Volunteer recognition

Produce Denver would like to thank Andy Dyrsten for all of his hard work volunteering with us!

eggplant is a pretty, fragile plant

Thought it was about time for a bit of an update:

First, we have been harvesting a lot of food and only plan on more as tomatoes, peppers, gourds, and onions start to come around. Actually, we were able to donate 10 pounds of food to Same Cafe last week and plan on donating more to DUG for their youth farmers market programs. Yay! Starting the weekend of the 25th we are going to have 3 more weekly food shares available. We are charging according to household income as follows:

less than $20,000 (per year): $60
$20,000-40,000: $70
$40,000-75,000: $80
$75,000-125,000: $90
$125,000 and above: $100

We harvest on Saturdays, expect the monthly fee upfront, will most likely be able to drop it off, and includes all sorts of goodies. Please let us know if you or anyone you know are interested.

We have also been in touch with a farm in Kersey Colorado about distributing all natural holstein beef to those that are interested. It is a bit leaner than regular beef but really great for you and a sustainable use of resources being that the meat is usually used for dog food. It is not fatty enough for us Americans! Ha! Trust me, it is good. What a paradoxical food system we live in. Let us know if you are interested and we'll send you details.

Thanks to Adam Sikorski, we are going to have Produce Denver t-shirts available in the next couple of weeks including a couple child sizes, S, M, L, XL. They are a simple sand color with a green imprint of our logo on the front. 10 buck a pop to pay help pay for those we give away to volunteers. Thanks to John for the logo.

Check out Satchel's Market in Park Hill and Beet Box at south pearl street or highlands farmers market for some great food that may just have some of our produce wrapped up in the sweet goodness.

We have updated some pictures and our blog a bit on our website if you have the time to check it out.

Lastly, we are looking for more edible landscape projects to keep things moving along for us. The fall is a great time to move on getting ready for a bountiful spring. Our labor is also based on household income. Please spread the word for us!

Thanks so much for everyone's support!

Produce Denver Team
james.hale@producedenver.com

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Update

Things have been very busy with Produce Denver! The harvest has been great so far and has included lettuce, kale, chard, collards, chives, oregano, basil, sage, roses, carrots, peas, beets, radishes, turnips, potatoes, broccoli, and zucchini. We have actually had a lot of excess which has been sold to Beet Box (serves great vegan food at Highlands and South Pearl Farmers Markets) and Satchels Market in Park Hill. Additionally, we donated 10 pounds of chard, kale, and radishes to SAME Cafe last week.

We set up a new beehive last week with a swarm from one of our friend's hives. They seem to be doing well so far. Looking forward to some honey!

Nick and Meg went to the DBG Rooftop Garden Symposium in June. They learned a lot and have already begun to use some of the methods at the rooftop garden at 1515 restaurant. Thanks to DBG for hosting the event.

We are currently planning for our fall planting, preparing for weddings and harvest events, doing tax/business nonsense, looking for BIG pieces of land, collaborating with some folks as the Denver Urban Farmers Collaborative, and taking on and looking for more edible landscaping projects. Please hit us up if you can help!

As usual, thanks so much to the volunteers and those that have been letting us give their plants new homes.