The Urban Farm at Stapleton is hosting this project.
The largest 4H program in Colorado, TUF is an oasis in the city
of Denver. On 23 acres this education center serves over 4,000
kids a year by introducing and engaging them with horses,
cows, sheep, goats, llama, alpaca, chickens, turkeys and a few
guinea fowl.
Their mission is to improve the lives of children living in
high-risk, urbanized neighborhoods by helping create a sense of
positive self-regard and self-reliance, a strong work ethic, and
hope.
The largest 4H program in Colorado, TUF is an oasis in the city
of Denver. On 23 acres this education center serves over 4,000
kids a year by introducing and engaging them with horses,
cows, sheep, goats, llama, alpaca, chickens, turkeys and a few
guinea fowl.
Their mission is to improve the lives of children living in
high-risk, urbanized neighborhoods by helping create a sense of
positive self-regard and self-reliance, a strong work ethic, and
hope.
Feed Denver:
Urban Farms & Markets
Urban Farms & Markets
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We are dedicated to empowering people to feed and sustain themselves
through urban farming, creating local access to food, training, and
economic opportunity.
Feed Denver: Urban Farms & Markets builds community-based urban
greenhouse farms and markets to improve year-round access to fresh
food, create training opportunities and jobs for youth and adults, support
food production micro-enterprise all of which impact our local economy
while strengthening and securing the foodshed of Metropolitan Denver.
through urban farming, creating local access to food, training, and
economic opportunity.
Feed Denver: Urban Farms & Markets builds community-based urban
greenhouse farms and markets to improve year-round access to fresh
food, create training opportunities and jobs for youth and adults, support
food production micro-enterprise all of which impact our local economy
while strengthening and securing the foodshed of Metropolitan Denver.
| "2009 From the Ground Up" Workshop Weekend featuring MacArthur Fellow Will Allen and the Growing Power Regional Outreach Team |
| Feed Denver: Urban Farms & Markets is a project of the Colorado Nonprofit Development Center (CNDC). Feed Denver: Urban Farms & Markets/CNDC is an equal opportunity organization. |
| It was a great weekend! |
It was a great weekend! We had over 100 participants for
the workshop and 100 students for the youth event. Will
Allen and his team inspired us all as they showed us what
it's all about! Even though we had a blizzard that weekend
everyone still showed up...even the second day! We
learned about the importance of food production in cities
and how urban agriculture can impact a community. We
created large scale composting systems with a worm
depository and built a hoop house and aquaculture
structure. We also learned about bees in the city, chickens
and eggs, and made goat cheese. We had an amazing
panel discussion by professionals working in all areas of
planning and developing about the growth of agricultural
uses in cities. But, probably best of all, we met an
amazing array of individuals doing amazing things all over
Denver, Colorado, the Rocky Mountain Region and
beyond.
the workshop and 100 students for the youth event. Will
Allen and his team inspired us all as they showed us what
it's all about! Even though we had a blizzard that weekend
everyone still showed up...even the second day! We
learned about the importance of food production in cities
and how urban agriculture can impact a community. We
created large scale composting systems with a worm
depository and built a hoop house and aquaculture
structure. We also learned about bees in the city, chickens
and eggs, and made goat cheese. We had an amazing
panel discussion by professionals working in all areas of
planning and developing about the growth of agricultural
uses in cities. But, probably best of all, we met an
amazing array of individuals doing amazing things all over
Denver, Colorado, the Rocky Mountain Region and
beyond.
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Will telling us about his work
| Building a worm depository in the snow. |
Lisa Rogers, Feed Denver;
Will Allen, Growing Power;
Donna Garnett, The Urban
Farm at Stapleton
Will Allen, Growing Power;
Donna Garnett, The Urban
Farm at Stapleton
| Feed Denver on Colorado Public Radio, Colorado Matters Denver Tests New Model of Urban Agriculture Ryan Warner speaks with the founder of Feed Denver, Lisa Rogers, about a pilot project at The Urban Farm at Stapleton. It's based on a model by Will Allen, who won a MacArthur fellowship for his work. Link Here |