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Gift Cards for the Food Pantry!

Matching Grants double your donations dollar for dollar! Donate today to send $20 gift cards to the Gilpin Food Pantry in time for Thanksgiving!

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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

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We are thrilled to announce our participation in #GivingTuesday2023 and #ColoradoGivesDay2023! Click here: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/Holistic-Homestead

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How to harvest and enjoy rose hips

While fall is definitely falling early here in the Colorado Rockies this year – I couldn’t wait for the first hard frost! It finally got cold enough overnight for the bright red rose hips bursting with color on the wild rose bushes to be ready to harvest!

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3 ways to build healthy communities

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The Holistic Homestead has been working from the grassroots up since 2013 to Build Healthy Communities through education, outreach, and advocacy. But we haven’t made it this far on our own steam! It has taken thousands of volunteer hours, a growing network of members, sponsors, and philanthropists who believe in our mission to improve health and wellness by empowering our community.

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Farmers Markets: it takes a village

Farmers Markets don’t happen magically – it takes a lot of work, and a lot of people to come together! Read about WHY farmers markets are so important for every community, and HOW you can help us keep putting on this great event!

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Power Lunch is ON this Summer

Our Pay-What-You-Can Cafe is growing thanks to the United Power Operation Round Up! Read about our successful partnership and exciting NEW offerings!

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Local Business: USE IT OR LOSE IT

Local Food Systems need YOU to thrive! Take the PLEDGE to #shoplocal and support the small, local businesses in your community NOW before they’re gone….

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What’s the ROI when you shop local?

Sometimes it’s hard to quantify the benefit of choosing to shop at small, local markets rather than “big box” stores in the cities. There is no ready formula for the “Return On Investment” that our community enjoys because the Homestead is stocked and open to the public six days a week. We do, however, have some compelling data.

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Check out our new oven!!!

The Homestead Kitchen now has a full sized commercial convection oven! Delicious things are in store for our community…..

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Community Food Share celebrates 5 years!

The Community Food Share started in 2018 with just a few crates of veggies, and now we have a whole cooler to fill! Help us keep our cooler stocked and our community healthy, join the CFS today!

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