Mountain Towns & Local Food Systems, Pt. 1: Setting the Stage (Ep.221)

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On the Blister Podcast, Jonathan and Kara respond to a listener’s question about what local food is and how you can support it; how to grow food in cold places; chicken tractors and therapy chickens; and how a robust local food system keeps our mountain towns healthier.
Glacier Farm, a partnership project between Mountain Roots and the Crested Butte Land Trust
On the Blister Podcast, Jonathan and Kara respond to a listener’s question about what local food is and how you can support it; how to grow food in cold places; chicken tractors and therapy chickens; and how a robust local food system keeps our mountain towns healthier.
Chicken Tractors at Sunny Sage Farm (Gunnison, CO)
On the Blister Podcast, Jonathan and Kara respond to a listener’s question about what local food is and how you can support it; how to grow food in cold places; chicken tractors and therapy chickens; and how a robust local food system keeps our mountain towns healthier.
Gandalf the Grey (the chicken)
On the Blister Podcast, Jonathan and Kara respond to a listener’s question about what local food is and how you can support it; how to grow food in cold places; chicken tractors and therapy chickens; and how a robust local food system keeps our mountain towns healthier.
Kara Williard at Sunny Sage Farm
On the Blister Podcast, Jonathan and Kara respond to a listener’s question about what local food is and how you can support it; how to grow food in cold places; chicken tractors and therapy chickens; and how a robust local food system keeps our mountain towns healthier.
Sunny Sage Farm's garden
On the Blister Podcast, Jonathan and Kara respond to a listener’s question about what local food is and how you can support it; how to grow food in cold places; chicken tractors and therapy chickens; and how a robust local food system keeps our mountain towns healthier.
Harvest season at Sunny Sage Farm
On the Blister Podcast, Jonathan and Kara respond to a listener’s question about what local food is and how you can support it; how to grow food in cold places; chicken tractors and therapy chickens; and how a robust local food system keeps our mountain towns healthier.
Carrot harvest at Sunny Sage Farm

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This week I’m talking with our very own Kara Williard, who, when she’s not testing skis or doing a million other things for us at BLISTER, is raising chickens and growing food in the Gunnison Valley. We discuss what it means to build and support local food systems in mountain towns; the best practices for growing food in these cold climates; chicken tractors and therapy chickens; and the many ways that you can get involved with local food in your community.

TOPICS & TIMES:

  • Kara’s Background (2:06)
  • Tim’s Question (9:04)
  • What’s a Local Food System? (10:39)
  • Who are the players? (11:47)
  • Food Insecurity & Mountain Towns (18:31)
  • Growing participation in CSA’s (21:52)
  • Farmers’ Markets (27:03)
  • What else individuals can do (28:40)
  • Greenhouses (31:43)
  • Eating Regionally & Food Literacy (35:47)
  • Other methods & technologies(37:23)
  • Local Food & Environmental Health (40:55)
  • Kara’s farm: Sunny Sage Farm (45:55)

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1 comment on “Mountain Towns & Local Food Systems, Pt. 1: Setting the Stage (Ep.221)”

  1. Good podcast. I’ve just read ‘Dirt to Soil’ about regenerative agriculture at a ranch sized level, good to hear at different scale. Good luck as Sunny Sage develops.

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