
Above: Dawn Trujillo and Brian Adams run Green Junction Farmstead in Clifton, Colorado. On just one acre of land, Dawn Trujillo and Brian Adams can feed 500 to 700 people per week. Dawn and Brian’s farmstead, Green Junction Farmstead in Clifton, Colorado, is a beacon for all things fresh, local, and delicious. Brian and…

Above: From left to right, Lizzie Tilles, Liza Clarke, Tyler Ferguson, Ana Worswick, Tyler’s daughter and Ana’s son at their home in Ridgway, Colorado. “I feel very fortunate to have my family living right here on this ranch. I couldn’t do this without them,” says Liza. Liza Clarke, her son Tyler Ferguson, and his girlfriend…

Above: Tony Prendergast at his home in Crawford, Colorado. “The original idea was to have four shareholders who owned the ranch equally but ideally have it so that people had different interests or different ways of using the land,” said rancher and outfitter Tony Prendergast at his home in Crawford, Colorado. Today, 20 years…

Above: Baker Monica Wiitanen at her home in Paonia, Colorado. “I got out a cookbook and started making yeast breads when I was 18 and I’ve been making bread pretty much ever since,” said Monica Wiitanen at her home in Paonia, Colorado. “It’s about the flavor, texture, ingredients, value. What I make is…

On his sixtieth birthday, Wink Davis gave himself a present. He and his wife, Max Eisele, bought a farm in Hotchkiss, Colorado. Today, Wink and Max raise certified organic peaches, apples, wine grapes, table grapes and Babydoll Southdown sheep. And there’s the winery. Mesa Winds Farms & Winery rests in the North Fork Valley,…

The Farm Bill dictates the origin of your food, the economic health of your community, the amount of control of big agriculture and factory farms, subsidies and who gets them, the price of your groceries, and whether or not you know where the food you eat comes from. It’s easy to write off the…