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...
Nurturing the local food economy to strengthen food security, address hunger, and build more resilient communities. Volunteers Needed! Are you or your school, church or community group looking for a way to help your neighbors at this time? We need your help getting...
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...
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...
FROM NEWS RELEASE – JUNE 28, 2019 BLM Moves to Open North Fork Valley to Fracking and Oil and Gas Development NORTH FORK VALLEY, CO. – ‘Unsurprised and undefeated’ is how many in this rural valley are describing their reaction to the announcement by...
A Letter to the BLM: North Fork Video Comment to the Bureau of Land Management Internet clip from Colorado farmer on potential oil and gas leasing and development near his family’s farm in 2012. That lease sale was eventually deferred an the local BLM is...
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...
Nurturing the local food economy to strengthen food security, address hunger, and build more resilient communities. Volunteer Volunteers Needed! Are you or your school, church or community group looking for a way to help your neighbors at this time? We need your help...
Brainstorming Brunch – Rapid Prototyping Rural Prosperity Too often when media get a story frame into their heads, it’s hard to shake. The so-called ‘rural divide’ that we often read about, is one such frame. It’s a cliche, now, the rural diner...
North Fork Community Fair Brings Full Day of Musical Talent and Fun to Paonia Town Park Stage! Ky Burt’s debut full-length studio album, The Sky In Between (Release date: April 5th, 2019) features ten richly crafted songs rooted in the sounds and settings of the...
