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by Dr Kaayla Daniel Is there no end to the foods and other products that can get soy’led?   Probably not, and these days soy could be lurking anywhere and everywhere.   Although soy can seem like a renewable “green alternative” to petroleum products, the soy-ling of America is bad news indeed for people with [...]

by Dr Kaayla Daniel There’s nothing natty about natto. This old-fashioned soy product is made from whole soybeans that have been soaked, boiled or steamed, and then fermented.    It’s known for its sticky coat, cheesy texture, musty taste, sliminess, stringiness and pungent odor.   Healthwise, it’s good for us and one of the “good [...]

Sassy the Sow was the first pig to give birth at the Rockin’ JC Ranch in Gunnison! She gave birth to a beautiful piglet on Mother’s Day. The other girls are not far behind…

Local Farms First will be visiting with farmers on Thursday, May 23rd and also hosting a public training on how to join and sell your products through the market! If you are an existing grower and would like to schedule a training appointment at your farm during the day, please contact Kristen@resourceefficiency.org. If you’re new [...]

April 26, 27 & 28   Bee Guardianship Using Top Bar Hives with Corwin Bell Friday, Saturday & Sunday can be taken independently of each other.  Classes are limited in size and fill very quickly!  See full descriptions below as well as scheduling a private bee consultation or ordering a hive. A Bee Guardian is interested, in aiding [...]

Beekeeping April 26, Basic Discussion on Topbar Bee Guardianship                       Corwin Bell       Fri   $5 April 27   Bee Guardianship using Topbar Hives – Beginning                      Corwin Bell      Sat   $100 April 28   Bee Guardianship using Topbar Hives – Intermediate                       Corwin Bell     Sun   $100 April 27 & 28 Bee Guardianship Beginning & Intermediate                           Corwin Bell  Sat & Sun $175     April 26, 27 & 28   Bee [...]

2012 was another great year of partnering and growing with local farms to provide free educational opportunities to the public in our region.   The Kids on Farms program reached over 450 school children in Delta County this year through classroom and on-farm lessons. Educational activities ranged from soil building to service-based learning. Students enjoyed [...]

  Good food isn’t always pretty. In fact, it might strike you as downright unappetizing. Take celeriac, for example, an esteemed member of the root vegetable family. With celeriac, it’s not about what’s above. It’s about what’s below. A bulbous, uneven, dirty sphere hailing from Northern Europe and the Mediterranean. If you come across celeriac [...]

Weston A Price Foundation: Gunnison Valley The Weston A Price Foundation (Gunnison Valley Chapter)is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charity founded in 1999 to disseminate the research of nutrition pioneer Dr. Weston Price. His studies of healthy, isolated, non-industrialized peoples around the world established the parameters of human health and determined the optimum characteristics of human diets. [...]

What is WEFA? The West Elk Foodshed Alliance was formed in 2011 as a collaborative effort among producers, local foods advocacy groups, individuals and consumers with the intention of supporting the individual … [Read more...] Connect! Sign up for the WEFA Newsletter! Name: E-mail address: Name: E-mail address: Become a Member WEFA is working hard to connect food [...]