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Denver Bake Fest returns Saturday, October 3
Denver Bake Fest is a community baking competition and festival celebrating the best of Denver's baking scene. Bakers of all skill levels compete, locals come to taste, and everyone leaves with something new to love...
These Are The Best Bakeries In Every US State
Moxie Bread Co. is featured as one of the best bakeries in Colorado. Read the full list.
A drought-tolerant grain could help Colorado farmers save water. First, they need customers.
The San Luis Valley is searching for ways to use less water without shrinking agriculture. One local effort believes rye could help. But turning the grain into part of the valley’s future will require more than...
Colorado Open Lands is hiring a dryland restoration program manager
Colorado’s San Luis Valley is undergoing one of the largest agricultural transitions in the West as groundwater conservation efforts retire irrigated farmland. Colorado Open Lands (COL) is partnering with landowners,...
Registration is open for the Land Institute's Prairie Festival 2026
Celebrate The Land Institute’s 50th anniversary in Salina, Kansas, along the banks of the Smoky Hills River! Engage with a weekend of speakers, perennial grain foods, artists, musicians, hands-on demonstrations, and...
The Most Impactful Food Policy Stories of 2026 (So Far)
From SNAP cuts to USDA grant cancellations, rapid changes to federal policy have had a deep impact on food and farming. Here’s Civil Eats' key coverage to date.
Support Kate Against Aggressive Lymphoma
Kate Stevens, a beloved member of Colorado's grain community (Garden of Oz, Brew Bites, and Nomad Mill), was recently diagnosed with Primary Mediastinal Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (PMBCL), a rare and aggressive...
Breaking the Bread: Uniting Around the Seed
We use the phrase “breaking bread” all the time, but how often do we stop and ask what it really means now when most bread is made from anonymous flour, grown in fields we’ll never see? Read the full article by Daniel...