Listen to our Just Good Food Manager, Elizabeth Agee talk about Connecting with the Environment through Permaculture in this KVNF interview.

An act designed to direct federal support to farms under 50 acres. Read more about it here.

In this article published by Colorado Newsline Pete Kolbenschlag from Colorado Farm & Food Alliance talks about how our organization wants to create a model for bringing resources to the regions facing the most severe risk from climate change. Read it here.

With the current Farm Bill set to expire, Colorado's farming community is anxious about its renewal, fearing cuts or insufficient funding amidst rising costs and the need for adaptation to climate change. The bill, which must be reauthorized every five years, supports farmers with programs ranging from crop insurance to assistance in land purchasing, and its renewal is seen as vital for the sustainability of the agricultural sector and rural communities. Read the article here.

In this article “Growing eggplants & electricity to benefit both?” Mark Waltermire, owner of Thistle Whistle Farm in Colorado's North Fork Valley, is featured. He cultivates a diverse range of crops and plans to integrate agrivoltaics to produce half a megawatt of electricity by May 2024, with support from a $50,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy awarded to COFFA.

Natasha Leger from Citizens for a Healthy Community and Pete Kolbenschlag from the Colorado Farm and Food Alliance talk about Climate Change and what that means for Western Colorado in this KVNF interview.

“North Fork group wins federal funding to explore projects pairing ag, solar power” is an article about how COFFA was awarded the Community Power Accelerator Prize from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to develop a community agrivoltaic project at Thistle Whistle Farm in Hotchkiss, CO.

Listen to a KVNF Regional Newscast that features COFFA and their 2023 trip to Washington DC

KVNF Community Radio interview with the Colorado Farm and Food Alliance about their All About Beaver Weekend event

Read Pete Kolbenschlag’s guest column in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel about the Colorado Farm and Food Alliance’s work on our Climate Report

A KVNF As the Worm Turns interview with Pete Kolbenschlag

A guest article from The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel written by Pete Kolbenschlag. Read it here.

A guest column in The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel by Mark Waltermire. Read it here.

Read about the Rocky Mountain Health Foundation grant recipients including COFFA here.

Check out this KVNF Local Motion episode where Pete Kolbenschlag shares ideas for immediate climate action in response to the latest IPCC report

David Miller wrote a guest column for Colorado Politics where he discussed the elements of the Build Back Better agenda and how they will benefit farmers such as funding for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program and Working Lands for Wildlife program.

Published in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, read it here.

“So we thank Sen. Hickenlooper for his leadership in introducing this bill. It is time to end noncompetitive oil and gas leasing and put taxpayers and the health of our lands back on top.  As the U.S. Senate considers the budget reconciliation process, ending this outdated 100-year-old backroom giveaway to frackers and fossil fuel corporations must be a priority.”

In this Colorado Sun guest column, Pete Kolbenschlag writes, “If a summer of high temperatures and low Colorado River flows is not the right time to stop fossil-fuel development on public lands, when is the right time?”

Pete Kolbenschlag writes about Build Back Better in this Post Independent guest column.