LocalFood Pueblo has a mission to strengthen communities in Southeastern Colorado by promoting and increasing access to local food.
Note: If you or someone you know is in immediate need of food assistance, please check out the Pueblo Food Finder map by clicking here for a list of food banks and soup kitchens. Best wishes to you!
Note: If you or someone you know is in immediate need of food assistance, please check out the Pueblo Food Finder map by clicking here for a list of food banks and soup kitchens. Best wishes to you!
ANNOUNCEMENT: All leaders of community or school gardens in Pueblo County are requested to complete a Winter-Spring 2017-2018 Garden Survey (<- click follow the link at left) by May 31, 2018. If you lead at least one community/school garden in Pueblo County, please click here to access and complete the survey. If you lead or represent more than one community/school garden, please complete the survey one time for every garden you lead or represent. For example, if you lead/represent two gardens please complete the survey twice. Thank you!
What is LocalFood Pueblo?
LocalFood Pueblo (LFP) is the main community development branch of the non-profit NeighborWorks® Southern Colorado (NWSoCo). NWSoCo shares resources and relationships that empowers LFP to help improve community health and vitality through local and regional food related programs in Southern Colorado.
Why local food?
Locally sourced foods are fresher, healthier, and more delicious and contribute more to the local economy. The list below highlights why local food is so important for our well being.
What does LocalFood Pueblo do?
LocalFood Pueblo (LFP) focuses on:
LocalFood Pueblo (LFP) is the main community development branch of the non-profit NeighborWorks® Southern Colorado (NWSoCo). NWSoCo shares resources and relationships that empowers LFP to help improve community health and vitality through local and regional food related programs in Southern Colorado.
Why local food?
Locally sourced foods are fresher, healthier, and more delicious and contribute more to the local economy. The list below highlights why local food is so important for our well being.
- Food Security - With more local food available people are more confident that they will have enough nutritious food to feed themselves and their families.
- Health and Safety - Local food is fresher and healthier and comes in contact with fewer hands, machines, and containers before you eat it.
- Community and Economy - Relationships form between food producers and their customers and more money stays in the community instead of leaving it.
- Transportation and Energy - Local food is appreciated more and wasted less and less packaging and energy are wasted from processing, storing, and transporting than food sourced from further away.
What does LocalFood Pueblo do?
LocalFood Pueblo (LFP) focuses on:
- Planning a small neighborhood grocery store in food desert downtown Pueblo (300 N Main St) as part of the "Main Street Project" via parent non-profit NeighborWorks® Southern Colorado.
- Promoting the expansion of local and regional food production and distribution via food hubs like the Arkansas Valley Organic Growers (AVOG) cooperative, farmers markets, local grocery stores and restaurants that source food regionally
- Delivering a free periodic email newsletter (sign up on the left side or top of the Contact page) with local food related news and events; you can share local food news and events by emailing [email protected]
- Collaborating with local community gardens and other organizations to assist adults and children in learning how to grow their own food safely and successfully
- Developing a Local Food Mobile App to help people find, sell, and buy local food or use Double Up Food Bucks to get twice as much produce with SNAP benefits.
- Helping establish and expand food-producing community gardens and "Heroes Gardens" in Pueblo schools to empower youth and promote hands-on education and healthy living through local food
- Working with partners and volunteers to host local food related events such as viewings of documentary films and classes about growing and handling food safely