April 18, 6- 8:15pm

Local Innovation—Water Resiliency

• Growing for Increased Drought—What farmers and backyard growers can do to improve their soil to make it more resilient to drought. –Brad Tonnessen, CSU Research Station
• Keeping water on the landscape—potential solutions—Shawn LaBounty
• Panel: Different Forms of Ag Resiliency—orchards, ranchers, vegetable farms from small to large acreage—TriRiver Extension, Katie Alexander, Jenny Beiermann, and Retta Bruegger
• Discussion

April 25th, 6- 8:15pm

Local Innovation: Restaurant Scene—Panel

• Local and Seasonal: Making a local and seasonable foods restaurant focused on health and wellness work– Justen and Joy Williams, The Simple Café.
• A Restaurant Journey: Long-time Paonia local jumps on changes in the town, and with a historic perspective opens a new comfort food pop-up restaurant during the pandemic—to great success. –Mat Pinkard, Crunch Waffle.

How Can We Be of Service

• Conservation Easements On the Rise—Keeping ag land viable—Colorado West Land Trust, Ilana Moir
• Municipal Water/Water infrastructure—how it works-what you need to know—Tom Wills, Publisher, Merchant Herald
• FarmacyRx—Educational and Nutritional assistance to families at-risk of diet-related diseases—Penelope Powell, Valley Food Partnership
• Local Nonprofits Weave Community Resiliency—hear from local organizations on how to get involved and contribute to a resilient community.
• Discussion

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This workshop is a gift to the community and donations are welcomed to support our work.