by Central Staff Community farm markets and gardens are sprouting up all over the Central Colorado region. From Westcliffe to Cañon City, Alamosa to Gunnison, consumers are being given a larger choice of where to buy their edibles as well as knowledge of their origins. One of the newer local farm markets is now held alongside the Arkansas River among the red rocks of Cotopaxi. Begun in 2013 by producer-owned Big Sky Cooperative, the goal is to create a resource for healthy foods not grown with chemicals or genetic modification. The market offers regional organic produce, fruit, canned goods, baked ...
