farming

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  Fall Brunch at Highwater Farm

  By 1blankuser Published Oct. 15, 2022

  On Saturday October 15th, we will celebrate the end of a very full farming season with our favorite chefs: Tiffany and Joey of The Farmer and Chef Catering! We hope you will join us and other community members for a delicious farm-to-table meal made with produce from our fall harvest.…

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  9th Annual Permaculture Academy

  By 1blankuser Published Aug. 13, 2022

  Do you want to take your permaculture education to the next level?

  Join us for our 9th Permaculture Academy on beautiful Basalt Mountain! This 9-day, 2-course academy is one of the most in-depth Permaculture Programs currently offered anywhere, taught by leading professionals in the field. It’s designed to shorten the…

• Locations: Columns By Geneviève Villamizar Published Mar. 9, 2022

  Branching Out: Striving and stretching

  Courtesy photo

  Grunting, I doubled into the fence stretcher, pulling barb wire taut again. Mouth full of galvanized staples, I spit one out, both hands occupied. Didn’t know how others did it, so I did it my way and may have looked foolish. Working alone for days on end, I could care… read more →

• Locations: News By Raleigh Burleigh Published Nov. 10, 2021

  Robotics meets farming in Silt

  The future of farming? Josh Budka, one of Spring Born’s full-time growers, evaluates the produce with detailed charts. Photo by Raleigh Burleigh.

  On tour with Spring Born Director of Marketing and Sales Danielle Davis, the building is permeated with the dank stench of nutrient-dense peat. The recently-built, 3.5-acre lettuce factory, located in Silt, will deliver year-round, fresh greens that have touched no human hands. “The first time the greens will be… read more →

• Locations: News By Geneviève Villamizar Published Sep. 22, 2021

  ACES redefines farm apprenticeships

  Shannon Hourigan, livestock and land apprentice, speaks during the recent farmer panel at Rock Bottom Ranch. Photo courtesy of the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies.

  The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) at Rock Bottom Ranch (RBR) recently hosted a panel discussion, “So You Think You Want to Be a Farmer?” At a time when the world recognizes agriculture as the greatest contributor to the climate crisis, change in farming is critical. This… read more →

• Locations: Columns, Opinion Published Jun. 23, 2021

  Looking back to when water was plentiful

  David Marston

  By Dave Marston

  During his 50 years in rural western Colorado, Jamie Jacobson has seen a lot of flooding. While caretaking a farm in 1974, Jacobson watched three acres of its riverfront float away. More recently, it’s been drought, and then worse drought.

  Jacobson farms on Lamborn Mesa,…

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