by guest | Jun 15, 2014 | Our Blog
In every way, Big B’s Fabulous Juices is a family business. The organic juice plant was founded more than 40 years ago by Bernie Heideman and his wife, in a historic 110 year-old fruit packing shed along the railroad tracks in Hotchkiss. Under Schwartz family...
by coloradofarm | Jun 11, 2014 | Video
This American Land: North Fork Gas Fight National series visits Colorado’s North Fork valley to talk with local agricultural operators about recent efforts to lease public lands around farms, ranches, towns and water supplies for oil and gas drilling and...
by coloradofarm | Jun 8, 2014 | Video
Ty Gillespie, Azura Cellars & Gallery Winery owner Ty Gillespie talks about the values of place that make agritourism a booming business in western Colorado’s North Fork Valley, and why it makes good economic sense to be smart about where we drill, and why...
by guest | Apr 16, 2014 | Our Blog
Article and Photos by Rita Claggett – excerpted from the NorthForkScrapbook.org It’s a bright day all around. Winter sun shines on fields of snow. Inside Leroux Creek Inn the brilliance is softened by warm tones of adobe and tile, a crackling piñon fire,...
by guest | Apr 2, 2014 | Our Blog
Articles & Photos by Rita Claggett Local Black Sheep an Essential Control in USDA Experiment “So keeping this valley a pristine environment free of any even minor contamination from the drilling chemicals, and the volatiles that are expressed when they put...
by coloradofarm | Mar 30, 2014 | Our Blog
The Colorado Farm & Food Alliance for Resource Balance is a network of Colorado family farms, winemakers, brewers, food producers, and chefs and restaurateurs, who are working together to ensure a balanced approach to energy development that protects our farms,...
