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Welcome!
The Urban Farm is a non-profit organization located in Denver, Colorado.
We provide an important, fun, and educational experience to our visitors. TUF operates year-round. Come experience a farm in the City.
We are open to the public for self guided tours on

Saturdays 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and on Tuesdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
March 1st to October 31st ( weather permitting).
Admission is $5 per person (under 2 free).
Click here for more information

September 10 - Rocky Mountain PBS Kids Fun Fest come see us at the Fest in Downtown Denver October 1 - Backyard Poultry Keeping 101 presented by TUF at Athmar Branch Library Click here for more information Click here for more information
Farm Fresh and Free Range Chicken Eggs

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The Urban Farm

The Urban Farm at Stapleton
10200 Smith Rd
Denver, Colorado 80239
303-307-9332

Email Address:
info@TheUrbanFarm.org

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Welcome! The Urban Farm is a non-profit organization located in Denver, Colorado. We provide an important, fun, and educational experience to our visitors. TUF operates year-round. Come experience a farm in the City. We are open to the public for self guided tours on Saturdays 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

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Each group chooses three hands-on projects: to help the environment, to help their human community, and to help other animals.

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New York City Department of Parks & Recreation U.S.

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Perhentian Community & Conservation Project and Roots & Shoots Malaysia

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Celebrate International Day of Peace with us! Visit www.rootsandshoots.org/peaceday for some project ideas to honor Peace Day with UN Messenger of Peace Dr. Jane Goodall on September 21. Also check out Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots Peace Day - a Facebook page where members of the global Roots & Shoots community are gathering to discuss Peace Day projects and events.

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Every night, the project serves only 70 people. The small group provides a special experience, as if you are in a fine dining establishment.

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It's a soup kitchen fit for kings and queens.

And that is exactly the way internationally famous chef Massimo Bottura wants it. The aim of this new venture, though, is different: It's a gourmet soup kitchen that uses leftovers to feed the less fortunate.

When you walk into Bottura's latest culinary temple, it would not be out of place in his home city of Modena, Italy, the location of his Michelin three-star restaurant Osteria Francescana.

"This is not a charity project, but a cultural one," Bottura says. "It's involving architects, artists, designer[s], to create a space full of beauty and culture."

Designers like Brazil's famed Campana brothers made the tables and chairs. São Paulo artist Vik Muniz - whose work has sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars - created a huge mural of a dripping chocolate Last Supper. It's a light and airy space that delights the senses in every way. Bottura says it was a deliberate effort.

"One of the most important things of this project is we give dignity, rebuild dignity," Bottura says. "It's not just about good food."

But of course, good food is a part of it. Every night a different world-famous chef takes the helm. Their challenge is to make a gourmet meal out of what has been donated.

"So we are going to get the overripe banana, the ugly mango or milk that was almost expired," he says. "And we show people what we can do with that - something amazing, something bright, something full of hope."

Everyone is helping out, especially the Olympic organizers.

"All the restaurants in Rio de Janeiro are donating food. Yesterday, a big truck came full of food from the Olympic venues, we didn't know what to do with it all," Bottura says, smiling. "We unloaded some of it, then we sent the rest to other communities."

The project is called RefettoRio Gastromotiva. It's an adaptation of something Bottura did in Milan, during Expo Milano 2015, where he took over an abandoned theater and transformed it into this unique kind of soup kitchen. Here in Rio, they again chose a derelict space, far away from the Olympic venues, in the neighborhood of Lapa.

"We are not in the Olympic village ... we are in a periphery. Where there is no spotlight," Bottura says.

Every night, the project serves only 70 people. The small group provides a special experience, as if you are in a fine dining establishment.

Rio is a city in which at least 25 percent of the population live in favelas, or impoverished communities. Bottura works with local charities to determine who gets a seat on a given night.

On the evening I was there, Venezuelan chef Carlos Garcia made the three-course dinner, and I helped serve it. In order to get access, I was told I had to take part and volunteer for the night. Bottura says it's a strict requirement.

"We don't want superficial people coming here to interview me because I'm the best chef in the world and I'm doing this," he says.

One other requirement is that we are not allowed to interview or photograph the guests in order to protect their identities, and make them feel they are in a safe space.

I donned my apron and the diners filed in. One was a child with his mother. Many were elderly, some had visible mental health issues, others were cross-dressers. These were people on the margins of society here. At first, you could tell they didn't know what to make of the experience.

But as the first course came out - a soup of beans and blanched vegetables - they began to smile and relax. Seated at long refectory-style tables, they interacted and joked. At the end of the meal, they broke out into applause.

Bottura hopes the project gets replicated in many other parts of the world. "Everything is possible," he says. "If you can dream you can make it." He says it's his Olympic hope.

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Master Chef Turns Leftovers Into Fine Dining For Brazil's Hungry

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It's a soup kitchen fit for kings and queens. And that is exactly the way internationally famous chef Massimo Bottura wants it. The aim of this new venture, though, is different: It's a gourmet soup kitchen that uses leftovers to feed the less fortunate.

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Life of a Mile High Youth Corps Trail Crew

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Organic Farm - to - Table Restaurants

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Locally Owned, Organically Grown Lafayette, Colorado

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Farmers, CSAs, Events, & Products

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CO Lily Farm Fresh Skin Care DeLaney Community Farm

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Aurora, CO - Farmers Markets / Family Farms / CSA / Organic Food / Pick your Own

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Find local food near Aurora, CO! Use our map to locate farmers markets, family farms, CSAs, farm stands, and u-pick produce in your neighborhood. Find Your Farmer.

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Public Television and Create TV in association

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Urban Conversion is a Public Television show that follows Rodman & Gina Schley, as they explore sustainability in a fun, entertaining, yet educational way.

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Food Desert Advocacy

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Resource Rich Safe Space for Sustainable Community Development and Youth Empowerment

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Growing Growers. Empowering Communities. Securing Food Justice. Get Involved

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Our Sustainability Commitment | Tundra Restaurant Supply

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Shop our assortment of eco-friendly restaurant supplies and equipment to get closer to your sustainability goals!

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Restaurant Management Software | Restaurant Management System | Restaurant Solutions

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Restaurant Solutions offers a restaurant management software that provides a cost-effective, corporate level restaurant management system for independent

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Restaurant consortium

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EatDenver is a nonprofit organization of locally-owned independent restaurants committed to supporting and promoting the value of independent dining within our community.

Our mission is to connect Denver's independent restaurateurs and provide a forum where our members can offer insight, support and wisdom to one another. With strength in numbers, can build on our collective knowledge and help our members deepen their understanding and appreciation of the independent restaurant business. We strive to elevate Denver's dining scene on all levels, from service, to management and design, to engaging the community through our innovative outreach events.

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EatDenver | Independent Restaurant Network

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EatDenver is a nonprofit organization of locally-owned independent restaurants committed to supporting and promoting the value of independent dining within our community. Our mission is to connect Denver's independent restaurateurs and provide a forum where our members can offer insight, support and wisdom to one another.

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Helping Kids Get Healthy Youth Educator Workshops Events and Workshops

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DeLaney Community Farm Growing Community

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DUG knows that in order to make lasting change, community needs to drive it. That's why every one of our urban gardens and farms have been started and led by local residents. We currently have over 150 gardens in six counties in the Metro Denver Area.

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Hotline 720-382-2920

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Participants of the last Hunger Through My Lens "sister site" have unveiled their photos and stories online, sharing everyday life from their perspective. Four residents of Prowers County documented hunger's impact on their lives and community, as well as how they are working to solve the issue.

Hunger Through My Lens is a photovoice advocacy project that aims to shed light on the reality of hunger across Colorado. The project launched in Denver during the summer of 2013 and has since expanded to other regions of the state, including the San Luis Valley, the Roaring Fork Valley and now the Arkansas River Valley.

Due to federal regulations of the program, some adults now can only get food stamp benefits for three months during a three-year period, unless they meet specific exemptions or requirements. This federal "time limit" went into effect across Colorado on January 1, 2016, meaning those who do not meet the exemptions or requirements may have had their food stamp benefits discontinued at the beginning of May.

Food stamp recipients and community organizations can access resources via the link below.

Hunger Free Colorado, in partnership with the Colorado Municipal League and many other entities, recently released "Fueling our Children for Success: The Role of Cities in Reducing Child Hunger," a toolkit to raise awareness of the many ways that Colorado cities and towns can help the children in their communities thrive.

For those wondering about the status of Child Nutrition Reauthorization: not too much. The Senate version, which passed unanimously by the Senate Agriculture Committee in January, was held up by a few lingering funding questions, so there was not a full Senate vote before summer recess. It's expected to be voted on upon Congress' return in September.

Thanks in part to the cross-country effort to #StoptheBlock, the House version of CNR, which would roll back years of progress, also failed to move forward this summer.

Hunger Free Colorado continues to work with partners to educate our Members of Congress on both pieces of legislation.

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Hunger Free Colorado | Hunger Free Colorado

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Participants of the last Hunger Through My Lens "sister site" have unveiled their photos and stories online, sharing everyday life from their perspective. Four residents of Prowers County documented hunger's impact on their lives and community, as well as how they are working to solve the issue.

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Field House Kitchen - We have a fully functional commissary kitchen that serves as a startup food incubator for a number of local chefs and artisans. Update: All kitchen slots fully booked right now.

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Expected Outcome – A Neighborhood Business center that is anchored by a community-owned grocery store that provides fresh and affordable food to west Denver residents.

Milestone - what are the community needs (I don’t care what you make, as long as there is a market for it)

Challenges
Only Meet Once a week
Students don’t stay engaged longer than 7weeks
Buy-in into a community based project will get them more engaged
Getting experience of working for yourself

WCBID has tried to recruit grocers, and found that the population’s ethnic diversity and lack of wealth scares away private grocers and other retailers and severely hampers neighborhood revitalization.

Pre-event (Boss Presentation)
Stop and reflect (Blog)
What do you think it means (Blog)
Video

Final Day: Present to Food Co-op, Architecture team & Microlenders

You are the CEO – your job is to figure out
Distribution costs
What you will supply, Produce, get vendors
How much you will Charge per item
Girls Inc. Bold Beans coffee - interns
Denver Foundation - Monica mvillalobos@girlsincdenver.org
Social Enterprise Exchange - www.sustainableprofits.org
Market research
RTD/Car traffic
Foot traffic of Corky library

Operations plan
Supply /Value chain

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West Colfax Next to library

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Activist Architecture firm

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Radian, Inc. believes the built environment has a significant and direct impact on the effectiveness of healthy communities. In order to address issues of inequities related to the built environment, our role as both a design resource and active community member amplifies the voices of underserved neighborhoods by promoting active community participation in the architectural design process.

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Restaurant Waste Reduction Water Conservation

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Denver Placeable Postmodern Co PR Newswire Premier Specialty Contracting Ramirez

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CorpCrop Davis Partnership Architects Davies Media Design Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP Entreview Marketing Environmental Technical Solutions GreenSpot Real Estate Hayahoo Tours High Bridge Creative KPMG

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Mind Massage Pearl St. Chiropractic Saunders Massage Therapy Star Salon Tennyson Pediatric Dentistry The River Power Vinayasa Yoga Studio Washington Park Chiropractic Wynkoop Dental Green Box Self Storage

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Water Upon Request Signage Resource Management

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Pressure Washing Service Agreement Resource Management

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Snooze Ball Park Snooze Union Station Steam Espress Bar Steve

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Denver Duo Restaurant el Camino Tavern Epicurean Group

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Zodiac Displays Enterprise 5280 Green Spaces Colorado Office Evolution

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Village West Linger New World Cheese Ophelia 's Electric Soapbox Osage Cafe Panzano Peteybird Project Angel Heart Rock Bottom Brewery DIA

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Santa Fe Dr Denver Food Rescue Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce Denver Urban Matters Downtown Denver Partnership Mercy Housing Inc.

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Corner Studio Green Door Fitness Hair People Happy Teeth Headlines

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Broadway Cake Crumbs Cherry Cricket Colorado Aquaponics

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Denver Corporate Office SustainAbility Project Angel Heart Washington Street Community Center Beacon Printing Pyramid Print & Graphics Tewell Warren Printing YellowDog Printing and Graphics Ambient Energy Ampajen Solutions

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Artwork Network Gallery & Event Center LEON Nine Dot Arts Addison Auto Repair & Body Shop Denver Police Department Fleet Maintenance Mancinellis Auto Repair Green House Data Cozey

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Associates Red Canynon Engineering and Software Remerg RNL Design ShineRetrofits.com Syntrinsic Investment Counsel The Dialog Lab Urban Ventures

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Sports Authority Field Epicurean Street Cuisine Etai

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BookBar Eron Johnson Antiques Merchants Office Furniture

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Mountain Buffalo Wings Happy Cakes Bakeshop Happy Cakes Cafe DIA

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LLC Arnold & Porter LLP Artwork Network Gallery & Event Center Associates III Interior Design BAER Institute Biohabitats , Inc Buhv Designs Circuit Media City Plantscaping Conscious Real Estate Conserve-A-Watt Lighting , Inc.

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Certifiably Green Denver | Environmental Quality | Department of Environmental Health

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Certifiably Green Denver is a non-regulatory and free program offered through the Denver Department of Environmental Health's Environmental Quality division. This program provides assistance to make Denver businesses more environmentally friendly and compliant. Visit us today and find out how you and your business can become a Certifiably Green Denver partner.