by RanchFoodsDirect | Aug 13, 2018 | Newsletter
Ranch Foods Direct retail manager Melissa Hahnenberger is currently enrolled in a six-month permaculture design course, “Through the Seasons,” offered by Becky Elder, owner of Blue Planet Earthscapes. Here, Melissa, who maintains the demonstration garden...
by RanchFoodsDirect | Aug 13, 2018 | Newsletter, Partners
The uplifting scenes in Graham Meriwether’s new film, Farmers for America, clash with a sobering reality: high land costs and low prices are making it hard for the next generation to break into farming. Following a screening of the film at Ivywild School on July...
by RanchFoodsDirect | Aug 13, 2018 | Events, Newsletter, Partners
Among the hundreds of vendors that lined Larimer Square for Slow Food’s “Taste Marketplace” were several Ranch Foods Direct suppliers, including Eric Vierra, owner of The Good Jar, right. He recently introduced new pickled asparagus to his line-up...
by RanchFoodsDirect | Aug 13, 2018 | Newsletter, Partners
Since opening Cacao Chemistry in 2014 with partner Travis Ashing, Sam Lang has been raising the bar on locally made chocolates. A graduate of Johnson & Wales in Denver, she likes adding surprising savory notes to her confections, with clever ingredients like...
by RanchFoodsDirect | Aug 13, 2018 | Newsletter, Recipes
Another late summer favorite: Peach Salsa There are countless variations on how to make peach salsa. For a recipe from the Colorado Proud program, CLICK HERE. Eat local and help celebrate Colorado Proud month during August!
by RanchFoodsDirect | Aug 13, 2018 | Newsletter, Partners
From left, Glenn Austin shows Ranch Foods Direct owner Mike Callicrate the lush canopy of clover, alfalfa, vetch and mixed cover crops that keep the soil in his orchard dark, rich and moist, and explains how he grafts new trees onto old root stock. The fruit of his...
by RanchFoodsDirect | Jul 11, 2018 | Newsletter
After hearing a haunting story from a Ranch Foods Direct customer who had been out on a boat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean – nothing but water for miles – and suddenly saw a plastic bag floating nearby, RFD sales associates Ashley Hutton and Josh...
by RanchFoodsDirect | Jul 11, 2018 | Newsletter, seafood
Fish that’s frozen right after it’s caught and kept frozen until you prepare it is probably the best way to get the health benefits commonly associated with eating more fish and seafood. So says author Paul Greenberg, who has written about the seafood...
by RanchFoodsDirect | Jul 11, 2018 | Newsletter, Provider Partners
Fishing boats in Providence Harbor, above. With a world class fishery right next door, one of the city’s best young chefs, Derek Wagner, started to wonder why his supplier wasn’t delivering locally caught seafood he could serve in his restaurant....
by RanchFoodsDirect | Jun 1, 2018 | Recipes
(courtesy of of Leona Espinoza’s sister-in-law Pat Johnston) Ingredients: 10 ears of corn 1/2 c. red onion, chopped 1/2 c. cilantro, chopped 2 jalapenos, seeded & chopped 4 T. lime juice 4 small avocados, chopped 3 Roma tomatoes, chopped 1 red bell pepper,...