Developing our Local Community Food System:
What You Can Do Here in Southwest Colorado
1. Learn what is happening here in local food: see the La Plata County Local Food Groups page. If your effort is not listed there or needs updating, let us know.
2. Understand our Local Food System, its past, present, and possible future: See the Setting a Green Table in Southwest Colorado report.
3. Consider what is most needed here: see the results of discussions about how we should develop our local food system:
- Growing Partners draft strategies organized by outcomes
- HCFS strategies for rebuilding a healthy local food system, organized by sectors of the food system
- Objectives of our local Farm to School group
- See the strategies of our local organizations — see the link in 1 above.
4. Connect with local groups (see link in 1 above) to see if you can help in their efforts, or work with colleagues or neighbors to start your own initiatives.
5. Walk your talk: be sure to do as much as can in your personal life such as growing your own, buying local, buying sustainably, supporting local agriculture, etc.
6. Stay tuned to this website for more tools being developed for helping you plan and implement improvements in our local food system.
