Meet the Farmers

What's in a pie?

We're proud to serve food from the North Fork Valley of the Gunnison. Read on for opportunities to meet them yourself through self service farm stands, CSAs, and farmer's markets.

How we source

This is a relationships-based
supply chain.

We buy from traditional suppliers only what we can't get local — butter, olive oil, vinegars, salt, pepper, spices, plus some packaging and supplies. We buy mostly organic, but make practical considerations for cost.

Things we particularly watch out for are: glyphosate, PFAS, any pesticides or herbicides, growth hormones, and antibiotics. It's our view that these things don't belong in food and are primary contributors to the chronic disease epidemic in the United States. Our commitment to you is to offer you food free of these things.

See below for a full list of our sources in and out of the North Fork Valley.

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The full list

It takes a village
to make a pie!

These are our primary sources, organized by category.

Flour.

Mountain Oven

Paonia

Stone-milled, locally grown grains.

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Vegetables.

The people who give us the greens for our pie fillings, salad greens, and soup veggies.

Figure 8 Farming

Paonia

Trevor's farm — greens, tomatoes, peppers.

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Groundwork Farm

Paonia

Mixed veg, a VOGA member farm.

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Flipside Farms

North Fork

Mixed valley produce.

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Thistlewhistle Farm

Paonia

Heirloom veg + flowers, VOGA member.

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Mushrooms.

Berry Fungi Farms

Paonia

We are so lucky to have such a high quality grower in the valley.

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Ferments.

Elk Mountain Farmacy

Hotchkiss

Ryan at Elk Mountain does an amazing job with her ferments. We use it to add flavour and a probiotic boost that your body will feel.

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Meats.

All USDA-processed Colorado meats. Mostly beef and lamb.

Wrich Ranches

Crawford

100% grass-fed beef, no antibiotics or hormones.

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Sunshine Ranch

Hotchkiss

100% grass-fed beef, no antibiotics or hormones.

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Homestead Meats

Paonia

Homestead is our reliable partner for local Colorado beef.

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Farmhand's Harvest

North Fork

Benjamin is the namesake for the 'Shepherd'.

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Traditional sources.

We can't get everything local, but we do our best to pick good sources for our health and yours. We buy mostly organic, and are always on the watch to keep toxins out of our food.