/year-end-push-re-seeds-equity-and-learning-garden monthly 0.5 2024-02-07 https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/protect-colorado-farms-food-and-drink monthly 0.5 2023-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1620489430641-H5015LBV4MFVEFBAOETC/IMG_20210414_122325_430.jpg Our Blog - Healthy Lands and Clean Water Protect Colorado’s Farms, Food and Drink - 3 - Healthy Watersheds and Secure Water Supplies Which gets us to the third way we will be showing up for public lands in 2024. These lands serve a vital purpose in safeguarding western Colorado water. Healthy lands make healthy watersheds. Neither our farms nor life at all would be possible here without the security of that supply. The Colorado Farm & Food Alliance will always speak out for protecting watershed lands, act as a convener of projects that restore their health, and advocate for policy that protects western Colorado water for rivers and farms, for secure habitat, and for prosperous communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1626894639634-ZJW19BK8ZJT4LK7J1NMJ/NFV.jpg Our Blog - Healthy Lands and Clean Water Protect Colorado’s Farms, Food and Drink - North Fork Valley of the Gunnison River “Colorado’s Farm to Table Capital” That community-initiated comment, dubbed the North Fork Alternative Plan included enough detailed and substantive information that the agency did include it (as Alternative B1) in the draft plan. And although that option was not selected, the final plan was litigated and the BLM was sent back to the drawing board and is expected to initiate a new draft plan amendment for public consideration and comment this winter. (More on that below.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1675446643424-17AVY6MKAKPFLCUOPP4D/59746_10151343434969177_1767423385_n.jpg Our Blog - Healthy Lands and Clean Water Protect Colorado’s Farms, Food and Drink - 1 - Public Lands + Local Farms as Rural Economic Force One way we’ll be leaning into public lands and watershed conservation is by showcasing how public lands and local food systems can work together and support each-other. Here in the North Fork region we have some great examples already - Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area, Curecanti National Recreation Area, and the Black Canyon National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1618803053344-VL05F2D3B0XNY66T8BNJ/Screen+Shot+2021-04-18+at+9.30.18+PM.png Our Blog - Healthy Lands and Clean Water Protect Colorado’s Farms, Food and Drink - 2 - North Fork Alternative Plan Redux What is old is new again, and that includes the North Fork Alternative Plan. More specifically the BLM will be issuing a plan amendment for public lands in the Uncompahgre Field Office to address deficiencies in the final plan that came out under the last federal administration. https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/get-growing monthly 0.5 2023-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/e1917325-3185-425e-9458-448a99cf81a5/image+%281%29.png Our Blog - Get Growing… - EQIP grants can fund small-farm improvements like high tunnels. https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/re-seed-our-equity-and-learning-garden monthly 0.5 2023-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/14c32f3d-afdf-4bc8-8c7f-511c7ea25a43/image_67520769.JPG Our Blog - Re-Seed our Equity and Learning Garden - Donate here to our SeedMoney.org campaign! But now, we need your help to seed this space for what is already looking to be a full 2024 of activities and community learning. Your matched contribution today will help us establish demonstration gardens, finish landscaping, install the pathway (with pavers from Delta Brick & Climate), and kick off our debut season of workshops and other educational programming. Through December 15 SeedMoney.org matches with funding based on how much we raise from the community, so every bit helps exponentially! We can’t wait to host you at the garden and grow together! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/4be63cbe-2895-48dd-b1aa-77d97567bb32/image_6487327.JPG Our Blog - Re-Seed our Equity and Learning Garden The Colorado Farm and Food Alliance is honored to be part of and to contribute to this legacy through regenerative agriculture, permaculture design and other workshops, as well as movie nights, demonstration gardens for the community to help cultivate, learn from, and explore. Centerpiece of our Just Good Food program, the classroom and garden space is a place where people can gather, learn, share ideas and get inspired. The transition now happening in agriculture, as we shift to more regenerative practices, is a community-scale process, and we are so much more successful when we work together in positive, uplifting environments. Until December 15 your gift is partially matched through a generous campaign from SeedMoney.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1700158433824-DWVNHLPJZUN3UFRXELK9/image_50449665.JPG Our Blog - Re-Seed our Equity and Learning Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1700158414625-1SKT2DLXLYUX8FIBURB5/image_6487327+%281%29.JPG Our Blog - Re-Seed our Equity and Learning Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1700158434926-FJRDHKPQTEJ6ZE0QTJ8E/image_50727681.JPG Our Blog - Re-Seed our Equity and Learning Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1700158697048-Q29YZAX2FROR6JITDTMZ/PXL_20230719_011737692.jpg Our Blog - Re-Seed our Equity and Learning Garden https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/2023-year-in-review monthly 0.5 2023-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/49829ea1-db13-46f0-a9e0-3177c0e4c6d3/340086304_3407278306203345_9149854279200862947_n.jpg Our Blog - 2023 - Year in Review - Building Rural Power Each year the Colorado Farm & Food Alliance helps to lead a trip from Colorado’s North Fork Valley to Washington, DC with our partners at eh Western Slope Conservation Center and Valley Organic Growers Association. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/bd28dd8f-0cf8-48a1-b291-be4ab0e8a99a/beaver4.jpg Our Blog - 2023 - Year in Review - North Fork River Fest & Community Fair In June we joined The Learning Council and the Conservation Center in combining two great events into one eventful Community Fair and River Fest at Paonia River Park. The Fest included a workshop on riparian restoration techniques, as well as live music, local food trucks, a silent auction and other forms of fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/2b21b447-9274-4132-90f1-5f0323056584/329781162_700037445155056_3283953832561594152_n.jpg Our Blog - 2023 - Year in Review Kids Pasta Project dinner at ShadeScapes Event Center Back in February we were honored to be the featured nonprofit for the Kids Pasta Project dinner at ShadeScapes Americas’ lovely event space in Hotchkiss - and grateful for a full house of community members who were able to get a sneak peek of the year ahead https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1697153453886-HB98OTYLOFRHVML84RBB/Group+%281%29.jpg Our Blog - 2023 - Year in Review https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1697153453634-8V80PMNVN78OBEELOA0C/Pete+and+Sarah+.jpg Our Blog - 2023 - Year in Review https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1697153807803-1UPDQV7IOB6MQXR6L1Z4/IMG_5656.jpg Our Blog - 2023 - Year in Review https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1697153882848-R22CXSFJ7WJPJZ53THFX/IMG_8327.jpg Our Blog - 2023 - Year in Review https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/9be575e6-88ae-4f1e-a437-2af24476be0f/9365028_orig.jpg Our Blog - 2023 - Year in Review - Mirasol Agrivoltaic Project We are helping to lead a locally driven effort to pair farming and community-solar that will help power farms and households and return a clean energy benefit to member-subscribers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1697152489718-EBEA06Z95HENSZODJ5JJ/363986422_272240402108795_2940258126541944015_n.jpg Our Blog - 2023 - Year in Review https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1697152490177-0LQAODR3FN1H0TQ4P61V/362233538_272241372108698_1672943742551830571_n.jpg Our Blog - 2023 - Year in Review https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1697152527029-6Q0DCPB3U3LKG01R401S/363833507_272240762108759_3162713018076780764_n.jpg Our Blog - 2023 - Year in Review https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1697152490659-R8M7PKDHSFJ4R5MUAX7J/363967684_272240428775459_1726574161360248262_n.jpg Our Blog - 2023 - Year in Review https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/b540e2f8-6ea5-41d4-bac2-59a586fbc296/379305583_297411599591675_8730835444966767498_n.jpg Our Blog - 2023 - Year in Review - Learning from Practitioners We held two workshops in September to learn about Low- to No-Till Farming Practices at Rock N Roots Farm. And at Night Owl Food Food Forest to learn about ways to slow, spread and sink water on the land using natural water catchment basins with spillways, hugel bed terraces and infiltration basins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/14cff0da-3608-4758-984a-ee2cbbd038ff/IMG_4421.jpeg Our Blog - 2023 - Year in Review - All About Beaver Weekend Paonia Books hosted us for a book-signing with Ben Goldfarb, author of Eager as part of our All About Beaver Weekend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/9082707c-ff2d-4b6a-abff-d4ccba1b2a37/332717807_188134840572055_113499238474634286_n.jpg Our Blog - 2023 - Year in Review - WESTERN COLORADO CLIMATE REPORT The Gunnison Basin: Ground Zero in the Climate Emergency Our report is available online at www.colofarmfood.org/groundzero Listen to a podcast from Citizens for a Healthy Community with Colorado Farm & Food Alliance director Pete Kolbenschlag about this report here. https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/farm-to-table-feast-to-benefit-colorado-farm-and-food-alliance monthly 0.5 2023-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1695246792938-O5HHAXGFPKQOXHINZJ3X/Midway+School+House+from+web.jpeg Our Blog - Farm-to-Table Feast to Benefit Colorado Farm and Food Alliance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1695246828087-XMEM2OQRU83SE9OMMBO2/Midway4.jpeg Our Blog - Farm-to-Table Feast to Benefit Colorado Farm and Food Alliance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1695246851247-I6IH586ZSXPTM90D4486/Midway1.jpeg Our Blog - Farm-to-Table Feast to Benefit Colorado Farm and Food Alliance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/ac934bfb-2235-4fd6-8689-614f5a2a7d7b/20211014_164818.jpg Our Blog - Farm-to-Table Feast to Benefit Colorado Farm and Food Alliance - But most of all we are super-excited for this meal, paired with award-winning West Elk wines. Menu 2023 Farm DInner -Welcome Bites- Chorizo Meatballs, Crema, Lime Crispy Smashed Potatoes, Salsa Verde -Soup- Creamy Tomato and White Bean Soup -Salad- Massaged Kale, Apples, Charred Cauliflower, Smoked Cheddar, Pickled Onions, Apple Cider Vinegar, Brown Sugar & Mustard Dressing, Edible Flowers -Main- Roasted Chickens, Chive & Lemon Cream Seasonal Risotto -Sweet- Winter Squash Galettes, Cardamom Whipped Cream, Roasted Apples and Candied Nuts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/9578bb77-e086-4c29-a166-9fdaf0907928/20211014_173055.jpg Our Blog - Farm-to-Table Feast to Benefit Colorado Farm and Food Alliance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/8d82df56-a919-4f24-9742-9dee863ec24b/IMG_7240.jpeg Our Blog - Farm-to-Table Feast to Benefit Colorado Farm and Food Alliance We are so honored and grateful to welcome back the Forage Sisters as our guides to lead us through five courses of culinary inspiration, using local produce and pastured meats, and the highest quality North Fork ingredients. Each course will be paired with award-winning local wines from Qutori. https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/act-local-to-lead-global monthly 0.5 2023-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/3678c401-e8dc-401c-85c3-039a6912b23f/TitleReport.jpg Our Blog - Act Locally to Lead Globally - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/all-about-beaver-weekend monthly 0.5 2023-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1681335020884-7K9K33MTFORV4UKTFPHD/IMG_4411.jpeg Our Blog - All About Beaver Weekend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1681335092667-JUEW894TQPM4BVQR95F2/D7216A25-3D22-423C-8D30-EA116F788BC6_1_105_c.jpeg Our Blog - All About Beaver Weekend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1681335022877-LOGRXOUXCS8SMKJIJU8S/IMG_4421.jpeg Our Blog - All About Beaver Weekend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1681335093966-R19K6DV0W5CYQTKVMCOT/IMG_4408.jpeg Our Blog - All About Beaver Weekend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/66a6150c-07a5-4cb9-b960-ea63163d3e15/beaver2.jpg Our Blog - All About Beaver Weekend - Thank you to all our sponsors — Patti Kaech, broker at Paonia Realty; Paonia Books; and Sweetgrass — our panelists and experts, the many helpers, who made this weekend a success. Thank you especially for everyone who turned out! Please stay tuned for more to come. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/2eeb08f0-63cf-4153-b39d-e07d97a7a0fd/beaver3.jpg Our Blog - All About Beaver Weekend - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/00fe55b2-4798-45ff-8412-26f4958da697/BB+Kit+with+Title+Tag+Laurels+2020.02.05.jpg Our Blog - All About Beaver Weekend - The community enjoyed a showing of “The Beaver Believers” followed by a panel with Eager author Ben Goldfarb, Nichole Fox from Give a Dam, and joining virtually U.S. Forest Service hydrologist Ashley Hom, and the filmmaker Sarah Koenigsberg. We learned that learning to live in place with beaver, as opposed to trapping and relocating, is the most desirable outcome. Beavers have a lower survival rate when they are trapped in general but especially without their families and when they are relocated to a faraway locale where the spreading of diseases is more likely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/d8e0fb83-0f9a-4527-9b12-4a4ddb73be15/QL9A8620.jpg Our Blog - All About Beaver Weekend - Beavers are incredible architects and a keynote species for arid environments; their dam wetland environments recharge water tables, create forest fire resilience and filter pollutants from water. There has been a strong beaver buzz around town ever since All About Beaver weekend, and we are excited that the conversation is deepening about how folks can get involved cultivating a harmonious relationship with beaver and restoring wetland habitats. https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/we-lead-on-rural-climate-action monthly 0.5 2023-02-03 https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/growing-new-farmers-ampland-stewards monthly 0.5 2025-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/9f2601bc-38b8-4149-9381-877e3256655d/1.jpg Our Blog - Growing New Farmers &Land Stewards - Make it stand out Colorado Farm & Food Alliance’s Incubator Program Creates Space for Landless Farmers to Grow and Develop Farm Businesses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/706d75bb-45aa-43db-8ae3-a894a41e1910/4.jpg Our Blog - Growing New Farmers &Land Stewards - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/c6d42cd5-f205-4032-9371-110fa23c3ca5/2.jpg Our Blog - Growing New Farmers &Land Stewards - Good things growing at the Equity Garden & Incubator Plots The Incubators find themselves sipping coffee on pre-Fall cool mornings, looking out on the plots, preparing to weed and harvest the crops that were just dreams in early April. Plantings at the plot range from kale and tomatoes to interesting medicinal herbs like spilanthes and chamomile. The new farmers are experimenting with products like edible flowers for catering events and fermented herbs and vegetables. Participants also join the community for regular workshops on regenerative agriculture and natural building at our timber frame outdoor classroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/233d1975-27f0-43ba-86ab-ca7146cce00c/3.jpg Our Blog - Growing New Farmers &Land Stewards - Incubating New Farmers Two of the participants have already worked out agreements with local landowners to farm their land next season! We are very excited to see the program support aspiring farmers on their path to land stewardship and eventual ownership. https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/incubator-plot-and-equity-classroom-space-overview monthly 0.5 2022-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1655315726815-X5CWCFK6ZDS2VEC3M3HV/unnamed-2.jpg Our Blog - Incubator Plot and Equity Classroom Space Overview https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1655315726712-4T3BAE2UKB0UVKI5S6Y0/unnamed-3.png Our Blog - Incubator Plot and Equity Classroom Space Overview https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1655315928616-QTV1R5XY26C5IU0VO9SJ/veggies-2.jpg Our Blog - Incubator Plot and Equity Classroom Space Overview https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1655315814697-NICZ1EMUMX7MJJ855M2J/unnamed-4.jpg Our Blog - Incubator Plot and Equity Classroom Space Overview https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/cd72edb2-f6d4-4f07-bfd5-19dbd080281e/277534069_10220879763360382_6025347593162017894_n.jpg Our Blog - Incubator Plot and Equity Classroom Space Overview - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/2e96f8df-7a12-43aa-9611-3d1a8bc7e1c0/IMG_7255.jpg Our Blog - Incubator Plot and Equity Classroom Space Overview - This season, we are also pleased to welcome Sarah Leslie to the plot as our new Equity Plot Farm Manager and Volunteer Coordinator. Sarah has a background in environmental sciences and food systems. She has experience working with community gardens all over the country. She is passionate about uplifting food accessibility via growing culturally important food and storytelling. She works as a journalist and is excited by emerging agriculture technologies such as carbon credits. Sarah is currently managing the equity plot in Paonia and using her farming knowledge to help create a productive, sustainable garden that will grow delicious food for our community. https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/2022-north-fork-community-fair-musical-line-up monthly 0.5 2022-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/bf32cd4f-42b4-45aa-9857-3ee8d8da5dd7/Screen+Shot+2022-06-01+at+12.28.27+PM.png Our Blog - 2022 North Fork Community Fair Musical Line-Up - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/cf7d2434-7ce2-447e-9c5d-ea10e40e6caa/Screen+Shot+2022-06-01+at+12.35.59+PM.png Our Blog - 2022 North Fork Community Fair Musical Line-Up - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/241fa4db-9043-4f8e-91cd-f9398bd8dca0/Mauka+aloha.jpg Our Blog - 2022 North Fork Community Fair Musical Line-Up - Mauka Aloha Chris Kennison, based in Montrose, and local favorite, Jon Hickam, play a variety of Hawaiian steel guitar standards and classics from the American songbook. If you like unique stylings and skilled musicianship, you’ll want to be here for this set. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/5b1b08fb-50f2-4a1d-b6e0-8bc779f07e66/SamuelHeart.jpg Our Blog - 2022 North Fork Community Fair Musical Line-Up - Samuel Heart with Freddie Mercury A soulful singer songwriter and his four-legged backup perform original music and an eclectic mix of familiar and forgotten covers of all ages and genres. From Van Morrison to Whitney Houston, nothing's off limits for this Paonia-based duo. With a big bluesy voice and a percussive rhythmic guitar style, Heart has a Modern Folk/Americana sound that will keep you dancing, laughing, and even a little misty eyed at times. Honestly though, four-legged Freddie is the real star of the show with a few perfectly placed howls! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/da5fd66d-22bd-488d-978a-baa069b068ad/SolarBros.jpeg Our Blog - 2022 North Fork Community Fair Musical Line-Up - Solar Brothers a.k.a Paul Frazier & Roy Martin, bring their diverse musical talents to the North Fork Community Fair again this year on Saturday June 18. Both have been living “off the grid” since about 2000, hence the name, Solar Brothers! Paul and Roy blend musical styles such as folk, country, blues, pop and Americana to the stage, with tight vocal harmonies over their rich foundation of flat picking and finger picking guitars and mandolin. Their first CD project of original songs, recorded at David Starr Studios was released in 2015. For more information, visit their Solar Brothers FB page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/21da5bf5-6275-453b-838b-a9437054ef2f/HardPressed-trio2.jpg Our Blog - 2022 North Fork Community Fair Musical Line-Up - Hard Pressed Hard Pressed is excited to be coming back for another year at North Fork Community Fair. A marriage of two lives, of a husband and wife, of a fiddle and banjo, raised on opposite sides of the country, the musical union of Cory Obert and Andrea Lecos, merged in the mountains of Colorado to create a new blend of OldTime Stringband & Americana-folkgrass. Multi-instrumentalists, their music is both original and traditional. Hard Pressed will have their brand new CD available for purchase too! Drop in a coin and be entertained and maybe they won't be so "hard-pressed" after a while! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/10df7efc-d263-4eaf-89f7-7f0cdefc1475/ykmw.jpg Our Blog - 2022 North Fork Community Fair Musical Line-Up - You Knew Me When Outfitted with an array of instruments, this husband and wife folk-rock pairing have toured nationally since 2012. Based in Ouray, by way of Nashville, the duo is now touring in support of their fourth studio album "Songs of the San Juans." We are pleased to announce that You Knew Me When will be bringing their Colorado inspired compositions to the Howard Berkman Memorial Stage at Paonia Town Park. You won’t want to miss this show! Find more at www.youknewmewhen.com, or on Facebook and Instagram https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/8dbafc31-8d4c-4bfb-9bcd-662abe5b16ef/Screen+Shot+2022-06-01+at+2.52.56+PM.jpg Our Blog - 2022 North Fork Community Fair Musical Line-Up - Lizzy Plotkin & Natalie Spears This duo’s music seeks to “bring listeners in touch with the warmth of community, the quiet awe of wild places, and a sweet nostalgia.” Lizzy’s exuberant fiddling is the perfect complement to Natalie’s colorful and syncopated banjo and bass playing. Their voices in harmony raise a room to a whole greater than its parts. In January of 2021, Lizzy and Natalie released their debut EP,“Just over the Ridge,”- which reached #10 album of the year on the Folk Alliance International Radio Charts and #7 on the Billboard Bluegrass Album Charts in January 2021. The Community Fair is excited to welcome back Lizzy and Natalie. As avid students of the American Roots genre, dedicated songwriters, and experienced collaborators, this duo is an exciting force rising from Colorado’s vibrant acoustic music scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/72d8483a-cde3-450c-af4c-d41310f0907c/NFCF+Drink+Local+Station+%28Instagram+Post%29-3.png Our Blog - 2022 North Fork Community Fair Musical Line-Up - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/just-good-food-spring-workshop-series-and-beyond monthly 0.5 2025-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/4aa5ca91-848a-42c7-bafa-d52ccb1ab1ae/278801364_1936025769931784_7329599953109203393_n.jpg Our Blog - Just Good Food Spring Workshop Series and Beyond - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1648936694754-K65JZV150FXOJGM53HDZ/277534069_10220879763360382_6025347593162017894_n.jpg Our Blog - Just Good Food Spring Workshop Series and Beyond - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/good-things-growing-at-equity-garden monthly 0.5 2022-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/022e8f78-b8b4-4f03-bed7-36f7f4c908fd/277299191_10220875533814646_5470790689593053544_n.jpg Our Blog - Good Things Growing at Equity Garden - Ben does exceptional work, and we were pleased to be able to work with him to do a “barn raising” as an opportunity to teach about his craft as part of our winter - spring workshop series. The structure itself is handcrafted with mortise and tendon joinery utilizing locally milled and sourced timber, secured with wooden pegs and set in iron footings crafted by North Fork blacksmith Ira Houseweart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/27938251-a25c-450a-adfa-552f3c2ba8d9/277550652_10220879931564587_4178604138211081871_n.jpg Our Blog - Good Things Growing at Equity Garden - Pitch In Here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/a6d54b7f-ae19-426b-97da-a7b5c324811d/277580509_10220885790711062_3572551767013564835_n.jpg Our Blog - Good Things Growing at Equity Garden - Ready for 2022 Season! This season we are also welcoming our first crop of aspiring farmers on our incubator plots, and we have started seeds in the greenhouse for our Equity Garden to support area food-sharing efforts. Plant starts will also be available for any of our “giving gardeners” who agree to grow and harvest a little extra for food-sharing as part of our Plant-a-Row project. Folks who are interested can email Elizabeth@colofarmfood.org to sign up! Also, we will be planting more native perennial, heritage southwest and other demonstration gardens at the site and preparing for the other planned features including an outdoor kitchen and traditional southwestern horno oven, all-accessible raised garden beds, and other outdoor learning spaces. We hope to have much of this happening, installed or in-the-works by this Fall, when we will be hosting another series of workshops. So again thank you for your support of this project space, and for your support of the Colorado Farm & Food Alliance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1648936693767-1ZU8XGHQ6DCOD30OTC5O/IncubatorDesign.jpg Our Blog - Good Things Growing at Equity Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1648936689327-DMPUGHSK4E2XXMRRT88X/277529917_10220875537814746_3934255356943829081_n.jpg Our Blog - Good Things Growing at Equity Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1648936690616-JNIQWNWKJTY2UICAP87S/277370272_10220875536894723_6615273707489429363_n.jpg Our Blog - Good Things Growing at Equity Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1648936692075-ZD5S137MGSUX75SZ99PA/277551166_10220875537174730_592008508656784148_n.jpg Our Blog - Good Things Growing at Equity Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1648936693468-GH7CMX1LK0AYKNYCU7O0/277442745_10220875538694768_459713957675139493_n.jpg Our Blog - Good Things Growing at Equity Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1648936694754-K65JZV150FXOJGM53HDZ/277534069_10220879763360382_6025347593162017894_n.jpg Our Blog - Good Things Growing at Equity Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1648936694907-K99RW3SJ3RG0GL5D5O0K/277560764_10220879778320756_8727009050376774311_n.jpg Our Blog - Good Things Growing at Equity Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1648936764341-Z28HKC54YNP286XKW1BJ/jgf.dft.jpg Our Blog - Good Things Growing at Equity Garden https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/from-beaver-believers-to-beaver-deceivers-an-introduction-to-what-could-be-our-best-weapon-against-climate-change monthly 0.5 2022-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/7b6a947c-44ee-4ee3-a954-ba0252875dc9/IMG_20210825_190721359_HDR.jpg Our Blog - From Beaver Believers to Beaver Deceivers: An Introduction to What Could Be Our Best Weapon Against Climate Change - Make it stand out Beaver lodge/pond (credit Aaron Hall) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1642716997457-P4I65Z6WGB58XBBX28V1/QL9A8433.JPG Our Blog - From Beaver Believers to Beaver Deceivers: An Introduction to What Could Be Our Best Weapon Against Climate Change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1642717010126-V5TV0OWHLNWUWVC4180N/IMG_20190807_070457121.jpg Our Blog - From Beaver Believers to Beaver Deceivers: An Introduction to What Could Be Our Best Weapon Against Climate Change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/63b1c401-0d66-40f2-b62a-36ac02bf1830/QL9A8620.JPG Our Blog - From Beaver Believers to Beaver Deceivers: An Introduction to What Could Be Our Best Weapon Against Climate Change - Make it stand out Beaver close-up (credit Chris Canipe) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1642716735274-3XMG6MGR29Z0DH2VXYVV/IMG_20190830_140846684_HDR.jpg Our Blog - From Beaver Believers to Beaver Deceivers: An Introduction to What Could Be Our Best Weapon Against Climate Change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1642716742388-ZONKY1PP65G9NRHKF88X/Rush+CO+beaver+dam+Fall+2019.jpeg Our Blog - From Beaver Believers to Beaver Deceivers: An Introduction to What Could Be Our Best Weapon Against Climate Change https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/colorados-west-slope-at-ground-zero-the-climate-emergency-in-the-gunnison-basin monthly 0.5 2021-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/a2e03bb8-737b-4554-b7e0-51b1a9ee7b91/unnamed.png Our Blog - Colorado’s West Slope at Ground Zero: The Climate Emergency in the Gunnison Basin - Make it stand out Image: Decline in historic late-season snowpack levels is just one way precipitation patterns are shifting. Climate change can bring both drought and flooding, with storm events becoming less frequent but sometimes more violent and intense. 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They distribute food every Tuesday from 2-4 PM. The Somerset Food Bank is one of three facilities that the Colorado Farm & Food Alliance’s Plant A Row program is honored to serve this season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/25c260ab-e3da-43f3-abd8-6f7e57eac5c0/PARPaonia.jpg Our Blog - Food Sovereignty - Paonia Food Pantry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1628868520858-WIBG626PUNUFU1O0203U/PARDelta.jpg Our Blog - Food Sovereignty - Delta Food Pantry Our third partnership is with the Delta Food Pantry that operates out of St Michaels Catholic Church. The pantry offers distribution Monday-Friday from 10:30-11:30 AM. It is run by a dedicated group of volunteers who always admire the tomatoes and cucumbers that the Plant a Row project provides. We have been working with the Delta Food Pantry for two seasons now and are impressed by their dedication, and know that they offer a vital service for many families in Delta County. https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/public-lands-water-supplies-and-centering-rural-voices-in-the-energy-transition monthly 0.5 2021-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1626894639634-ZJW19BK8ZJT4LK7J1NMJ/NFV.jpg Our Blog - Public Lands, Water Supplies and Centering Rural Voices in the Energy Transition - Make it stand out The North Fork Valley from a recent EcoFlight. Picture by Western Slope Conservation Center. https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/the-climate-emergency-is-here-urgent-and-unprecedented-action-is-now-an-imperative monthly 0.5 2021-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1625761319644-1DEWOURJAB219Q0N35J4/51296914753_483b72cbc6_o.jpg Our Blog - The Climate Emergency is Here - Urgent and Unprecedented Action is Now an Imperative - Make it stand out Agriculture in the U.S. Southwest is at high risk from the impacts of climate change. EcoFlight photo of the North Fork Valley by the Western Slope Conservation Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1625759955921-BG2XPYOS7LDU1KTUOMKP/pasted+image+0.png Our Blog - The Climate Emergency is Here - Urgent and Unprecedented Action is Now an Imperative - Make it stand out The Gunnison Basin is facing a climate emergency, putting our farm and food systems at severe risk. This map shows the warming that has already occurred in this Gunnison watershed since 1895. It is from our upcoming report on climate change in the region and some steps to take to avert worsening harm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1625761133482-Y1UMHC1C7Z75TKA87777/pasted+image+0+%281%29.png Our Blog - The Climate Emergency is Here - Urgent and Unprecedented Action is Now an Imperative - Make it stand out Wildfire season is becoming longer and worse across the West as the twin effects of heat and drought but more forests and grasslands at risk. This map from our up-coming report depicts the changing patterns of fire on the Western Slope since 1933. https://www.colofarmfood.org/blog/help-grow-our-equity-garden-incubator-plot monthly 0.5 2021-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1624739650173-6A05RGN0RT4FZSZEIRWV/received_1184512961961212.jpeg Our Blog - Help Grow Our Equity Garden Incubator Plot! - Make it stand out We can’t promise that you’ll have this much fun, but we are going to do our best. We can only provide healthy food, workshops and demonstrations, and community space because people like you pitch in. Will you help us? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1624739385232-68UI0V3B0Q5WL7QMLYEI/-347870976309693165.jpg Our Blog - Help Grow Our Equity Garden Incubator Plot! - Meet Anne Lee! We are excited to introduce Anne Lee Foster as our Garden & Volunteer Coordinator. She’ll be helping with all things at the Equity Garden Incubator Plot! Come say hi and give her a warm welcome on Wednesdays at the Equity Garden Incubator Plot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1624738001474-1R8309P49IGV5DGWXOEB/IMG_3832.jpg Our Blog - Help Grow Our Equity Garden Incubator Plot! - Make it stand out We couldn’t do it without your help! 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1614118247913-N63UL7HZSZU9EINJ8YCD/23331352_750090041858702_1755633032758278862_o.jpg Home - Supporting Prosperous Farms, Healthy Lands, and Food Security The Colorado Farm & Food Alliance envisions a Colorado where healthy and prosperous farms support secure and equitable food systems and resilient rural communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1614118426767-6IG9QQWYNJTTB3K0Q2A5/4Z9A95484Z9A9548.jpg Home - Our Work The Colorado Farm & Food Alliance works to educate about Colorado’s agricultural lands and legacy and to provide a platform for rural leadership and engagement in support of secure, equitable, and resilient farms, food systems and communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1626894523879-2ICXJTYCV4E4F9HGBAHP/NFV.jpg Home https://www.colofarmfood.org/contact-us daily 0.75 2025-02-05 https://www.colofarmfood.org/get-involved 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Since then we have broadened our work to developing rural leadership and networks that support equitable and resilient food systems, and which promote the healthy lands and watersheds that secure them. The Colorado Farm & Food Alliance welcomes participation from a range of organizations, individuals, and businesses on our various projects. Please contact us to get involved! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1613172700122-5E6GUDET8JFZ17GQCSFY/49614898591_d80e4b0012_o.jpg Our Work - The Colorado Farm & Food Alliance vision is of a state where a healthy food system supports resilient communities that are economically secure, socially equitable, and ecologically sustainable. The Colorado Farm & Food Alliance believes that local food security means addressing long-term sustainability issues like climate change, fostering rural prosperity and fairness, and sharing hands-on skills that help communities bring ideas to fruition. Our theory of change embraces the metamorphic nature of transformation drawing from the analogy of the butterfly, follows a grounded practice of community organizing, and seeks the humble effectiveness of quiet leadership. Lasting change requires dissolution of old patterns, cultivation of new possibilities, and emergence of something fundamentally different. The Colorado Farm & Food Alliance’s approach recognizes three integrated phases, invests in local partnerships and leaders, and manifests as a collective capacity to adapt, learn, and evolve—much like a butterfly emerges with new capacities to navigate toward what it needs to flourish. https://www.colofarmfood.org/climate-conservation daily 0.75 2025-01-30 https://www.colofarmfood.org/climate-action-from-farm-to-table daily 0.75 2021-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1613692590629-F5S2GT4AW8NFBT3PSEWO/52694950_1059693604231676_4238793779512868864_o.jpg Climate Action from Farm to Table https://www.colofarmfood.org/rural-advocacy daily 0.75 2025-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1655315993561-QOMZ6CMIS9R9OGHQRT5X/unnamed-4.jpg Rural Advocacy & Community Leadership https://www.colofarmfood.org/who-we-are-2 daily 0.75 2025-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/223a0b97-cc03-4099-a3d9-9f53b10c76fa/IMG_2C44FF8CA105-1.jpeg Who We Are - Sarsa Buck | Mountain Roots Healthy Futures AmeriCorps at the Colorado Farm & Food Alliance Sarsa joins our team to support our programming to boost small farm and food system health and well-being in the North Fork Valley. In Paonia for a year before she accepted this service position, Sarsa is excited about the sense of community she finds here, and is ready to keep making a positive impact on the lives of others. Sarsa has her permaculture design certification specializing in high-altitude practices and completed an apprenticing through the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute (CRMPI), She is helping CO Farm & Food Alliance learn from farmers about improving ease of production, beneficial practices, and local food-security. Sarsa is committed to using her ongoing learning to support local farmers and contribute to the development of sustainable food systems. Contact sarsa@colofarmfood.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/99efb26e-3be7-45fd-bba0-506679dc283a/-fgw8zh.jpg Who We Are - Pete Kolbenschlag | Director As a twenty-five year resident of the Western Slope and a committed front-line rural organizer it was only a matter of time before Pete found himself working at the intersection of agriculture, conservation, and small town economies. After working for a statewide environmental group for a decade, and as a consultant on a range of public lands, climate and other campaigns, he helped found the Colorado Farm and Food Alliance in 2015. Activism, a livable climate and healthy environment, and good local food are all things Pete loves, so he is honored to serve as director. Contact: pete@colofarmfood.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1614114391559-KXKGOSDYI2XD7601HOWW/Lauren+photo.jpg Who We Are - Lauren Traylor | Secure Foodsheds Manager Lauren’s first garden consisted of tomatoes and peppers that she grew in containers on her family's back porch in high school. Since then, she has explored many different facets of land management and food production, including rotational grazing and silviculture, urban gardening, wild-harvested seaweed, and monitoring ecological health on public lands. Her vision for a better food system contains elements of all these land management styles (and more!). Now she works to facilitate secure food systems through creating connections, developing reports, sharing information, and supporting local leaders. Contact: lauren@colofarmfood.org https://www.colofarmfood.org/take-action-resilient-secure-foodsheds daily 0.75 2024-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1612994462587-02D5A9LQL4O1M9OXO8DS/harvest.table_.jpg Take Action: Resilient & Secure Foodsheds - Get On the Map If you are part of an organization that works with local farms, nutrition programs or food systems… Or if you have a local food market or farm-stand, café that features local ingredients, a winery, brewery or other business… You may belong on our Local Food Action Maps, and we want to hear from you. We have a quick form where you can leave your information so we can consider adding it when we update our map. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1612994285884-Z9FYEFUYZZ88OOZCQSSS/49624356176_ec0603ddb0_o.jpg Take Action: Resilient & Secure Foodsheds - Let Us Know What Matters to You Help us learn more about your interest in local food systems, farms, conservation and climate action - Take this quick survey so we can support your farm or business and further our mission to enhance regional food security, rural prosperity, conservation and climate action. https://www.colofarmfood.org/take-action-rural-advocacy daily 0.75 2024-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/0c4ca42e-6294-47c2-af2d-9ae8c41d13c7/20200926_165838.jpg Take Action: Rural Advocacy & Leadership - Conservation Advocacy & Environmental Defense From our inception, the Colorado Farm & Food Alliance has worked to engage rural communities and farm and food leaders in taking action to defend the public lands and watershed areas of Western Colorado. Healthy Lands & Clean Water Protect Colorado’s Farms, Food and Drink! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/4d253e2e-21ba-4790-aacd-acce96f3c97c/IMG_8327.jpg Take Action: Rural Advocacy & Leadership - Leaders’ Teams We are looking for a few folks with a few hours a month to spend helping us re-imagine how Colorado Farm & Food Alliance projects and programming can best meet support our vision and better serve the community, https://www.colofarmfood.org/take-action-climate-action-conservation-advocacy daily 0.75 2024-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1614644397147-RHA25RNXRWASXXHJTBXO/50361721076_2c86f7175d_o.jpg Take Action: Climate Action & Conservation Advocacy - Act on Climate We are collecting “signatures” on our on-line Petition for Climate Action. This support statement is an affirmation of the importance of agriculture and that you want our elected leaders to act to address the climate crisis which threatens our food security. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/90fd62c7-85a0-417e-9fad-471d6d0c3920/Rig+To+Flip+Upstream+of+Gateway.JPG Take Action: Climate Action & Conservation Advocacy - Make Your Voice Heard Protecting public lands as a strategy to address climate change, as well as for safeguarding habitat and biodiversity and healthy rivers, is supported by conservation science. Western Colorado has important public lands—like the Dolores River canyons and in headwaters to the North Fork and Gunnison rivers, that deserve landscape-level visions and forward-looking management. 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Valley Organic Growers Association directory shows member farms, markets, cottage foods and allied organizations. Farmingwork.com offers a jobs board for agricultural work if you or someone you know is looking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/cf05c97e-1f86-4548-b256-2dc4c2fdd42e/image.jpg Helpful Links & Information - Information for farmers, growers and gardeners in the area Soil Health, Food and Farm Forum. January, Montrose, CO. - Annual forum hosted by Valley Food Partnership for anyone with an interest in the future of agriculture, with resources, networking opportunities and great speakers on timely topics. Tri River Area CSU Extension provides a wealth of information, education and resources to Delta, Mesa, Montrose, and Ouray Counties. Includes links to gardening, food/health, ag and land, insects, etc. Delta County Extension Office, 525 Dodge St, Delta, CO. (970) 874-2195 - Drop by to learn about resources available. CO State Forest Service Planting Guide Growing Great Trees: a How-To Video series. Online Gardening Classes from CSU Extension FREE for the public; registration is required. Water Wise Landscaping Includes list of native plants and other resources to incorporate better water management into your landscaping. CSU and CU Extension Small-acreage Land Stewardship online program The Land Stewardship badge program includes 7 courses. This program has been specifically developed for the Colorado-arid west soil and climatic conditions, providing the learner with more localized land strategies.. Sunshine Mesa Farm’s guide to “Making Laying Hens A Successful and Profitable Part of your Farm” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fff4ce21ff95765118e4061/1708727724025-5W8BUBNWFH4MNYKP6DV1/deer+tree.jpg Helpful Links & Information - Local events and business directories North Fork Valley Chamber of Commerce is an association of organizations and businesses mostly based in the towns and surroundings of Paonia, Hotchkiss and Crawford, Colorado. North Fork Valley Business Directory (searchable) maintained by the NFV Chamber of Commerce Delta County Events maintained by the Delta Chamber of Commerce Delta Chamber of Commerce website with information about City of Delta organizations and businesses. 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January, Montrose, CO. - Annual forum hosted by Valley Food Partnership for anyone with an interest in the future of agriculture, with resources, networking opportunities and great speakers on timely topics. Tri River Area CSU Extension provides a wealth of information, education and resources to Delta, Mesa, Montrose, and Ouray Counties. Includes links to gardening, food/health, ag and land, insects, etc. Delta County Extension Office, 525 Dodge St, Delta, CO. (970) 874-2195 - Drop by to learn about resources available. CO State Forest Service Planting Guide Growing Great Trees: a How-To Video series. Online Gardening Classes from CSU Extension FREE for the public; registration is required. Water Wise Landscaping Includes list of native plants and other resources to incorporate better water management into your landscaping. CSU and CU Extension Small-acreage Land Stewardship online program The Land Stewardship badge program includes 7 courses. 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North Fork Valley Business Directory (searchable) maintained by the NFV Chamber of Commerce Delta County Events maintained by the Delta Chamber of Commerce Delta Chamber of Commerce website with information about City of Delta organizations and businesses. 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We are currently mapping Foodsheds in the Gunnison River, the Dolores River, and the Central Colorado River basins. We also provide links to similar maps provided by other organizations covering other parts of Colorado. https://www.colofarmfood.org/local-food-action-maps/gunnison-river-basin monthly 0.5 2022-01-19 https://www.colofarmfood.org/local-food-action-maps/central-colorado-river-basin monthly 0.5 2021-06-01 https://www.colofarmfood.org/local-food-action-maps/dolores-river-basin monthly 0.5 2022-03-02