Colorado Farm & Food Systems Respond & Rebuild Fund
Requests for Applications
Respond and Rebuild Fund
The Colorado Farm & Food Systems Respond & Rebuild Fund has a third round of grants available, made possible by the Colorado Department of Agriculture. About $1 million is available for producers, processors, and intermediaries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Applications are open through Nov. 9, 2020.
The COVID-19 crisis is dramatically affecting the food supply chain and the livelihoods of Colorado’s farmers and ranchers. There is a need for funding to support producers serving non-commodity markets, especially small- and mid-size growers; beginning farmers and ranchers; veteran farmers; Black, Indigenous, and farmers of color; and female and LGBTQ+ farmers — as those historically underserved by public programs will bear the brunt of the crisis’s impact.
Grants are administered by the independent Colorado Farm & Food Systems Response Team, a group of 14 food-systems organizations that has already allocated more than $370,000 in donor funds to producers and intermediaries in 2020.
What Qualifies for Grant Funding
The Fund provides flexible resources to those who — as a result of COVID-19 — experienced costs, losses, or needed to pivot their business model. Qualifying recipients include small- and mid-sized producers, and entities that support small- and mid-sized producers, including processors and intermediaries. The fund is designed to strengthen work already happening in our communities, and to help local organizations respond to emerging needs.
Grant requests must be directly attributed to the COVID-19 event. All qualifying expenses must occur / have occurred between March 1 and Dec. 30, 2020. Qualifying expenses may include one or more of the following:
Demonstrated losses or costs:
Losses and expenses accrued in order to continue your business model established prior to COVID-19.
- Reduced volume in sales
- Packaging, storage, equipment
- Equipment leases (e.g., cooler capacity, packaging equipment)
- Labor (testing, paid time off, replacement)
- Personal protective equipment (PPE) and other safety measures (sanitation, masks, and cleaning supplies)
- Increased marketing
- Other
Business model pivot:
Costs accrued to change or adjust your business model due to COVID-19.
- Developing and/or promoting digital consumer storefront to capture online sales from local deliveries or more distance shipments
- Beginning or increasing memberships sold in community support agriculture (CSA) model, or other direct to consumer product offerings
- Changing crop or livestock production (e.g. value-added products to gain more value per sale or make products less perishable)
- Increasing organizational/farm capacity
- Other
Requests that do not qualify for funding:
- Requests for support that are unrelated to the COVID-19 crisis.
- Requests from producers with annual gross revenue less than $1,000 or more than $1 million.
- Requests from processors with annual gross revenue less than $10,000 or more than $10 million.
- Requests covering costs beyond December 30, 2020
Grants will be available for individual producers, covering a maximum of $12,500 for demonstrated losses/costs and/or business model pivots due to COVID-19. Processors and intermediaries and (associations of producers, farmers markets, and food hubs) may request up to $50,000. We will give priority to intermediaries that demonstrate added value to their regional food system; we intend to balance fund distribution geographically and among commodity groups to ensure Colorado’s agricultural regions (including the Front Range) receive support.
The following entities are eligible to apply in the third round of the Respond & Rebuild Fund:
- Producers: Any small- and mid-size direct-market producers, defined as producers with annual gross revenue of between $1,000 and $1 million.
- Intermediaries: Associations, food hubs, markets, and other intermediaries who sell within local and regional Colorado markets who have a history of partnering with and can provide direct benefit to producers in their network during this event.
- Processors: Organizations processing human or animal food and/or using byproducts to create secondary products such as fuel, fiber, or other agricultural products. Other processing of agricultural products will also be considered, but priority will be given to processing of human and animal food, including processing of byproducts of food (such as hides, offal, compost, grain meal, etc.).
- For-profit and nonprofit entities.
- Past applicants and grantees.
Applications may be submitted directly by producers, processors, community cooperatives, nonprofit organizations, membership organizations, for-profit entities, local governments, food producers or aggregators, business owners, or a combination of the above may apply jointly/together. Our goal is to be fast and flexible in this emergency response to community needs.
The Colorado Farm & Food Systems Respond & Rebuild Fund will give additional consideration to applicants who are beginning producers; veteran producers; Black, Indigenous, and producers of color; female producers; and LGBTQ+ producers, as those historically underserved by public food and ag programs are bearing the brunt of the crisis’s impact.
This round of funding (round 3) offers larger grants than prior rounds; past grant recipients and applicants are encouraged to apply again. In addition to the equity considerations described above, reviewers will give priority to applicants who have never received grants from this fund.
Please note that organizations currently receiving funding or planning to apply for future funding from other Colorado funders are still eligible to apply for this independent emergency relief fund; participation will not impact current, pending, or future funding opportunities.
The Colorado Farm & Food Systems Response Team will administer grants in partnership with the Trailhead Institute. Trailhead works with communities, leaders and organizations as the supportive administrators to augment their services and meet the critical needs of the community.
All applications to the fund are first reviewed by our volunteer community review committee, made up of Colorado producers and food systems professionals. The review committee then provides suggestions to the fund’s grants committee, composed of members of the Colorado Farm & Food Systems Response Team coupled with additional members recruited to ensure that geographic, producer, and diverse perspectives and contexts are considered. The decision criteria can be found here.
Frequently Asked Questions
For additional questions please contact: CORespondRebuild@gmail.com.
See Frequently Asked Questions here.
Beyond direct funding support, the Colorado Farm & Food Systems Response Team organizations will actively work to connect resources to producers to ensure they have the information they need to be successful. Examples include:
- Navigating and leveraging other funding sources (federal stimulus, USDA opportunities, Small Business Administration (SBA) programs
- Gaining access to financial resources, webinars
- Doing business-model development and market analysis
- Finding the best options and opportunities for aggregation
- Finding the best options for online marketing platforms
- Providing access to free, online and local food systems data through the cofoodsystems.org mapping tool
Current and Past Grantees
We are happy to announce our grantees, representing diverse activities and communities around the state of Colorado!
Round 3 |
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Mountain Man Micro Farms LLC |
Franktown |
Johnson’s Acres, LLC |
Brighton |
MouCo Cheese Company |
FORT COLLINS |
Jill Queen-Lambert |
Brush |
Sunrise Ranch LLC |
Ramah |
Todd Swedlund |
PADRONI |
Shane Kawcak (William Kawcak) |
Craig |
Jakes Farm |
Hesperus |
Flying Y and Son LLC |
Colorado Springs |
Red Daisy Farm |
Brighton |
The Beekeeper’s Honey Boutique |
Salida |
Brown Dog Farm LLC |
Longmont |
Crites Produce |
Avondale |
Ponderosa Plains Farm Corporation |
Elizabeth |
Folks Farm & Seed |
Fort Collins |
Erin’s Acres LLC |
Carbondale |
James Mortensen |
Sanford |
Sage Valley Farm |
Hotchkiss |
Smith Family Greens, Ltd. |
Denver |
Desiderata Ranch |
Berthoud |
Brody Horn -Horn Farms |
La Junta |
Diana’s Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze |
Canon City |
Wertz Family Farms |
Berthoud |
Lamar |
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vaja greens |
holyoke |
Tierra Vida Farm LLC |
Durango |
Golden Acre Farm |
Lakewood |
Esoterra Culinary |
Boulder |
Hayden Fresh Farm |
Hayden |
ZQ Industries DBA The Urban Orchard |
FOUNTAIN |
Southwest Lamb |
Redvale |
Cleantec |
Matheson |
Adobe House Farm |
Durango |
Simla Frozen Food Locker |
Simla |
Mystic T Ranch |
Central City |
Wild Mountain Seeds LLC |
Carbondale |
Mile High Fungi |
Littleton |
Ellen’s Flowers |
Colorado Springs |
Green Junction Farmstead |
Clifton |
Jenner Blach |
Yuma |
Cloud City Conservation Center/ Cloud City Farm |
Leadville |
Pastures Of Plenty Farm |
Longmont |
Fortunate Fruit LLC |
Delta |
oak mesa wagyu |
delta |
Rocking TT Bar |
Carbondale |
Netzel Farms |
Littleton |
Double Diamond Farms Corp |
Fort Collins |
Duck Berry Farm |
Paonia |
Kelly Farm |
Greeley |
Summit Roots Farm |
Mancos |
Canyon Ranch |
Olathe |
Ring-a-Ding Farms, LLC |
Howard |
Volberding Farms Inc |
Akron |
LeeAnne Sanders (Lake Hollow Homestead) |
Berthoud |
Fossil Creek Farms LLC |
Fort Collins |
Field To Fork |
Palisade |
Three Leaf Farm LLC |
Lafayette |
BAR UC Cattle Co. |
Haswell |
Kaizen Food Rescue (KFR) |
ENGLEWOOD |
Hoffman Farms, LLC |
Greeley |
Father Earth Organic Farm LLC |
Lafayette |
JM Showpigs |
Stratton |
Los Rios Farm |
BERTHOUD |
Indian Ridge Farm LLC |
NORWOOD |
Fresh from the Farm Fungi LLC |
Littleton |
Violet Ratio, LLC |
Crestone |
Innovative Ag Colorado |
Phippsburg |
Rocky Mountain Garlic |
Salida |
A Diamond Brand, LLC |
Rye |
Highwater Farm |
Glenwood Springs |
Gary DiTomaso DBA:DiTomaso Farms |
Pueblo |
Nola Naturals |
Cotopaxi |
Jessica Dalrick |
Trinidad |
Triple M / Ironstone Orchards |
Olathe |
Running Deer Ranch (Gabrielle Schmalz) |
Eckert |
Ryan Hemphill Farm |
McClave |
Zweck’s Fresh Vegetables |
Longmont |
The Farm Collaborative |
Aspen |
Dunham Livestock |
Meeker |
Buena Vida Farm |
Fort Collins |
Thomas E. Zubal |
Hoehne |
Isabelle Farm LLC |
Lafayette |
Colorado Craft Beef LLC. |
Akron |
Buddy Johnson/Johnson Outfit |
Simla |
Five R Ranch |
Nunn |
Willmeth Family Trust |
Seneca |
Bluebird Sky Farmstead |
Longmont |
Wisdom Natural Poultry |
Haxtun |
Frost Livestock Company |
Fountain, Colorado |
Community Table Farm |
Longmont |
Fields to Plate Produce LLC. |
Durango |
Raisin’ Roots Farm |
Fort Collins |
Reynel Arreola Farrier LLC |
Keenesburg |
Blue Skies Organic Vegetables |
Monument |
Sunshine Beef |
Crawford |
2 RT Produce, Inc |
Center |
Light Root Community Farm, LLC |
Boulder |
Andrew Minor |
sterling |
Kenna Pacheco and Jose Chavez |
Center |
Johnathan Miller (Miller Ranch & Construction Services) |
Kiowa |
Topp Fruits LLC |
Hotchkiss |
Native Hill Farm |
Fort Collins |
Rx Grazing Services LLC |
Lewis |
Grange Road Growers |
Paonia |
Tasty Acres Colorado |
Lakewood |
Myron Scott |
Trinidad |
Apple Valley Orchards LLC |
PENROSE |
The Table Urban Farm |
Denver |
Sara’s Pick of the Coop |
Loveland |
Foghino Farm |
Trinidad |
JuNo Farms |
Hotchkiss |
Villard Ranch LLC |
CRAIG |
Thistle Whistle Farm |
Hotchkiss |
Stuart Kramer |
Paonia |
JAMES A BRIDGES |
MONTROSE |
EP Greens |
Estes Park |
J.R.C. Enterprises |
Strasburg |
Two Roots Farm |
Basalt |
Hinton Livestock |
Elizabeth |
Kroll Ranch, LLC |
Rye |
Bee Grateful Farm |
Oak Creek |
Falduto Ranches LLC |
Trinidad |
Megan’s Mushrooms |
Rocky Ford |
Plants Naturally |
Aurora |
Victory Gardens |
Nederland |
Sunshine Mesa Farm |
Hotchkiss |
Rockin S Ranch LLC |
Antonito |
3T Ranch, LLC |
Franktown |
Blake and Haley Pennington |
Manzanola |
Red Mountain Ranches |
Cedaredge |
Melvin W. Bartlett Farms, Ltd. |
Merino |
Mountain Flower Goat Dairy |
Boulder |
John Olesen |
genoa |
First Fruits Organic Farms, INC |
PAONIA |
Cotter F Farm and Ranch |
Mack |
41North Inc. |
Hayden |
Emerald Gardens |
Bennett |
Texco Ranch |
Centennial |
Ollin Farms |
Longmont |
Starling Farm |
Boulder |
Wovoka Ranch |
Montrose |
Colorado Fresh Farms LLC |
Fort Collins |
Denver Botanic Gardens |
Denver |
SoCliff Farm |
Lakewood |
Birdhouse Farm |
Norwood |
Deer Tree Farm & Agroforest LLC |
Hotchkiss |
Macario’s Produce LLC |
Olathe |
Elevation Beef Co |
Wellington |
Cure Organic Farm |
Boulder |
Miss Penn’s Mountain Seeds |
Westcliffe |
Jaimee and Tyler Mollohan |
Otis |
Front Line Farming |
Denver |
Local Motion CSA (Leffler Family Farms) |
Eaton |
Peach Valley CSA Farm |
Silt |
Farm to Bus |
Broomfield |
Carbondale Farmers’ Market |
Carbondale |
Mountain Velvet LTD |
Del Norte |
Barber’s Foods |
Denver |
Farm Runners LLC |
Hotchkiss |
Simple Foods Market |
Del Norte |
Project Worthmore |
AURORA |
Stites Ranch |
Rocky Ford |
Old Fort at Hesperus (Fort Lewis College) |
Hesperus |
Garden Sweet LLC |
Fort Collins |
Larimer County Farmers’ Market |
Fort Collins |
The Learning Council/ Arbol Farm Market |
Paonia |
High Plains Food Co-op |
Wray |
Fort Collins Winter Market |
Fort Collins |
Mountain Freshies |
Snowmass Village |
Boulder County Farmers Markets |
Boulder |
City of Greeley Farmers Market |
Greeley |
Telluride Farmers Market/Southwest Institute for Resilience |
Telluride |
Lifespan Local |
Denver |
Mountain Roots Food Project together with Gunnison Valley Producer’s Guild |
Gunnison |
A FRESH MOVE Neighborhood Grocery Store |
colorado springs |
Springside Cheese Corporation |
Pueblo |
Fresh Food Hub |
Norwood |
The Triangle Oasis |
Salida |
Wild Gal’s Market |
Nucla |
Skip’s Farm to Market, LLC |
Palisade |
Gardner and La Veta Farmers Markets (Shii Koeii Community) |
Gardner |
Focus Points Family Resource Center |
Denver |
Alamosa Farmers’ Market |
Alamosa |
Ranch Foods Direct |
Colorado Springs |
CPAC |
Monte Vista |
Fort Collins Food Co-op (Mountain Ave. Market) |
Fort Collins |
Mile High Farmers (Rocky Mountain Farmers Union) |
Denver |
Backyard Farmers Market in Black Forest |
Colorado Springs |
Pagosa Farmers Market (Southwest Organization for Sustainability) |
Pagosa Springs |
NewFarms |
Avondale |
Grow Food, Feed People (Ekar Farm) |
Denver |
East Denver Food Hub |
Bennett |
San Luis Valley Local Foods Coalition (SLVLFC) |
Alamosa |
Project Protect Food Systems |
Denver |
Colorado Farmers Market Association |
Fort Collins |
Sandcreek Longhorns |
Bethune |
Montrose Farmers’ Market/Valley Food Partnership/Western Colorado Food & Farm Forum |
Montrose |
Southwest Farm Fresh Cooperative (SWFF) |
Cortez |
Good Food Collective |
Durango |
Rock River Ranches |
Commerce City |
Bountiful Ventures LLC dba Bountiful Meats & Processing |
La Jara |
Williams Orchards LLC |
CEDAREDGE |
Root Shoot Malting |
Loveland |
Colorado cow llc |
Kersey |
Diamond G Poultry LLC |
Paonia |
Phoenix Fiber Mill |
Olney Springs |
Bob’s Processing |
Trinidad |
Sunnyside Meats, Inc. |
Durango |
Kinikin Processing llc |
Montrose |
Leroux Creek Foods |
HOTCHKISS |
Homestead Meats and Processing |
Delta |
Innovative Foods |
Evans |
Summit Hard Cider and Perry Co, LLC |
Fort Collins |
Silver Spruce Partners, LLC dba Ela Family Farms |
Hotchkiss |
Round 2 |
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Adobe House Farm |
Durango |
Alamosa Farmers’ Market |
Alamosa |
Bee Grateful Farm |
Oak Creek |
Boulder County Farmers Markets |
Boulder |
CityGal Farms |
Lakewood |
Colorado Farm and Art Market |
Colorado Springs |
Desiderata Ranch |
Berthoud |
East Denver Food Hub |
Bennett |
F.R.E.S.H. Food Hub |
Norwood |
FloraBee Farm LLC |
Lakewood |
Glenwood’s Downtown Market |
Glenwood Springs |
Good Food Collective (Onward!) |
Durango |
Grange Road Growers |
Paonia |
Green Junction Farmstead |
Clifton |
Growing Gardens of Boulder County, Inc. |
Boulder |
Hanagan Farms |
La Junta |
Harvest House |
Molina |
High Plains Food Co-op |
Wray |
Hixson Farms |
Lamar |
Hunters Hoggs |
Calhan |
Kenna Pacheco |
Center |
Mo Betta Green |
Denver |
Mountain Flower Urban Goat Dairy |
Boulder |
Nola Naturals |
Howard |
Reynel Arreola Farrier LLC |
Keenesburg |
San Luis Valley Local Foods Coalition/Valley Roots Food Hub |
Mosca |
Seeds to Savor Farm |
Elizabeth |
Southwest Farm Fresh Cooperative |
Cortez |
Star View Farm Ltd |
Berthoud |
Starling Farm |
Boulder |
Sunshine Green’s Farm |
Colorado Springs |
Texco Ranch |
Centennial |
The Farm Collaborative |
Aspen |
The Learning Council |
Paonia |
Three Leaf Farm |
Lafayette |
Tigges Farm, LLC |
Greeley |
Turtle Lake Refuge |
Durango |
University of Colorado Colorado Springs |
Colorado Springs |
Round 1 |
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2 B Ewe |
Hooper |
Arrowpoint Cattle Company, LLC |
Nathrop |
Bangas Farm |
Mancos |
Breen Mesa Farm Creamery |
Hesperus |
Cactus Hill Farm Fiber |
La Jara |
Cloud City Conservation Center |
Leadville |
DiTomaso Farms |
Pueblo |
Emerald Gardens |
Bennett |
Haycamp Farm & Fruit |
Mancos |
Hoffman Farms, LLC |
Greeley |
Innovative Ag Colorado |
Steamboat Springs |
Isabelle Farm |
Lafayette |
Laz Ewe 2 Bar Goat Dairy, LLC |
Del Norte |
Local Motion CSA (Leffler Family Farms) |
Eaton |
Megan’s Mushrooms |
Rocky Ford |
Miss Penn’s Mountain Seeds |
Westcliffe |
New Roots Farm |
Canon City |
Pronghorn Ridge Farm |
Strasburg |
Rocking 4 Lazy M Ranch |
Wellington |
Sprout City Farms |
Denver |
Star View Farm Ltd |
Berthoud |
Texco Ranch |
Centennial |
The Farm Collaborative |
Basalt |
The Living Farm |
Paonia |
Two Elk Ranch dba, Hayden Fresh Farm |
Hayden |
Two Roots Farm |
Basalt |
Colorado Farmers Market Association |
Fort Collins |
Mountain Roots Food Project |
Gunnison |
Steering Committee Organizations

Colorado Department of Agriculture
About: The Colorado Department of Agriculture exists to support the state’s agriculture industry and serve the people of Colorado through regulation, advocacy and education. Our mission is to strengthen and advance Colorado agriculture, promote a safe and high-quality food supply, protect consumers, and foster responsible stewardship of the environment and natural resources.
Website: www.colorado.gov/ag
Facebook: @coloradoag
Instagram: @coagriculture
Twitter: @coagriculture1

Colorado Farmers Market Association
About: The Colorado Farmers Market Association is a nonprofit that works to support and promote Colorado farmers markets through the direct marketing of Colorado agricultural products. CFMA works on behalf of farmers markets at the state, local and national levels – advocating in policy and providing structural connections between markets.
Website: https://cofarmersmarkets.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coloradofarmers
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cofarmersmarkets/

Colorado Food Systems Advisory Council
About: The Colorado Food Systems Advisory Council (COFSAC) is a formal, Governor-appointed Board/Commission for the state of Colorado. Our members represent the wide range of agricultural producers, sizes of farms, and geographies across Colorado. Our members are bi-partisan appointees focused on a vibrant industry and improving healthy food access for all Colorado residents.
Website: http://www.cofoodsystemscouncil.org

Colorado State University Food Systems and Extension
About: Food systems are defined as the connections between natural resources, the agricultural and food industry, and the buyers, consumers and communities to which they contribute. Research, extension and education identifies and informs opportunities to bridge how the production, supply chains, and eaters respond to changing markets, policy, and environment. At CSU, we focus on these three key areas to train, influence, and communicate opportunities to connect food related roles in achieving healthy communities, economies, and individuals.
Website: https://foodsystems.colostate.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Food-Systems-Colorado-State-University-2356299411250737
Instagram: @CSU_foodsystems

Fresh Food Connect
About: Helen has focused the last 10 years of her career on both food access and food production. Alongside her work with the CFFSRT, Helen serves as the CEO of Fresh Food Connect, and organization that aims to create a more healthy, sustainable, and local food system by creating a market for homegrown food.
Website: www.freshfoodconnect.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/freshfoodconnect
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshfoodconnect/

FrontLine Farming
About: Frontline Farming is a food and farmers advocacy nonprofit working to create greater equity across our food system on the Front Range of Colorado. We specifically seek to support and create greater leadership and access for women and people of color in our food systems. We achieve these goals through growing food, listening, educating, honoring land and ancestors, policy initiatives, and direct action.
Website: https://www.frontlinefarming.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frontlinefarmingcolorado
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frontlinefarming/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/frontlinefarms

Good Food Collective
About: The Good Food Collective is working with stakeholders across Southwestern Colorado to rebuild an intact regional food system that supports rural economic development, meaningful jobs, a healthy environment, food security & justice, and strong community.
Website: www.goodfoodcollective.org
Facebook: @goodfoodcollectiveco
Instagram: @goodfoodcollectiveco

Hunger Free Colorado
About: Hunger Free Colorado connects people to food resources to meet existing needs and drives policy, systems and social change to end hunger. Hunger Free Colorado brings a unified, statewide voice to the issue and solutions surrounding hunger, with a goal to ensure every Coloradan has equitable access to the nutritious food needed to thrive and reach their full potential.
Website: www.HungerFreeColorado.org
Facebook: @HungerFreeColorado
Instaram: @hungerfreeco
Twitter: @hungerfreeco

Kitchen Sync Strategies
About: Kitchen Sync Strategies is a systems change company that believes a smarter, healthier way to nourish people and the planet comes from inspiring action across many different sectors. By connecting food systems practitioners with purpose and private, philanthropic, and public sector leaders in many fields, we work to develop regional food economies that are dynamic, transformative, and responsive to their communities.
Website: www.kitchensyncstrategies.com
Instagram: @kitchensyncstrategies

Nourish Colorado
About: We believe universal access to healthy, nutritious food is a fundamental human right. Nourish Colorado is transforming Colorado’s food system to ensure all Coloradans have equal and abundant access to nutritious foods from sustainable sources. Through advocacy for better policies, statewide initiatives, and partnerships with communities, and statewide and national organizations, Nourish Colorado is creating a new food paradigm. We’re actively challenging the status quo and championing a future-forward food system that equitably feeds and nourishes ALL Coloradans.
Website: https://nourishcolorado.org/

National Western Center
About: The National Western Center is a year-round urban hub for food and ag discovery — in the heart of the American West. Construction of the dynamic, 250-acre campus in Denver is underway now. When complete in 2024, people from all walks of life will convene there to lead, inspire, create, educate and entertain in pursuit of global food solutions.
Website: www.nationalwesterncenter.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nationalwesterncenter
Instagram: https://instagram.com/national.western.center
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DiscoverTheWest
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/national-western-center
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdDbYM4weExlwWK_aIAYqcQ

Rocky Mountain Farmers Union
About: Rocky Mountain Farmers Union is a progressive, grassroots organization dedicated to • achieving profitability for family farmers and ranchers; • promoting stewardship of land and water resources; • delivering safe, healthy food to consumers; • strengthening rural communities through education, legislation, and cooperation; • being the voice for family agriculture and rural communities.
Website: www.rmfu.org
Facebook: @RockyMountainFarmersUnion
Instagram: @rmfunion
Twitter: @RMFUnion

External Facilitator: Keystone Policy Center
About: Keystone Policy Center empowers leaders to overcome national and local policy conflicts they previously thought were insurmountable. It offers a unique and innovative approach through public policy and subject matter experts with extensive convening and facilitation experience. Keystone’s rare expertise propels conflicted groups, coalitions, and divergent leaders beyond entrenched positions to common higher ground.
Website: https://www.keystone.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KeystonePolicyCenter
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheKeystoneCtr
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-keystone-center/