by Ericka Kastner Cultural anthropologist-turned-baker for dogs, Salida’s Sydney Schalit is baking up a storm. Her business, The Colorado Barkery, cranks out an average of 700 handmade, meat-free “Colorado Proud” dog treats each week. With the help of Mountain Mama Milling in Monte Vista, supplier of the coarse-ground wheat, 70 percent of the ingredients are Colorado-based. She purchased the business from Amy Reid in 2012, and although the Barkery already had a decade of success tied to its name, Sydney changed all of the recipes to meet the Colorado Proud standard. In 2013, she received a commendation from the Colorado ...