Buena Vista, Colorado – Guidestone, a local non-profit devoted to supporting a sustainable future for the bioregion of the Upper Arkansas River Valley currently has positions open for new board members. In addition, Guidestone is looking for interested participants to serve as advisors and volunteers as the organization will be expanding the scope of its
Posted by: Allison A. The past two weekends here in Buena Vista have marked the long anticipated grand opening of Jumpin’ Good Goat Dairy. As they say on their website, the cheese is, “Made by hand, with love.” And you can clearly tell that this is true by how amazing each variety tastes. The dairy
By: David Lynch Very often, focusing on our “local minds” we lose sight of the impact that state or national legislation may have on our personal lives. Take NAIS for example: even as I write this, the National Animal Identification System is a new regulatory process being implemented by the USDA. What is NAIS? It
By: Sterling Quinton The 20th century advent of industrialized agriculture, commonly known as the Green Revolution, did not bode well for localized farming or those practicing its art. From an apex of 6.8 million practitioners in 1935, which accounted for one third of the jobs in America, small-scale farmers became such a diminished minority that
Bananas in Nathrop? Anything Is Possible!
By: Erin Oliver, Erin’s Geothermal Greenhouse in Nathrop, CO. Restoring our local food shed is possible. We are lucky to live in this valley where productive farmland with water is still available. There is the potential to put these valuable lands into food production. Although our growing season is shorter then some, it is still
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