About Us
“Cultivating climate and conservation action from farm to table”
The Colorado Farm & Food Alliance networks family farms, winemakers, brewers, food producers, chefs, and restaurateurs to cultivate and strengthen the local food movement, support sustainable rural communities, and provide a platform for effective climate and conservation advocacy.
The Colorado Farm & Food Alliance provides information about Colorado agriculture and food economies and highlights the nexus between securing those values and implementing sound land use, energy, conservation and climate policy.
We welcome participation from a range of organizations, individuals and businesses on our various projects. Read more here.
Statement of Purpose
“Healthy lands and clean water protect Colorado’s farms, food, and drink. “
Strengthening local food systems means safeguarding the health of the land and supply of clean water and addressing long-term sustainability issues like climate change.
Our partners and supporters are businesses and associations, family farms and markets, local restaurants and producers, rural food and economic groups, and others that understand protecting Colorado’s environment protects our family farm and local food economy.
We seek to strengthen Colorado’s local food movement, and to connect its rural and urban communities from “farm to table.” We seek to cultivate climate and conservation action and to bring wholesome, locally sourced food and drink to Coloradans across the state.
Colorado Farm & Food Alliance
“Eat Local ~ Think Global ~ Act Now”
Make a contribution to Colorado’s sustainable farm and food future.
Our combined voice can support our local farm and food economy, amplify and support climate action, and help ensure that clean water and healthy land are made a priority when managing for oil and gas development in Colorado so that our farmlands and clean water are not harmed.
-Mike King, Revolution Brewing
Farm to School: Parents Dig It!
HEALTHY CHILDREN ARE BETTER LEARNERS Parents understand that healthy food choices are fundamentally important for growing kids. We know this on a common-sense level, and the data backs it up. “Research suggests that students’ health and learning are inextricably...
Farm to School: Kids Dig It!
Mountain Roots Farm to School program uses hands-on experiences to teach students about nutrition, science, math, and ecology
This is the first story in a six-part series called “Dig It” that will take a closer look at Mountain Roots’ Farm to School Program and its impact on the Gunnison Valley community. Mountain Roots is a local nonprofit dedicated to creating a sustainable and resilient local food system. Through education and production, Mountain Roots strives to connect people to food, earth and the community.
By Cassie Pence
Lillian Brodie, 11, is standing behind baskets of fresh vegetables underneath a tent at the Four Way in Crested Butte. It’s the final day of Mountain Roots’ weeklong Farm to Table camp and she’s selling the produce. Having harvested the veggies herself from one of Mountain Roots’ six community gardens, with great pride Lillian describes each one to a customer.
“We have beets, onions, carrots, plain lettuce mix and spicy lettuce mix. This is great cilantro. This is fresh broccoli, not store bought. And we have peach mint jam … and it’s sooo good,” she beams.
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