Urban and Community Agriculture

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Justin Cucci's Root Down garden is about to expand -- big time

Root DownA sampling of produce from the Root Down garden.​Justin Cucci, owner of Root Down and Linger, has been gardening near Root Down since it opened three years ago. But he'll be the first to deny credit for what grows there. "I'm a city person," he says. "I have no green thumb in me. We ... More >>

Mercury Cafe plants and harvests produce from its very own Moon Dog Farms

The seeds for Moon Dog Farms, the massive urban garden at 333 22nd Street that's run, in part, by the Mercury Cafe, were sown during a walk in the park.

Jux County reuniting for Urban Farm benefit

​After a long run throughout the mid-'80s and '90s, Jux County called it quits in 2001, but over the last decade the band has gone on to do a few reunion shows, including last year's Farmfest, which benefits Urban Farm, an urban garden that promotes sustainable communities. Jux County is retur ... More >>

The Kitchen owners are lauded for farm-to-table leadership in Entrepreneur magazine

The Kitchen​When Kimbal Musk and Hugo Matheson opened their newest restaurant, Boulder's Kitchen [Next Door], earlier this year, Musk was clear that the new space is about expanding the farm-to-table concept, which the flagship Kitchen pioneered, into something everyone can take part in: "We t ... More >>

Inside Denver Urban Gardens: How you can get involved

​Denver Urban Gardens has over 100 gardens in and around Denver, so chances are, if you've live anywhere near or in Denver, you've seen one. Urban gardening provides community residents the oppurtunity to grow their own food, participate in urban renewal and to help local nonprofits out with h ... More >>

Parsley plants a rooftop garden

Jenny An​Despite Colorado's short growing season, there's a growing movement in town of restaurants starting their own gardens. And Parsley has taken the local movement to a new level -- its roof. The tiny, organically-minded lunch spot in the Golden Triangle has planted a garden on top of it ... More >>

A Garden in Every Neighborhood screens at Root Down

​Root Down is collaborating with Denver Urban Gardens to host GreenShoots2, a celebration of urban agriculture and community gardens. The festivities, which run from 7:30 to 10 p.m., include food, drink and screenings of the Denver Urban Gardens research documentary, A Garden in Every Neighbo ... More >>

Diggin’ On This

​Root Down is collaborating with Denver Urban Gardens to host GreenShoots2, a celebration of urban agriculture and community gardens. The festivities, which run from 7:30 to 10 p.m., include food, drink and screenings of the Denver Urban Gardens research documentary, A Garden in Every Neighbo ... More >>

Tonight: Denver Yard Harvest kick-off event at Fuel Cafe

​Denver Yard Harvest, a new urban farming initiative, is kicking off its cause at a fundraiser from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. tonight at Fuel Cafe. The non-profit group's goal is to harvest surplus fruits and vegetables from residential properties throughout town and distribute them to daycare facilit ... More >>

Windsor cantaloupe seeds help seniors to love like teens: Kenny Be's Hip Tip

​ For Denver urban gardeners, the second week of May is the most fantastic week of the year. This is the week that the chances for a frost drop dramatically and it becomes safe to plant nearly any seed. Consequently, it is the week that urban farmers experience their greatest fantasies and mos ... More >>

Ruby Hill Habanero seeds add that southwest Denver spice: Kenny Be's Hip Tip

​ Don't let this weekend's Cinco de Mayo and Mother's Day party schedule keep you from digging in your garden. Summer weather blazes into town today and the heat is on -- especially for urban gardeners who plant electric-red Ruby Hill Habaneros from the Denver Neighborhood Seed Co....

Sloan Lake Purple Pop Top turnips grow like weeds: Kenny Be's Hip Tip

​ The first annual Denver County Fair is only four months away! Lucky for urban farmers, prize-winning produce practically grows itself. With only 55 days to maturity, the Sloan Lake Purple Pop Top is a neighborhood favorite that is prized for its tasty roots and soaring green tops...

Park Hill pumpkin seeds for the neighborhood that's out of its gourd: Kenny Be's Hip Tip

​ The first annual Denver County Fair is only four months away! Lucky for urban farmers, prize-winning produce practically grows itself. To get your urban garden growing, all you need is a patch of dirt and a packet of Denver County Fair neighborhood seeds...

Fresh produce in the mountains? That's the goal of this Summit County project

Summit Prevention AllianceNancy's Community Garden in Frisco.​When Amber Brummer was last in California, where she grew up, she bought a bunch of basil for 25 cents. That same amount would cost her about five dollars in Summit County, where she now lives. Brummer is part of the Leadership Clas ... More >>

100 Colorado Creatives: Ietef Hotep Vita

Ietef Vita is an O.G.​#97: Ietef Hotep Vita Words like "organic," "local" and "sustainable" may be so hot right now in the food world, but for Ietef Hotep Vita, they're family traditions. The son of noted organic gardener, poet and social justice advocate Ashara Ekundayo, Vita has forged his ... More >>

Chicken lovers cry fowl over city's rules banning against backyard birds

​The chickens are coming home to roost. James Bertini, the founder of Denver Urban Homesteading who's been campaigning for more than a year, will meet with city officials today in his campaign to "Free the Chickens" -- and remove the regulations that prohibit some Denver residents from keeping ... More >>

Feed Denver raises $16,000 in conjunction with Bonterra's Campaign for Urban Farming

Feed Denver raises $16,000 with Bonterra's Campaign for Urban Farming​Feed Denver, a group that sets up urban farms around the Mile High City and trains neighbors to sustain them, had been chosen to participate in Bonterra's Campaign for Urban Farming, an effort by the organic winemaker to edu ... More >>

Today: Chipotle gives back to Denver Urban Gardens

A Flickr photo.​Denver loves the home-grown chain Chipotle, and the restaurant empire has been loving Denver right back. On September 11, several Chipotle locations donated a portion of their proceeds to B-Cycle. And today, all metro-area Chipotles will ll be giving 50 percent of the proceeds ... More >>

Get Your Ukes

A Flickr photo.​Denver loves the home-grown chain Chipotle, and the restaurant empire has been loving Denver right back. On September 11, several Chipotle locations donated a portion of their proceeds to B-Cycle. And today, all metro-area Chipotles will ll be giving 50 percent of the proceeds ... More >>

Feed Denver selected to be part of the Campaign for Urban Farming

​Last week, we reported Feed Denver's winter plans to build structures and continue its farming right into the cold months. Now, the organization might get some help. Bonterra Vineyards, a large organic wine producer in Mendocino County, and Growing Power, a Milwaukee-based urban farming and ... More >>

Tonight: Growing Our Urban AgriCULTURE potluck and party

​Denver's urban-agriculture community will grow a little closer tonight at Earthlinks, 2828 Larimer Street, the site of Growing Our Urban AgriCULTURE, a potluck and networking party. It runs from 6 to 9 p.m.; bring a dish to share (preferably one with locally grown ingredients). For more info ... More >>

Feed Denver moves into winter planting looking to help Colorado supply locally year-round

​In 2008, shortly after she finished reading the Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan, Lisa Rogers was trolling the internet when she found statistics related to the Colorado food supply. The Denver area spends over $5.7 billion on fresh food every year, she learned, but just $4 million of th ... More >>

Denver gets a second new dog park near East High -- along with an urban garden

railyarddogs.orgRailyard Dog Park construction.​Students returning to East High School today can look forward to a lesson in community involvement over the next two years, courtesy of Denver's parks department. By the end of September, the city plans to demolish the former Safeway/Church in t ... More >>

Pizzeria Basta's urban garden ready to sprout

Kelly Whitaker​While the rest of us sweltered in the heat this weekend, Kelly Whitaker and his crew at Pizzeria Basta in Boulder finished planting an urban garden, using a tiny plot of land behind the restaurant's commercial space for three beds full of tomatoes, peppers, kale, basil, rosemary ... More >>

The dog days of summer have arrived for the vacant Church in the City

Kelly Whitaker​While the rest of us sweltered in the heat this weekend, Kelly Whitaker and his crew at Pizzeria Basta in Boulder finished planting an urban garden, using a tiny plot of land behind the restaurant's commercial space for three beds full of tomatoes, peppers, kale, basil, rosemary ... More >>

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Kelly Whitaker​While the rest of us sweltered in the heat this weekend, Kelly Whitaker and his crew at Pizzeria Basta in Boulder finished planting an urban garden, using a tiny plot of land behind the restaurant's commercial space for three beds full of tomatoes, peppers, kale, basil, rosemary ... More >>

What's slower than the Slow Food movement? Replacing Jason Sheehan.

Kelly Whitaker​While the rest of us sweltered in the heat this weekend, Kelly Whitaker and his crew at Pizzeria Basta in Boulder finished planting an urban garden, using a tiny plot of land behind the restaurant's commercial space for three beds full of tomatoes, peppers, kale, basil, rosemary ... More >>

Tonight: Plan your kitchen garden at the Denver Botanic Gardens

A Flickr photo.​There are plenty of reasons why you might want to plant your own kitchen garden -- money and health foremost among them. But how do you go about figuring out what to plant, and how do you design your garden so that you get the same aesthetic pleasure from fruits and vegetables ... More >>

Plenty of food for thought in the District 1 council race

The Colorado Restaurant Association wanted to encourage a restaurateur to run for the District 1 seat on Denver City Council that Rick Garcia's vacating, and so far it has two, sort of, and a third candidate who's a leader in the urban farming movement. John Haney, a Denver police detective who co- ... More >>

All Cooped Up

The Colorado Restaurant Association wanted to encourage a restaurateur to run for the District 1 seat on Denver City Council that Rick Garcia's vacating, and so far it has two, sort of, and a third candidate who's a leader in the urban farming movement. John Haney, a Denver police detective who co- ... More >>

Denver's urban gardeners are digging their backyard farms

The Colorado Restaurant Association wanted to encourage a restaurateur to run for the District 1 seat on Denver City Council that Rick Garcia's vacating, and so far it has two, sort of, and a third candidate who's a leader in the urban farming movement. John Haney, a Denver police detective who co- ... More >>

Horn of Plenty

The Colorado Restaurant Association wanted to encourage a restaurateur to run for the District 1 seat on Denver City Council that Rick Garcia's vacating, and so far it has two, sort of, and a third candidate who's a leader in the urban farming movement. John Haney, a Denver police detective who co- ... More >>

Art In Bloom

Eric Matelski brings the gallery outside.

Giddy Up!

Art for the Animals raises bucks for The Urban Farm.

How Bazaar

Bizarre Denver offers its showcase for the weird.

Growing Concern

Old Matelski had a farm ...

Stretching Outside

Yoga in the Park brings exercise down to earth.