Traducción por Dolores Duarte Los programas de asistencia alimentaria han recorrido un laaaaargo camino, baby. Hoy en día, reconociendo que los déficits alimentarios nos afectan a muchos de nosotros de forma impredecible e incontrolable – ¿COVID, alguien? -, los programas federales y regionales de asistencia nutricional han evolucionado para apoyar a más personas con más […]
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Produciendo alimentos y agricultores
Traducción por Dolores Duarte El pasado mes de marzo, The Sopris Sun lanzó una serie sobre el programa de arrendamiento agrícola de Espacios Abiertos y Senderos (OST) del condado de Pitkin. Al explorar su origen, sus co-creadores, los espacios abiertos, y los titulares de los arrendamientos, The Sun trató de arrojar luz sobre los laboriosos […]
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Food stamps meets farm to table
Food assistance programs have come a lonnnnnng way, Baby. Today, recognizing that food deficits hit many of us in unpredictable and uncontrollable ways—COVID, anyone?—federal and regional nutrition assistance programs have evolved to support more people with more dignity and more agency. Physical paper food stamps, launched in 1939, connected the unemployed and impoverished with vouchers […]
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Open space program produces food and farmers
This past March, The Sopris Sun launched a series on the Pitkin County Open Space and Trails (OST) agriculture lease program. In exploring its genesis, co-creators, open spaces and lease holders, The Sun sought to cast light on the quiet, industrious and enterprising farmers and ranchers “next door.” Fourteen months ago, the inconceivable occurred. A […]
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Branching Out: The heady high of hens
So, COVID has you contemplating chickens? Homebound, several of our friends have taken on a flock and it’s been fun to watch their affection blossom. It was a big step; hens live from five to ten years, so there’s little room for impulsiveness. Still interested? Read on and we’ll share what we’ve learned over the […]
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Fundraising made fun
After a two-year hiatus in fundraising, Basalt Middle School (BMS) is excited to launch a new annual event – and it’s not selling magazines. Digging deep, Principal Jennifer Ellsperman references school values to explain their shift in fundraising efforts. “Fundraisers in the past [entailed] a lot of plastic toys that kids would eventually throw away, […]
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Post-burn, life returns at Hanging Lake
Peak summer heat. Drought and Code Red winds that had brawled with billowing skies of black, gray and amber. Fifty square miles of wildfire shut I-70 down for thirteen days. Between the recent Lake Christine Fire, COVID, global warming and species collapse — the 2020 Grizzly Creek Fire unleashed grief among locals. “That initial helicopter […]
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Bonedale's Environmental Bill of Rights
Of course a town like Carbondale has an Environmental Bill of Rights! (EBOR). But I sure never knew it until I began to volunteer on the Environmental Board last year. Intrigued, I wanted to learn more, so I reached out to my peers in town circles. I discovered “EBOR” to be the heart project of […]
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Shippee Open Space sustains Highland cattle and elk
There’s a precious parcel of land where the Avalanche elk herd can forage in peace, away from shoulder-season recreation on the Crown. It’s sandwiched between two chunks of private Mountain Primal Meat Company acreage. It’s enclosed in a multitude of adjacent conservation easements. It’s Pitkin County’s Shippee Open Space. “This particular ag-land lease was not […]
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Burning out the old, bringing in the new
Burning the land is a spring rite practiced for centuries around the world by the indigenous and attuned peoples of Earth. It perpetuates resilient succession within forests and renewal processes across grasslands. Fire has always been a natural part of evolution, and ancient humans picked up on that. Carbondale is an attuned community. As such, […]