CO Farm & Food Alliance 🚜
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We work to secure local food networks and resilient family farms, to strengthen rural community, and to serve climate action and conservation advocacy from farm to table - in the Gunnison River basin, W.Colo, and beyond.
We work to secure local food networks and resilient family farms, to strengthen rural community, and to serve climate action and conservation advocacy from farm to table - in the Gunnison River basin, W.Colo, and beyond.
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Thank you @bennet.senate.gov @senatorhick.govpeeps.us and #JeffHurd for showing how to work together.
#PublicLands are at heart of western Colorado's rural communities which is why #GORPact has broad, deep and bipartisan support-from counties, biz, local govts, stakeholders, citizens...
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#PublicLands are at heart of western Colorado's rural communities which is why #GORPact has broad, deep and bipartisan support-from counties, biz, local govts, stakeholders, citizens...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Thank you @bennet.senate.gov @senatorhick.govpeeps.us and #JeffHurd for showing how to work together.
#PublicLands are at heart of western Colorado's rural communities which is why #GORPact has broad, deep and bipartisan support-from counties, biz, local govts, stakeholders, citizens...
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#PublicLands are at heart of western Colorado's rural communities which is why #GORPact has broad, deep and bipartisan support-from counties, biz, local govts, stakeholders, citizens...
#copolitics
October 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Colorado needs federal representatives willing to put people above party and principle above politics.
SNAP helps Coloradans - from farmers to families - and shows that we value putting community before culture wars.
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SNAP helps Coloradans - from farmers to families - and shows that we value putting community before culture wars.
#copolitics
Colorado food banks plead for help as federal food assistance is cut off coloradosun.com/2025/10/22/s... #copolitics
Colorado food banks plead for help as federal food assistance is cut off
Food pantries across the state posted urgent messages for extra donations, volunteers as 600,000 Coloradans stand to lose benefits
coloradosun.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Colorado needs federal representatives willing to put people above party and principle above politics.
SNAP helps Coloradans - from farmers to families - and shows that we value putting community before culture wars.
#copolitics
SNAP helps Coloradans - from farmers to families - and shows that we value putting community before culture wars.
#copolitics
Food insecurity touches all our communities and too many of our neighbors.
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Senator Bennet, local food banks, discuss needs during government shutdown
Food banks across the state are feeling a strain because of the shutdown. They say they are seeing a surge in demand because furloughed federal employees are coming to them for help.
www.koaa.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Food insecurity touches all our communities and too many of our neighbors.
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An unarmed veteran was attacked from behind, sustaining injuries and being dragged into a Portland ice building.
August 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
An unarmed veteran was attacked from behind, sustaining injuries and being dragged into a Portland ice building.
Our latest blog explores the century long relationship between forests, public lands conservation, and western Colorado farms - And how this legacy is strengthened by the #GORP Act.
@bennet.senate.gov @senatorhick.govpeeps.us
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#copolitics
@bennet.senate.gov @senatorhick.govpeeps.us
www.colofarmfood.org/blog/history...
#copolitics
Why Public Lands Matter: A History of Stewardship and Use Rooted in Rural Colorado — Colorado Farm & Food Alliance
At the start of the 20th Century, early Forest Service surveys stressed that healthy forests protect soil and replenish water, directly supporting rural economies. For generations, the public lands su...
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August 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Our latest blog explores the century long relationship between forests, public lands conservation, and western Colorado farms - And how this legacy is strengthened by the #GORP Act.
@bennet.senate.gov @senatorhick.govpeeps.us
www.colofarmfood.org/blog/history...
#copolitics
@bennet.senate.gov @senatorhick.govpeeps.us
www.colofarmfood.org/blog/history...
#copolitics
Thank you to everyone who came out for our Open House to visit the garden and our new office location.
From all of us at CO Farm and Food Alliance.
From all of us at CO Farm and Food Alliance.
August 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Thank you to everyone who came out for our Open House to visit the garden and our new office location.
From all of us at CO Farm and Food Alliance.
From all of us at CO Farm and Food Alliance.
West Elk AVA Storm Cellars award-winning wines rely on the North Fork Valley's unique microclimates that keep vineyards both warm and cool above 6,000'
www.gjsentinel.com/news/western...
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Gold medal wines for Hotchkiss winery
When people think of wine, California’s Napa Valle, France or Italy might be the first thing that comes to mind. Though these places are rightfully famous for wine, different locales
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August 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
West Elk AVA Storm Cellars award-winning wines rely on the North Fork Valley's unique microclimates that keep vineyards both warm and cool above 6,000'
www.gjsentinel.com/news/western...
www.gjsentinel.com/news/western...
July 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Benefits for Colorado, blow to department workforce foreseen in USDA relocation
Ft Collins designated 1 of 5 regional hubs to take on additional staff
coloradonewsline.com/2025/07/30/u...
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Ft Collins designated 1 of 5 regional hubs to take on additional staff
coloradonewsline.com/2025/07/30/u...
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Benefits for Colorado, blow to department workforce foreseen in USDA relocation | Colorado Newsline
The USDA plans to relocate thousands of D.C.-based employees to five regional hubs including Fort Collins in Colorado.
coloradonewsline.com
July 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Benefits for Colorado, blow to department workforce foreseen in USDA relocation
Ft Collins designated 1 of 5 regional hubs to take on additional staff
coloradonewsline.com/2025/07/30/u...
#copolitics
Ft Collins designated 1 of 5 regional hubs to take on additional staff
coloradonewsline.com/2025/07/30/u...
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Our July Bulletin is out with midsummer updates, 8/6 open house, and more!
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JULY BULLETIN 🌽🍷☀
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July 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Our July Bulletin is out with midsummer updates, 8/6 open house, and more!
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The impacts from climate change that threaten our food supply are not diminished by the willful and self-serving ignorance of politicians.
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The climate threat no one’s talking about? Our FOOD
YouTube video by MSNBC
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July 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The impacts from climate change that threaten our food supply are not diminished by the willful and self-serving ignorance of politicians.
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"This is very detrimental to the coalition and to really the long-standing tradition of how [the #FarmBill] gets enacted and gets done,” said Pete Kolbenschlag, executive director of ColoFarmFood.org.
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July 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"This is very detrimental to the coalition and to really the long-standing tradition of how [the #FarmBill] gets enacted and gets done,” said Pete Kolbenschlag, executive director of ColoFarmFood.org.
#copolitics
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Well, we're all moved into our new office at Arbol Farm right next to our Regenerative Gardens and Classroom.
Each Wednesday, we have a Community Night when the most awesome of people come help make our gardens grown, bloom and yield.
Thank you, volunteers, and we hope to see everyone soon.
Each Wednesday, we have a Community Night when the most awesome of people come help make our gardens grown, bloom and yield.
Thank you, volunteers, and we hope to see everyone soon.
July 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Well, we're all moved into our new office at Arbol Farm right next to our Regenerative Gardens and Classroom.
Each Wednesday, we have a Community Night when the most awesome of people come help make our gardens grown, bloom and yield.
Thank you, volunteers, and we hope to see everyone soon.
Each Wednesday, we have a Community Night when the most awesome of people come help make our gardens grown, bloom and yield.
Thank you, volunteers, and we hope to see everyone soon.
The median farm size in Colorado is 75 acres. The largest number of farms are between 10 - 50 acres, almost 2/3 of Colo farms are under 180 acres.
How will 'automation' work on small-acreage multi-crop market farms? Who will pay to automate Colorado's small-acreage farms and ranches?
#copolitics
How will 'automation' work on small-acreage multi-crop market farms? Who will pay to automate Colorado's small-acreage farms and ranches?
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Brooke Rollins on farm laborers: "There will be no amnesty. The mass deportations continue, but in a strategic way. And we move the workforce toward automation and 100% American participation, which with 34 million able-bodied on Medicaid we should be able to do fairly quickly."
July 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The median farm size in Colorado is 75 acres. The largest number of farms are between 10 - 50 acres, almost 2/3 of Colo farms are under 180 acres.
How will 'automation' work on small-acreage multi-crop market farms? Who will pay to automate Colorado's small-acreage farms and ranches?
#copolitics
How will 'automation' work on small-acreage multi-crop market farms? Who will pay to automate Colorado's small-acreage farms and ranches?
#copolitics
Brooke Rollins on farm laborers: "There will be no amnesty. The mass deportations continue, but in a strategic way. And we move the workforce toward automation and 100% American participation, which with 34 million able-bodied on Medicaid we should be able to do fairly quickly."
July 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
We are deeply concerned that the cuts to rural healthcare which most analysts warn are now coming with the passage of reconciliation law will greatly exacerbate an already crisis-level emergency in rural behavioral health.
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Research: Suicide Rates Remain Higher in Rural Areas | The Daily Yonder
A new study has found that suicide rates in rural communities continues to be higher than those in urban areas, largely due to challenges with accessing
dailyyonder.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We are deeply concerned that the cuts to rural healthcare which most analysts warn are now coming with the passage of reconciliation law will greatly exacerbate an already crisis-level emergency in rural behavioral health.
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Budget Bill bad for Colorado farms and food security.
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Release: Congress Sends Reconciliation Bill to President's Desk, Cannibalizing American Food and Farm System - National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mike Lavender National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition [email protected] Tel. 734.417.8710 Release: Congress Sends Reconciliation Bill to President...
sustainableagriculture.net
July 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Budget Bill bad for Colorado farms and food security.
#copolitics
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June is National Pollinator Month - but all summer and fall is a great time to be thinking about how you can boost the health of these critical helpers.
#copolitics #coleg
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July 1, 2025 at 12:19 AM
June is National Pollinator Month - but all summer and fall is a great time to be thinking about how you can boost the health of these critical helpers.
#copolitics #coleg
#copolitics #coleg
Report: Pause to Land Conservation Programs Funding from #USDA Could Kill Momentum
Study showed that even a relatively brief pause in funding provided by Biden-era IRA legislation could push many farmers out of these conservation efforts entirely.
dailyyonder.com/report-a-pau...
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Study showed that even a relatively brief pause in funding provided by Biden-era IRA legislation could push many farmers out of these conservation efforts entirely.
dailyyonder.com/report-a-pau...
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Report: A Pause to Land Conservation Programs Funding from USDA Could Kill Their Momentum | The Daily Yonder
Enrollment rates for two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation programs spiked after the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) allocated billions of
dailyyonder.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Report: Pause to Land Conservation Programs Funding from #USDA Could Kill Momentum
Study showed that even a relatively brief pause in funding provided by Biden-era IRA legislation could push many farmers out of these conservation efforts entirely.
dailyyonder.com/report-a-pau...
#copolitics
Study showed that even a relatively brief pause in funding provided by Biden-era IRA legislation could push many farmers out of these conservation efforts entirely.
dailyyonder.com/report-a-pau...
#copolitics
Congress should increase, not shrink, federal funding to help put #rural communities in control of our own #energy future.
#copolitics #agrivoltaics #IRA
@bennet.senate.gov @senatorhick.govpeeps.us
#jeffhurd
www.aspenpublicradio.org/environment/...
#copolitics #agrivoltaics #IRA
@bennet.senate.gov @senatorhick.govpeeps.us
#jeffhurd
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Solar panels could help make farms more resilient to climate change, but they need cash to make it work
Federal money for solar projects, especially for smaller rural farms, could be at risk as Congress attempts to pass a federal budget through reconciliation. Small farms in the Mountain West could lose...
www.aspenpublicradio.org
June 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Congress should increase, not shrink, federal funding to help put #rural communities in control of our own #energy future.
#copolitics #agrivoltaics #IRA
@bennet.senate.gov @senatorhick.govpeeps.us
#jeffhurd
www.aspenpublicradio.org/environment/...
#copolitics #agrivoltaics #IRA
@bennet.senate.gov @senatorhick.govpeeps.us
#jeffhurd
www.aspenpublicradio.org/environment/...
Our latest blog is an update from Miraposa Ascendente- our Regenerative Gardens and Classroom at Arbol Farm. #Paonia
www.colofarmfood.org/blog/welcome...
www.colofarmfood.org/blog/welcome...
Welcome Amber and a Mariposa Ascendente 2025 spring update! — Colorado Farm & Food Alliance
Amber Van Cleave is now working to care for the garden with Sarsa, read about her springtime adventures, and join us for evenings in the garden this summer on Wednesdays from 5 to 7:30 PM.
www.colofarmfood.org
June 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Our latest blog is an update from Miraposa Ascendente- our Regenerative Gardens and Classroom at Arbol Farm. #Paonia
www.colofarmfood.org/blog/welcome...
www.colofarmfood.org/blog/welcome...