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 the gleaning day...

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 parents had...