TOPICS DISCUSSED: 1:10- The Farm, Farmers Market, year end wrap-up & their new non profit. 14:07- Word of the Week- Unicorn 17:38- Sweet Green. A company we believe has reached Unicorn status. 33:38- Farm Bill update since episode 17. 36:04- A CBD infused drink company that may not be representing CBD the correct way. 42:00- PBR distribution change…

TOPICS DISCUSSED: 1:48- What Moringa is & what they are doing with Moringa to make a sweet sipping vinegar. 3:47- Michal & Rachael’s background and how they met through a non-profit. 7:12- Rachael’s discovery of Moringa in Africa & why it is is so important for them to educate people on the health benefits they have seen. 12:36- The health benefits…

TOPICS DISCUSSED: 1:34- Word of the week- Enigmatic 4:55- Avocados. We discuss how 1 scientist discovered how to repurpose an avocado seed & turn it into natural food coloring. 18:08- Coffee shop pivoting to cannabis. We tell you why a Canadian coffee shop plans on converting some of their locations to pot shops. 26:40- Honey Grow. What Honey Grow …

TOPICS DISCUSSED: 3:47- Words of the week- Crepuscular, avuncular, quixotic, enigmatic, plosive & sibilance 8:20- Bioplastics. The new company that is using bacteria from waste to grow plastic. 15:35- Food Mapping through artificial Intelligence. The company that is using AI to map food to improve health. 18:47- “Clean Meat”. What it is and what is…

TOPICS DISCUSSED: 2:00- Owning a small business & being a mom. Samantha talks about the clients she works with and how she turned a passion project into a business, helping mompreneurs. 10:15- Time management and staying on task. Samantha shares some advice to those looking to get past the “mind drama”, stay on task, time management and scheduling,…

TOPICS DISCUSSED: 1:19- Intro, what’s coming up on the podcast. 4:15- Joe Morasky. Joe talks about being a weatherman & a ninja, we talk about some tricks that weathermen use, Joe shares some ninja experiences and what he is hoping to accomplish at this course after traveling in from Connecticut. 13:12- Glenn Albright. Glenn talks about coming out …

TOPICS DISCUSSED: 2:18- District Planning. What it is & how it effects the community. 7:37- Senior Water rights. What exactly that means, how it helps and effects farmers & a little history lesson of a gun battle that happened at the farm over water rights. 12:09- Agritourism. What is entails and why it is so important. 16:38- Conservation Easement…

TOPICS DISCUSSED: 1:16- Intro Andrea & Nathaniel Miller, discuss how they got involved in beer making and becoming the owners of Big Choice Brewery. 5:35- Running a business as husband & wife, the ups & downs they have gone through and how they have been successful. 12:30- Why they moved from Broomfield to Brighton and what it has been like at thei…

TOPICS DISCUSSED: 2:10- The Farm Festival. All the differences between last year & this year and what they have learned. 6:52- The Corn Maze. How did it turn out? What shape is it in this year? How long is it? 8:30- Other activities inlcuding the pumpkin patch, local food, local beer, what animals they will have, the corn box and art projects. 12:5…

TOPICS DISCUSSED: 2:40- RMFU- Rocky Mountain Farmers Union information. What it is, who is involved & what has changed over the years. 12:00- FUSA- The insurance RMFU offers to their members that can include crop, home, farm, auto and more offered through over 60 different carriers. 15:40- The 3 tiers of RMFU & everything involved in it- Education,…

4:35- WWOOFING. What it is, how they became involved in it on their honeymoon and how they continue to be involved. 7:40- Different farming practices. Mekayla & Justin talk a bout permaculture and how they try to implement it in their farming as much as possible. 9:35- Urban backyard farming. They talk about how they have transformed their 1/6 acre…

-Ben’s startup philosophy, what Ben does for entrepreneurship & all the things he has dabbled in over the years. -Tech & Food. Companies out there that are using advancing food technology including the Amazon/Whole Foods relationship & what the 3 of them think of it. -Tech Fundraising. How it works and how the laws vary state for state. -Blockchain…

-Syrup season. How it works, what a run is, the process of tapping the maple and what is done after it makes it to the maple house. -Global warning and syrup production. Tim talks about how he believes global warming is affecting the syrup season and why. -Syrup economics. We discuss how sap production is helping the local economy. -Barrel Aged Col…

-What is a ninja? Brian walks us through what it means and where it originated from. -Brian success on American Ninja Warrior the TV show, how he trained for his first appearance on the show and how that has progressed to where he is now with making it to the final stage in Vegas 7 times. -Is American Ninja Warrior real? Brian explains how the show…

-What Taylor is doing as a farmer, chef & a restaurant owner through Chatfield Farms, Bromley LocalFoods Campus, LoHi Steak Bar & LoHi Local Coffee Shop. -Taylor's experience with farming so far, what he has learned and some of the frustrations that come along with farming. -Veterans to Farmers. What it is, how they are helping veterans and what Ta…

1:02-Intro Ethan and his company, The Fruit Stand. Ethan talks about how he got into the business and what he was doing prior to owning and operating this company. 8:40- How his business works, why he has stepped back a little from Farmers Markets and where he is selling now. 13:07- Transporting the food. Ethan talks about some of the logistics of …

We have a fun podcast for you this week, covering everything from Osteopathy & health to chutney. We are joined by Dr. of Osteopathy Neha Valeja & her brother & business partner, Samir Valeja. Neha shares the history of Osteopathy (which may surprise some), what exact she does as a DO & gives us her thoughts on eating healthy. Then Samir, joins us …

1:02- Podcast start and intro Michelle Garcia with Heirloom Catering. Michelle talks about her background and how she got in to catering. 7:23- The Rocky Mountain MicroFinance Institute. Michelle talks about what it’s all about and why she enjoyed it so much. 9:46- The Sushi Den fundraising events Michelle has been involved with and how awesome it …

1:02- Podcast start and intro Amy Nelms with Live Well Colorado. Amy talks about Live Well Colorado, gives a little background about what it is and talks what she does to teach health and wellness to kids and society to promote healthy eating. 7:49- Cooking Matters Colorado. Amy talks about the education that is being done to teach people how to ea…

1:01- Podcast start and intro Terry Osborne with Chicken Track. Nate also shares some fun facts that he found about chickens. 4:49- Terry talks about all the chicken breeds that are out there including Polish, Buff Orpington, Ameraucana, and Maran, which chickens produce white eggs vs. brown eggs and what male, female and baby chickens are called. …

1:00- Podcast start and an overview of what we will be talking about on today’s episode including the farm and starting a local food campus. 3:50- Kim and Nate talk about the driving force within the local food campus and coming up with the plan for the farm. They talk about how creating farmers' markets made them want to help local farmers. 8:06- …

1:05- Welcome Ben & Claire Ronniger with the Allicin's Ranch & Organic Volcanic Garlic and a little bit about how Nate and Kim know them. 2: 32- The crazy questions that Ben and Claire get about garlic. 3:52- How they got into farming and the garlic business. 6:03- The seeds. Ben and Claire talk about the hooker and the beater A.K.A. Wild Crafting.…

1:00- Episode starts with intro to Anna Frye from Naturall Beef Company. 1:59- NaturALL Beef company‘s history and what they pride theirselves in. Anna talks about her background of moving to Cambodia when she was younger and her family starting an International School and Orphanage for children affected by aids and HIV. 6:24- Anna’s love for ranch…

1:05- Podcast start and intro Joe and Chris Miller of Miller Farms in Platteville, Colorado. 2:11- Miller Farms backstory. Joe and Chris talk about the farm, when it started and how it started. Joe talks about his dad starting it after World War II, buying the farm in 1948 and then starting a family. He talks about how in 1949 there were 80 acres a…

1:00- Podcast intro to Jenni Lyons and Mike Burns of Happy Leaf Kombucha and Happy Leaf Taproom and Kitchen. 2:15 – How Jenni and Mike got into fermenting foods, starting with making kombucha at home and then making a business out of it. 6:43 – The Happy Leaf Tap Room and Kitchen. Jenni and Mike talk about how it got started, what the business has …

1:00- Podcast start, intro to Nate & Kim Mudd and what they will be talking about on today’s episode. 2:03- The podcast. Kim & Nate talk about why they wanted to do a podcast and what they want to share on the podcast. 3:13- Kim and Nate talk about how they got started in local foods and how they met. They also talk about their first experience wit…