by RanchFoodsDirect | Sep 29, 2016 | Newsletter
Gardening beds amended with bone- and bio-char are “bigger and greener and produce sooner” than those without it, according to Scott Wilson, above, garden coordinator at the Galileo School of Math and Science and a presenter during Pikes Peak Urban...
by RanchFoodsDirect | Oct 8, 2014 | Newsletter
THE SCOOP: Talk about hyper-local. By next year, Ranch Foods Direct could be selling food items grown just a short walk away on a once-vacant plot nearby, the first of many such micro-farms that might eventually sprout city-wide. Pikes Peak Small Farms, a new branch...
by RanchFoodsDirect | Aug 29, 2014 | Newsletter
Garlic grown by Pikes Peak Urban Gardens (Director Larry Stebbins, pictured) Made with Torpedo Farms bacon and Callicrate Beef These burgers will be served during the Fifth Annual PPUG Garlic and Chili Fest at Summerland Gardens Saturday, Sept. 13. ($10 per person)...
by RanchFoodsDirect | Jul 31, 2014 | Newsletter
THE SCOOP: The annual Pikes Peak Urban Gardens Garlic Fest is set for Sept. 13. In anticipation of the festival, which gets bigger and better every year, PPUG teamed up with Ranch Foods Direct to create a new garlic bacon burger. Collaborators on the new product...
by RanchFoodsDirect | May 1, 2011 | Newsletter
Donna Ross (shown at immediate left with retail manager Leona Espinoza) has gardened devotedly for the last 30 years. She started with a 12 ft-by-12 ft space that has since quadrupled in size. She also volunteers with the Care and Share Food Bank garden program and...