We had a great December.  Our customers have been absolutely wonderful and are very conscious about the difference it makes to shop with local businesses. We can’t thank them enough.


Jacqie Hasan, Manager, Old Firehouse Books

Farm/Food Guide 2011

Our complimentary Eat Local Farm/Food Guide is “on the streets” via Rocky Mountain Parent/ Senior Magazines (May), Matterhorn 1 (Wolverine Farm Publishing/Matter’s new newspaper), Bella Spark (summer) and the 2011 ReDirect Guide.   Find it at area farmers markets, coffee shops, independent groceries … or drop by our office for copies to share with neighbors and workplaces.

View FARM/FOOD PRODUCER LIST All businesses searchable at BeLocalFirst.org

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GROW LOCAL-BUY LOCAL resources listed inside front cover of Farm/Food Guide:

FARMERS’ MARKETS
summertime

Berthoud Farmers’ Market
Fort Collins and Loveland Farmers’ Market
Loveland Farmers’ Market
Drake Road Farmers’ Market, FC
Larimer County Farmers’ Market, FC
Greeley Farmers’ Market
Boulder/Longmont Farmers’ Market
Estes Valley Farmers’ Market
off-season
Be Local Winter Farmers’ Markets
Fort Collins Winter Farmers’ Markets

COMMUNITY GARDENS
Community Gardens on West Vine
Gardens on Spring Creek
Greeley Community Gardens
The Growing Project
High Plains Environmental Center
Loveland Community Gardens
Loveland Youth Gardeners
Mulberry Community Garden
Second Start Community Gardens, Longmont
Timnath Community Garden
Windsor Community Garden
Serenity Garden, Larimer County Community Corrections
2255 Midpoint Drive,  11am to 1pm every Thursday from mid June

NURSERIES
Bath Gardening Center
Fort Collins Nursery
Gulley Greenhouse and Garden Center

GARDENING BUSINESSES
Joanie’s Sustainescapes
Throgmorton Plant Management
Wild Iris Living

COOKING CLASSES-Local Food & Nutrition
Chef Happy’s Gourmet/Special Event Chef
The Cupboard
Come Back to the Table
foodies! Culinary Academy
Rocky Mountain Sustainable Living Association
The Gardens on Spring Creek
Weston A. Price Foundation – Ft Collins chapter

GENERAL
Colorado Farm to School
Colorado Master Gardener Program
CSU Extension
Front Range Permaculture Group
Grow Forth
Home Grown Food Colorado
Northern Colorado Regional Food System Assessment
Real Food Colorado
Slow Food Northern Colorado-Cache La Poudre