99 Where to Get Great Local Food
CSA’s, community gardens, farmer’s markets and the Hunt or Gather Buying Club are discussed by local food experts and champions, Michele Mukatis and Megan Andreozzi Harris.
98 Building Resilient Community Relationships with Land
Food cultivation, land-based learning in empowering youth, and the central role of farmers as caregivers in our region are essential parts of building resilient community relationships with land.
Indigenous Land Management for Growing Food Locally
What can we learn from indigenous people about caring for the land on which we depend for our food?
Peak Environment: 53 Smokebrush Farm Feeds Mind and Spirit
Learn all about a very unique community asset. Smokebrush Farm is a small, biodynamic farm in Manitou Springs that serves as an educational model as well as a retreat center. Yoga classes, an art club, Indian dance class and artist residency programs are part of the program, which is part of the Smokebrush Foundation for the Arts.
Peak Environment: 49 Westside Community Garden
A one-of-a-kind approach to community gardening pulls out the stops on community building. Richard Mee and a few fellow community garden advocates wanted to take the “my” out of community gardening and make it “ours.” They charted new territory in their effort to launch the Westside Community Garden in Colorado Springs.
Peak Environment: 46 Making Local Food Flourish Panel – Peak Environment Podfest
Less than 1% of our food is grown within 50 miles of Colorado Springs, estimates Larry Stebbins. Larry is one of the panelists gathered by moderator Ellen Johnson-Fay to discuss what is needed to help local food flourish in the Pikes Peak region.
Aging with Altitude:2 Housing Reimagined
How does a senior service agency get into the work of housing without building its own complex? Silver Key in Colorado Springs, Colorado spent months doing listening sessions to find out where the gaps were for older adults and housing. Once they started to pick up on trends they crafted a new position…
Peak Environment: #14 Foodshed Forum 2019
Keeping our local farms intact and productive is in everyone’s best interest, but it takes much more than just shopping at the farmers market. Creating, nurturing and growing local agriculture will be explored at the Foodshed Forum in Colorado Springs February 22-23, 2019. In this episode of Peak Environment, co-producer Ellen Johnson-Fay discusses the forum with Sean Svette,…
Town Square: Trains, Cars & Local Food – March 1 2018
How will we get around Colorado Springs and the Front Range in the future? City Councilor and Council President Pro-Tem Jill Gaebler shares details of her work on the Passenger Rail Commission, exploring the idea of getting passenger rail service along the front range. She also discusses the desired lane addition to I-25 between Monument…
We the People: Mike Callicrate – Local Food
Electra is joined by Mike Callicrate from Ranch Foods Direct www.mikecallicrate.com to talk about local food, the power that corporations have over our food systems and what we can do about it to make our communities more resilient, independent and sovereign. Mike and Electra cover a vast array of topics relating to how local foods impact our…