Below are some sample season menu ideas to help you start thinking of ways to incorporate local food into your menus. The easiest way to use local food is to substitute it for an ingredient in a recipe you already know and use regularly with the kids, but these menus and the recipe round-up we’ve compiled can help spark some new ideas. Some local foods available in SW Colorado are given as examples from our area — check locally for your best items. If you need help finding local food, check out our Finding Local Food page.
Healthy Community Food Systems
Healthy Land, Healthy Food, Healthy People
Being Proactive—as a Community—About Climate Change in our Local Food Systems and Foodsheds
Fickle Monsoons, Summer in March, and Hot Summer Nights: Climate change is here, has been seriously affecting local agriculture, and will certainly get worse. It will take some serious effort to adjust our local food production and local food systems to the extent needed, so why not ramp up efforts now to adapt and help […]