Support local agriculture during National Ag Week by visiting one of these great restaurants that buy local and who are running specials, highlighting local products and promoting agriculture: Bamboo Market Big House Burgers Cottonwood Grill Creekside Cafe Johnny B Good’s Diner La Montana Lil’ House Biscuits & Coffee Mambo Italiano Mazzola’s Ore House at Pine [...]
Easy, local food solution
February 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Check out the Yampa Valley Co-Operative The on-line local foods marketplace whose primary goal is to “bring fresh, healthy, locally grown food and products to consumers in a cost effective and easy manner” $10 membership to buy local and no cost for producers! 2 easy pickup locations (Oak Creek, Steamboat) Eggs, produce, meat, bread, coffee, [...]
Local Food Movement in Motion
February 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
At our monthly community meeting yesterday, Karen Massey of the Routt County Extension Office for CSU and Barb Parnell of LiveWell Colorado presented the findings from the LiveWell Food Assessment survey. There are some surprising statistics in this study, you can find a copy of the assessment and the powerpoint presentation below. LiveWell Food Assessment [...]
Have you been following? Water Educational Series:
October 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In case you’ve been gone all summer, or have missed these great articles, Lyn Halliday of Environmental Solutions LLC has been authoring an excellent column on Water Education for the Steamboat Pilot and Today. Sept 4: Use a High Efficiency dishwasher to save on water Aug 28: Be Smart when cleaning Hardscapes Aug 22: Washing [...]
Winterize your garden with TwinGro!
October 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
If you haven’t ordered some already, you can pick up a small load of TwinGro compost (locally-formulated with local ingredients!) at the Community Recycles Drop-Off Day tomorrow! TwinGro Compost will be for sale, dirt cheap, so bring a bucket to capture some of this brown gold for mixing into your garden’s soil through winter; it’ll [...]
Drought brings Ag needs to forefront
July 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Colorado State University Extension office Agent for Agriculture, Todd Hagenbuch, brought some very important agriculture needs to the forefront at our July community meeting last week… info we can’t help but continue to share. Even with the rains we’ve been getting, the Yampa Valley is in full throngs of the decade’s drought. Local media focus [...]
Fort Collins CSA call-out bring fresh veg to Steamboat
July 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Fossil Creek CSA out of Fort Collins is seeking six more members in the Steamboat Springs area to cover their costs to bring fresh vegetables to the area. Learn more about Fossil Creek (USDA Organic) farm here http://www.fossilcreekfarmsllc.com/ Food is delivered to a downtown location weekly through October. There is no “work-share” requirement for Steamboat [...]
2009 July – Sept Talking Green Topics
June 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
July 8 2009- Insulate Colorado, Homeowner Rebates August 12 2009 – Sustainability of Agriculture Buildings with a site visit to Rocking C Bar Cattle Ranch September 9 2009 – Geothermal and GeoExchange
