At a time when multinational corporations fund fake grassroots organizations to promote dubious causes, Central Colorado Foodshed Alliance (CCFA) offers a refreshing example of a true grassroots effort to improve the local food economy in central Colorado. David Ward, president and founding board member of CCFA, said he and wife Suzanne, also a founding board member, developed an interest in foodshed alliances, and the organization grew from seeds sown during a series of meetings organized by Natural Resources Conservation Service District Conservationist Bill Gardiner. “Bill was putting together a database of local ag producers, and a group of us started ...
