Resources for the urban farmer and gardening communities of the Front Range of Colorado
Alternate Ideas
This page features ideas out of the mainstream, but with value to people seeking an alternate lifestyle
Title: City of Aurora buys Otero County farm and water rights
Colorado's third largest city isn't getting any smaller, and with more people comes an even higher demand for water.
Title: How to get solar power for your Colorado home — even if your own roof won’t work
If your own roof won’t work or you live in an apartment, you can try a community option instead, experts say
A Brief But Spectacular take on rural America’s vanishing structures
Title:After “Snowpocalypse” killed their power, Silverton is turning on microgrids
San Miguel Power sees community-sized solar grids as a way for small mountain towns to keep the lights burning through storms and avalanches
Title: Researchers develop game-changing solution to issue plaguing EV batteries — and it’s sparking major interest from industry experts
A breakthrough in solid-state battery tech from the University of Maryland that made headlines in the fall is continuing to catch attention from industry experts.
Title: Cleaning expert demonstrates why you should avoid using popular laundry product: ‘It warns us right on the label…’
Fabric softeners can increase the flammability of clothing, and one TikToker demonstrated just how dangerous the popular products can be.
Title: Expert shares ‘life-changing’ hack for cleaning outdoor windows spotless in minutes: ‘They are streak-free and clean as a whistle’
Washing the windows is not typically a favorite activity, but it must be done. One Instagrammer has come up with a way to make it quick, inexpensive, and relatively easy.
Title: America's Aquifers Are Shrinking. Our Survival Is at Stake.
The North American continent is blessed with plentiful aquifers filled with groundwater that’s allowed the U.S. to create verdant farmland and grow into a food superpower.
Title:Report Details How Big Ag Overexploitation Is 'Draining the Colorado River Dry'
"We cannot save the Colorado River without combating corporate power."
Title: When you look at these pools, you are instantly struck by their modern design. What probably doesn't come to mind is that just months before, these pools were just shipping containers.
Title: Jeep warns Cherokee owners to park outside due to fire risk
Jeep has announced a recall for more than 130,000 Cherokees produced for the 2014-2016 model years to address a potential fire risk posed by the power lift gate control module.
Title: ‘Dirt doesn’t burn’: Why some Marshall fire victims are rebuilding their homes with earthen blocks
After her home burned in last year's Marshall fire, Melanie Glover returned to her charred garden in Superior's Sagamore neighborhood.
Title: Crested Butte “buying into community values” with plan to become first Colorado municipality to go all-electric
A survey of residents to craft the town’s comprehensive plan prods Crested Butte council to adopt strict new building codes that prohibit natural gas in new buildings.
Title: Meet some of the 'hot rodders' making classic gas-powered cars run on electric motors and batteries — see their coolest conversions
There's a growing group of enthusiasts transforming their classic hot rods and vintage muscle cars into fast-moving electric vehicles.
Title: A SOLAR SOLUTION TO THE WEST’S CHANGING CLIMATE?
Growing crops beneath solar panels can shrink agriculture’s thirst for irrigation while providing food and electricity, too
Title: This startup turns electric water heaters into grid batteries
Forest Frizzell, CEO of Shifted Energy, wants to make sure that the rewards from helping his home state of Hawaii move to 100 percent carbon-free electricity don’t just belong to the lucky few who can afford rooftop solar systems and home batteries.
Title: How to Build a Greenhouse from Recycled Windows
Learn how to build a greenhouse from recycled windows! Repurpose old glass windows and doors by assembling them into a beautiful and unique greenhouse./p>
Title: Experimental Car Captures More Carbon Out of the Air Than It Emits
When it comes to carbon emissions, cars are king. In fact, the EPA found that transportation is the biggest driver of greenhouse gas emissions due to burning fossil fuels.
Title: How to Build a Cob House
Learn how to build a cob house using earth building techniques.
Title: Everything We Need is Here: Reconnecting to a Foraging Heritage
Title: From “Star Trek” to star gazer, Colorado man drops everything and hits the road with a camera and his passion
Title: A Maryland Grain Grower Takes Regenerative Agriculture to the Next Step
Title: Just because tax credits are winding down on some of the most popular plug-in cars doesn't mean there are no deals to be found.
Title: I Won’t Be Buying Groceries For A Full Year. Here’s How I’m Surviving.
Title: A new factory can make clean, clear plastic from recyclables.
Title: This new recycling innovation could help fix our broken trash system
Fishadelphia, a Philadelphia-based community supported fishery, connects urban consumers to coastal harvesters, while teaching youth business skills.
Title: 8 Things You Can Do to Care for the Planet
It’s simpler than you think.
Title: 20 Easy Ways to Reduce Your Food Waste
Food waste is a bigger problem than many people realize.
Title: The Women Reviving Heirloom Grains and Flour
Female grain growers, millers, and artisan bread bakers are collaborating to lift women’s role in bread into the spotlight.
Title: Teen-Run Bakery Brings Healthy Food and Job Training to Minneapolis
Green Garden Bakery offers delicious, plant-based treats, entrepreneurial skills, and community support to an underserved neighborhood—all while the staff attends high school.
Title: Food Entrepreneur Workshops Offered By Dept. of Agriculture
Wooden or Prefab Sheds Make the Best Sheds for Insulating
Title: The Bronx city park that is making public land forage-friendly
Wooden or Prefab Sheds Make the Best Sheds for Insulating
Title: 7 Things to Consider for Insulated Sheds
Wooden or Prefab Sheds Make the Best Sheds for Insulating
Title: Homemade Heated Chicken Waterer
You can make this simple, DIY poultry waterer to provide unfrozen water to your birds all winter.
Title: Cut Comb Honey Local - $15 (Aurora)
Notice: This is a Craigslist posting.
Link: craigslist
Title: How Mason Jars Are Moving Beyond Pinterest And Propelling A Nashville Business
The humble Mason jar has moved beyond jellies, jams and pickled vegetables.
Link: Forbes
Title: From Organic Recycling to Advocacy for Green Spaces, This Organization is Doing it All
Part of the Food Policy Community Spotlight Series
Link: NYC Food Policy
Title: Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share:
19 Approaches to Permaculture Around the World.
Link: Foodtank
Title: How to Grow Organic Basil in a Pot
Think about it: Where would the world's favorite dishes be today without the extra flavoring that comes from basil?
Link: Mother Earth News
Title: Aquaponics Basics for a Home Garden System
Are you looking for a quick and relatively easy way to grow plants in your garden?
Link: Mother Earth News
Title: Caffey: There's a lot you can do with all those fall leaves
There’s no need for gardeners to go dormant along with their landscape when cold weather arrives...
Link: Sentinel
Title: Dish gardens bring gardening inside for the winter
I don’t know about your neighborhood, but where I live we have fall leaves covering just about every yard right now!
Link: Sentinel
Title: The carbon-capturing power of your own backyard
The tomatoes, in Acadia Tucker's garden, are grown with heavy helpings of organic material, which draws down excess carbon in the atmosphere.
Link: Stone Pier Press
Title: In winter, a hotbed may be more useful than a cold frame
Most gardeners know what a cold frame is, but few use it for more than hardening off seedlings in spring.
Link: Idaho Statesman
Title: A Master Gardener Shares 5 Tips To Prepare Your Garden For Winter, And More
Peak gardening season may be coming to an end, but green thumbs shouldn't go into complete hibernation during the winter.
Link: CPR
Title: Cup of joe, then watch it grow
Val Stow is all about turning trash into treasure.
Link: The Daily Dentinal
Title: Punch List: Time to preserve that bounty from your garden, and protect your lawn
Time to share what you’ve reaped while preserving the garden harvest for tasty winter reminders of summer
Link: The Denver Post
Title: Year-round gardening: Landscape choices for colorful fall berries
When you think of fall color in the landscape, you likely envision the vibrant reds, oranges and golds of foliage.
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Link: The Gazette
Title: Container gardens easy to maintain
Container gardening is popular in urban areas, especially in places where people live in small spaces, or maybe they just have a balcony for a few tomatoes or zinnias.
Link: The Daily Sentinal
Title: Off the Grid Doesn’t Have to Mean Being Off Society.
A green entrepreneur in Maui wants to reconcile low-impact living with modern comforts.
Link: The Daily Beast
Title: Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Serving Boulder.
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Link: Local Harvest
Title: Why Straw Bale Gardening?
Link: Straw Bale Gardens
Title: StrawBale.com
Link: A world leader in straw bale education
Title: Straw Bale House Construction
Link: Why build a straw bale house?
Title: Container gardens easy to maintain
Container gardening is popular in urban areas, especially in places where people live in small spaces, or maybe they just have a balcony for a few tomatoes or zinnias.
Link: The Daily Sentinal
Title: Off the Grid Doesn’t Have to Mean Being Off Society.
A green entrepreneur in Maui wants to reconcile low-impact living with modern comforts.
Link: The Daily Beast
Title: Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Serving Boulder.
41 Listings
Link: Local Harvest
Title: Why Straw Bale Gardening?
Link: Straw Bale Gardens
Title: StrawBale.com
Link: A world leader in straw bale education
Title: Straw Bale House Construction
Link: Why build a straw bale house?