Rain over Memorial Day weekend brought the promise of a better season than many local bean farmers have seen in recent years. The storms brought 1.26 inches of rain to…
A farmer rotor-tills his field south of Cortez while preparing to plant a grass-alfalfa mixture.Cortez Journal file photo Growing demand from dairies and the drought in California and Texas may…
Rain over Memorial Day weekend brought the promise of a better season than many local bean farmers have seen in recent years. The storms brought 1.26 inches of rain to…
M-CHS eighth-graders build at site of expanded garden
Large-scale operation has sights on local and national markets
Rep. Scott Tipton listens to a presentation by LiveWell Montezuma along with coop board members Kim Lindgren and Marybeth Gentry.Sam Green/The Cortez Journal The growth of the local-food movement and…
Growth of region's local-food movement, infrastructure challenges among concerns
Farm at Open Sky Wilderness Therapy circulates underground air to moderate temperature in greenhouse
Large-scale operation has sights on local and national markets
Growth of region’s local-food movement, infrastructure challenges among concerns
About 75 percent of food is cooked on site and from scratch, food service director says
Spring Hoe Down supports school garden expansion
Cortez Middle School gets $53,000 grant, will plant half acre
Cloning may preserve Raspberry apple, two others in area
Producers hope to reduce time and costs spent delivering produce
Scattered in orchards around the county are varieties of apple trees that were largely forgotten until the co-founders of the Montezuma Orchard Restoration Project went looking. In the process, Addie…
Darrin and Melanie Dennison have opened Flat Belly Organics, Food Market at Market and Main Streets.Sam Green/Cortez Journal A new organic grocery store and smoothie shop called Flat Belly Organics…
Stores, restaurants rely on Valentine's Day for February revenue
