April 1, 2021

Cottage Foods Act

The Cottage Foods Act allows limited types of food products that are non-potentially hazardous (do not require refrigeration for safety) to be sold directly to consumers without licensing or inspection. In 2012, the Colorado legislature enacted the Colorado Cottage Foods Act allowing limited types of food products to be sold directly to consumers without licensing or inspections.

An interview with Monica Wiitanen on Colorado’s Cottage Food Law.

Here is a video produced by Colorado Farm and Food Alliance that provides more details about the Act.

Cottage Food Fact Sheet

Cottage Food Brocure

2022 North Fork Valley Resiliency Workshop

This resiliency workshop is focused on local innovations, water resiliency, and preserving agricultural land and community health.

Study Shows Nutritional Benefits in Regenerative Agriculture Crops

Farms that used regenerative agriculture practices produced crops with higher levels of certain vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals.

True Costs of our Cheap Food and the American Diet

Cheap food is fast and it’s widely available; people without time and without money, are more likely to buy that kind of food. But everybody eats junk food. And it also poisons the environment for everybody.