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Root Shoot blends community, sustainability into whiskey
via www.thirstcolorado.com
Posted August 14, 2025 3:23 pm
The road to creating an award-winning whiskey has been long trod by the Olander family. Todd Olander, the founder of the Colorado-based spirits company Root Shoot Whiskey, works on the farm his family has owned for five generations.
With multiple members of the Olander family assisting in the process, the Loveland-based farm has expanded from a long-standing grower of grains to the creators of their own popular whiskey.
Even with all their current accomplishments, these malting masters stay rooted in community with their love of the craft, a commitment to causes such as helping preserve farmland and combating climate change and their dedication to serving the people of Colorado.
As a generational farm, the land has served many purposes over the years, but has primarily remained a grower of grain...[Read Full Story Here].
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The Good Food Awards win is very meaningful to Dry Land. We’ve been focused on sustainability, crafting spirits from ingredients that are appropriate to the place we live, and supporting small farmers throughout the state by helping them grow heirloom and heritage grains. Our goal is clear - to produce spirits that are authentic to the American West while helping to repair and improve our land, water and communities.
Join the Alliance for Collective Action for the next chapter in our signature event series—a community gathering rooted in the transformative power of storytelling.
Following our sold-out "Where Do We Go From Here?" event, Stories as Seeds continues our shared journey, this time focusing on story as a strategy for change. From culture to climate, from art to advocacy, we’ll honor the many forms stories take; oral, written, visual, embodied; and how they shape our movements, our policies, and our future.
This happy hour event is part cultural celebration, part civic springboard.
Stories as Seedslands at a powerful civic moment, Colorado’s interim legislative session. While the official calendar wraps in May, the quieter summer and fall months are when community voices have the most power to shape what’s next. With bill titles pulled by December, now is the time to cultivate ideas and engage lawmakers. This event will help you sharpen your story into a tool for impact; through op-eds, testimony, and direct engagement with decision-makers.
Expect:
Compelling stories from community voices
Facilitated dialogue around narrative, identity, and civic power
Connection + co-creation, with space to reflect and plant seeds together
Light bites + refreshments, because nourishment matters in all forms.
2025 Soil Health Demo Day - Root Shoot Malting (June 17th)
via col.st
Posted June 6, 2025 11:28 am
Have you been wanting to incorporate more soil health practices on your farm or ranch?
If so, we would love to have you at the 2025 Soil Health Demo Day at Olander Farms, a 5th generation family farm and malthouse located in Southeast Larimer County. Olander Farms grows barley, wheat, rye, and corn on 112-acre farm and 1500 leased irrigated acres. In 2021 Steve and Todd Olander opened up Root Shoot Malting which processes their grains into whiskey and ready to brew malts for our local breweries. Their whiskey was just awarded as the best American-made single malt by the London Spirits Association! Denver Post Article
The demo day will include a tour from Todd Olander on three different plots of land all with different tilling and soil health practices (5 year no till, 2 year no till, and tilled every year). Todd incorporates many practices such as intercropping, cover cropping, grazing cover crops with livestock, adding organic matter and beneficial microbes, and more. The event will also include a producer panel and discussion on the success and challenges of soil health, interactive demonstrations, and a free lunch.
Event Details:
Location: Olander Farm: Berthoud, CO
Time: June 17th, 8:30-2:30PM
Who can attend: Producers, Ag Professionals, and Ag Stakeholders
Registration is limited and the event is free, so make sure to sign up to get your spot! (Light breakfast and lunch will be provided)
This event is hosted by Larimer County Extension, Citizen Science Soil Health Project RMFU, NRCS, CSU In-Riches, and Root Shoot Malting. The event is funded by our amazing sponsors, Terraforma, WSARE, Larimer County Farmer Alliance (RMFU Chapter), Wildland Restoration Project, ElevateAg, and Green Cover.
On Monday, June 30th, join the Flatirons Food Film Festival for "An Evening with Dr. Temple Grandin"at the Longmont Museum. In the new documentary, "An Open Door,"a colleague describes Dr. Grandin as a "rock star" for her groundbreaking contributions to animal welfare and autism advocacy. In addition to a screening of the film, Dr. Grandin will participate in a discussion, Q&A, and book signing. Proceeds will go to the Temple Grandin Equine Center. Tickets: https://bit.ly/TempleGrandin25 #FFFF25
The Colorado Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Drought and Climate Resilience Office (ADCRO) has a new grant opportunity to support Climate Resilience projects within the state's agricultural sector.
Purpose
Climate resilience is the ability to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from hazardous events, trends, or disturbances related to climate.
This grant program is designed to provide crucial financial assistance to farmers and ranchers who have experienced adverse effects due to climate-change induced disasters and are seeking to enhance their resilience against future climate-related challenges.
At the Market: Moxie Bread Co. joins the Longmont Farmers Market
via www.broomfieldenterprise.com
Posted April 15, 2025 9:13 am
“Something that we’re really proud about since the beginning of Moxie is our focus on heirloom grains and milling it ourselves,” said Mill Manager Rick Hickerson. “We try to source our grains as local as possible, a lot of our grains come from Colorado.”
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