by Elizabeth Agee | Oct 28, 2020 | Our Blog
Colorado Farm and Food Alliance’s Plant a Row effort was born in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as a central piece of our Just Good Food project. This project serves to strengthen regional food security through supporting local gardens and small plot production,...
by Elizabeth Agee | Sep 25, 2020 | Our Blog
Fruit gleaning project helps those in need Glean: verb to gather bit by bit, gather (leftover grain or other produce) after a harvest Every year, as summer begins to roll into fall, in rural Colorado valleys like the North Fork, the conversations turn to falling...
by Pete Kolbenschlag | Sep 18, 2020 | Our Blog
Colorado Ag Today is reporting on Senator Bennet’s recent floor speech in which he blasted the acting head of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, William Perry Pendley, for his extremist anti-public lands record. Among the issues that Sen. Bennet raised was...
by Elizabeth Agee | Aug 14, 2020 | Our Blog
Planting gardens isn’t just for Spring! In Colorado, there are three main times to plant vegetables: Cool season crops in early spring to mid May comprise the first planting, warm season crops from mid May to early summer the second and mid July or later for the...
by Elizabeth Agee | May 5, 2020 | Our Blog
Funding Resources and Opportunities for Farmers and Small Businesses There are an abundance of financial resources available to farmers and food-related small businesses in Colorado. Some are offered through federal funding such as U.S. Department of Agriculture...
by Elizabeth Agee | Apr 13, 2020 | Our Blog
Aid for Farmers, Small Businesses, Non-profits, Brewers & Contractors The CARES Act, also known as Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, is a roughly $2 trillion response bill to speed relief across the American Economy in response to the COVID-19...
