2025 Harvest Delivers Nearly 100,000 Pounds of Fresh Produce to Coloradans in Need

The farm opened up its fields to the public for gleaning on October 4th. TJ and Laurie hosted 186 guests who harvested 6,748 pounds of healthy broccoli, squash, and cabbage for their personal enjoyment. Chaffee County residents were invited to glean the CFTT fields, collecting 6,748 pounds of fresh produce. This day is an annual tradition when the farm hosts the community after distributing free, fresh produce to food banks in Chaffee County and throughout the state. While th

by MP Mueller, CFTT Board Member TJ McDaniel runs and manages the farm for Colorado Farm to Table. Originally from Mulvane, Kansas, TJ grew up on a small farm raising livestock and later worked in orchards and vegetable farms, where he developed a love for produce. After earning a degree in English from the University of Kansas, he continued farming near Lawrence. In 2014, TJ saw an ad in a Midwest farming publication looking for a farmer at Colorado Farm to Table. While his

It's that time of year - harvest time on the CFTT farm. We can't deliver fresh, nutritious cabbage, broccoli and other produce without the help of our amazing volunteers. From now through October we need people just like you to help bring in the harvest. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! If you can donate 3 hours from 8:00-110:00 a.m on selected dates - WE NEED YOU! Wear a hat and sunscreen and bring gloves and a water bottle. The CFTT field is on 291 across from the Scanga Meat sign

By Jillian Way If you grew a potager (a culinary herb garden) this summer, you will likely harvest your herbs several times throughout the season, but it is important to note that different parts of plants are best harvested at different times. Here are some general guidelines. The Harvest Leaves are generally most potent right before the plant is in full bloom (though this is not always the case, mint family plants are sometimes more potent while in flower). Use the same di

Nature knows what we need and provides us with an abundance of herbs with cooling properties that peak during summer.

When it comes to wild plants, knowledge of local flora is your birthright and foraging is one method of exercising it.

CFTT volunteer and poet James Oberheide recited his poem "The Farm" at the CFTT Earth-to-Table Fundraiser in June.

Thank you to everyone who supported our Earth to Table Fundraiser at the Chaffee County Fairgrounds on June 5! June 5, 2025.

by Jillian Way Interacting with plants is our birthright as humans. The plant kingdom has been our close ally and resource since before...

Celebrate World Environment Day by supporting CFTT's efforts to provide local food for those in need! Join CFTT on Thursday, June 5, 2025...

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April–May 2025 We’re excited to share that Colorado Farm to Table has once again been chosen as a beneficiary of City Market’s Fight...

Colorado Farm to Table Featured at the First-Ever Community Action Fair Colorado Farm to Table had the honor of participating in the...

How one family made CFTT part of their "forever home". I became connected to the idea of agriculture as a young child. From my home in  ...

Meet T.J., our Colorado Farm to Table farmer. When he's not raising free, nutritious veggies for the hungry masses, he keeps an eye on...

Colorado Farm to Table has been selected again as a beneficiary of the City Market Fight Hunger bag program . Throughout December 2024...

From November 1 through December 10, every donation you make will be boosted with a $1M+ Incentive Fund, made possible by Colorado Gives...

In 2023, CFTT did what it does best: growing and harvesting fresh produce to put on the plates of hungry Colorado residents. It felt...

Upcoming CFTT volunteer dates and end-of-year field gleaning on Sept. 21