There are many barriers to healthy food access in rural Colorado that make finding the perfect solution a challenge. Lack of transportation, geography, high cost of living and food deserts are just a few issues that require strong partnerships and resources to create change. In this session, you’ll hear from partnering organizations in Garfield County that have come together to offer unique programs and projects that are working together to improve healthy food access in rural communities.
- HEAL Summit Presentation
- Cooking Matters Tomato Salsa
- Cooking Matters Homemade Corn Tortilla Chips
- Canning Tomato & Tomato Products
- Chile Salsa
Presenters:
- Dana Wood, GHCC Coordinator, Garfield County Public
- Alice Stiendler, Assistant Principal, Rifle High School
- Miguel and Arleth Gonzales, students, Rifle High School
- Ciara Low, Co-Founder, UpRoot Colorado
- Drew Ann Schelling, RD, Cooking Matters Coordinator, Garfield County Public Health
- Carla Farrand, Garfield County Extension Director, 4-H Youth Development/Family & Consumer Science
