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Our Mission

To inspire individuals to develop and sustain organic food-producing gardens in backyards and on private and public land... and to build competence, community and joy while doing it!

Gardening, local food &, HGF events:

View our Calendar to learn more about events in Fort Collins and surrounding areas over the next couple of months.

What we do:

  • Give public talks on growing your own food.
  • Sponsor public workshops to educate the community members.
  • Maintain a Google Group for ongoing discussion and resource lists.
  • Hold monthly discussion groups on gardening and local food topics.
  • Coordinate publicity and car pools to out-of-town events.
  • Work with and through local media to provide perspectives promoting local food issues.
  • Mentor new gardeners.

Current Google Group Discussions

Some container gardening links

Doing some research on container gardening and found a couple of
interesting links:

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- Sue Sullivan

Re: {Home Grown Food:558} urban agriculture and Fort Collins

Thanjs cheryl for the info and for the reminder of how local policy drives lifestyle! Brandi
Sent from Samsung Conquer? 4G
Hi All-
The city will be talking about urban ag at their work session on
Tuesday. There won't be a vote, but it's just staff checking in to see
if council wants them to proceed.

- Brandi Williams

urban agriculture and Fort Collins

Hi All-
The city will be talking about urban ag at their work session on
Tuesday. There won't be a vote, but it's just staff checking in to see
if council wants them to proceed.

In a nutshell, staff is proposing the following changes:
It's a work session and not a regular meeting where council votes.

- Cheryl Distaso