The Good Food Collective

10/14/2026

Choose your own adventure: Are you a runner? Or, do you make a mean chili? Or, do you want to support The Good Food Collective?

This weekend's Chili Chase race is raising money for The Good Food Collective! It's Durango's only trail running event that starts with a run through Overend Mountain Park over Hogsback, and ends with a chili cookoff! If you're not a racer, anyone is welcome to make a chili to enter the cookoff competition for free. And they're looking for a handful of volunteers to help the race go smoothly too.

Runner registration: https://runsignup.com/Race/CO/Durango/ChiliChase
Chili-making and volunteer signup: https://runsignup.com/Race/Volunteer/CO/Durango/ChiliChase

Endless thanks to and for putting this race on and supporting our work!

10/03/2026

Apple(less) Days Festival is officially one week away! Stop by our booth at the Durango Farmers Market today (Oct. 3) and learn about all the fun we have in store for next weekend.

10/01/2026

👀We're looking for volunteers for the Apple(less) Days Festival! 🍏🍎🍎🍏

This festival is a long-standing community tradition, and takes place October 10th from 9 - 12 market 2nd Saturdays on Main. Volunteer and choose your own adventure: Help make apple c***r vinegar, sell fresh pressed apple juice, set up or take down, or new this year: help us turn our community's apple stories into an epic mural!

🙏 Sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040945AFAB2EABF58-66134459-2026 #/

Thank you to our amazing sponsors: Adam’s Overhead Door, Eagle Insulation,

Volunteer at our 18th Annual Apple(less) Days Festival! The Festival will take place on Saturday, October 10th at 11th Street Station at the Durango Farmers Market 2nd Saturdays on Main, from 9 am - 12 pm. We are THRILLED to have you as an amazing volunteer. Please review the available slots and sig...

09/29/2026

🥧 Join the Apple(less) Pie-eating Competition! 🍎

Get ready for the challenge, the glory, the deliciousness! We double-dog dare you to be one of the comp-eat-itors at the Apple(less) Days Festival: October 10th, 9-12, 11th Street Station, Durango Farmers Market 2nd Saturdays on Main. Sign up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScoZr5aM36SKY2P6xkIbXF-ZFm-BU3wNdSDnUVsFBoTaE_oag/viewform

Thank you to our amazing sponsors: Adam’s Overhead Door, Eagle Insulation,

09/25/2026

On Sunday, October 11th, we’re opening the gates to the historic Roberta Barr Ranch in Hermosa for an afternoon that happens only once.

Tucked among golden apple and cherry trees, with Hermosa Creek running alongside the table and the cliffs rising behind it, just 60 guests will gather for The Good Food Collective’s first-ever Orchard-to-Table Brunch.

Executive Chef Jenni Gross is preparing an abundant, scratch-cooked harvest brunch featuring ingredients grown and produced across Southwest Colorado—from heirloom tomatoes grown just across the road to Olathe sweet corn and local goat cheese to farm eggs, local bacon, orchard fruit, and apple-inspired sweets.

Throughout the meal, EsoTerra Ciderworks will pour hard or NA c***r pairings made with apples gathered from the orchards up and down the very same creek we are dining along. Coffee and tee will also be provided.

If you’re a friend of The Good Food Collective, or you want to learn more about us, this is an outstanding way to support our work. Every ticket directly powers our mission: bringing people together to build a strong and fair food system in Southwest Colorado—where farmers, ranchers, and food businesses thrive, and everyone has the food they need to live well.

The Details
Date: Sunday October 11th, 11:30am - 2:00pm
Location: Historic Roberta Barr Ranch, County Road 202, Hermosa
Tickets: $150 per guest
Reserve Your Seat at the Table:

On Sunday, October 11, we’re opening the gates to the historic Roberta Barr Ranch in Hermosa for an afternoon that happens only once.

09/24/2026

Well, this is awkward! We're having Apple Days, without many apples. A late spring frost had other plans for Southwest Colorado’s apple crop. The fruit may be scarce this year, but the fun is decidedly not!

🍏 Apple(less) Days Festival: October 10th, 9-12, 11th Street Station, Durango Farmers Market 2nd Saturdays on Main

This year’s festivities include:​
🍎The highly anticipated Apple(less) Pie Eating Competition
🍏Apple pressing demonstrations
🍎Local vendors
🍏Educational activities
🍎Family-friendly fun!

Thank you to our amazing sponsors: Adams Overhead Door, Eagle Insulation,

Saturday October 10th, at the Durango Farmers Market on Main Ave, from 9-12.

09/16/2026

For all you food businesses out there: this one's for you! It's not very often that so many statewide partners come together for an event like this. Speakers will discuss topics ranging from retail readiness and pricing to branding, operations, financing, and growth. See you there!

Summit to Shelf: Founder Showcase is happening Monday, October 5th at The Subterrain in Durango.

Five founders who attend the Summit to Shelf workshop will be invited to pitch in front of three judges that evening. Naturally Colorado kicks things off, then each founder gets 3 minutes to pitch and 5 minutes with the judges before deliberation.

📍 The Subterrain, 900 Main Ave, Unit F, Durango
🕡 6:30 to 8:00 PM MT

Food and beverage founders deal with a specific kind of hard. Regulation, margins, production, distribution... This showcase is built to offer real support around those challenges, not just a pep talk.

Stick around after for networking and a drink. Register for the workshop to be considered for the showcase: https://whova.com/portal/registration/UNRIEFmZMRD7I2oCb9W1/

09/11/2026

Want to win a $25 to spend on delicious, fresh food Durango Natural Foods Co-op?🥕 We’re launching the Eat Local Challenge, and entering is incredibly easy!

Here’s exactly how to play: 

1️⃣ Visit the link in our bio to find an everyday grocery store, farm stand, or market near you on the Southwest Colorado Grown & Raised Directory. 

2️⃣ Head over to your location of choice and snap a quick photo or video of yourself buying just one local item. 

3️⃣ Post it to your Instagram grid or story, and tag The Good Food Collective, Southwest Colorado

🚨 The race is on: The first 10 neighbors to complete the challenge and tag us will land a $25 gift card to Durango Natural Foods!

Local food is for everyone, and supporting our regional growers has never been more rewarding. Head to the link in our bio and get shopping! 🚜💨

🔗 goodfoodcollective.org/swcogrown

08/22/2026

Come say hi Durango Natural Foods Co-op Harvest Fest until 7pm! We love you DNF!

07/03/2026

Access to affordable childcare is a necessary ingredient for food security, but there's only one licensed childcare spot for every 5 babies born here. Back when our Cuidado Infantil Workgroup created a Strategic Plan for Childcare in the Latinx Community in La Plata County, we knew we needed bilingual classrooms for ages 3-5. After years of community partnership and advocacy, we couldn't be more stoked that two new bilingual classrooms are opening: one at , and one at !

Lili De Pablo has been a longtime member of our Voces de Comunidad and Cuidado Infantil workgroups. As a grandmother who helps care for her young grandson, Lili has first hand experience with the gaps in our childcare system. After developing her leadership and advocacy skills in LPFEC trainings, Lili spearheaded our Day Without Childcare campaign this spring. Now, she’s been chosen to be the first Spanish-speaking lead teacher in the Explorers Early Childhood Education bilingual classroom!

Congratulations Lili, and thank you for turning your lived experience into advocacy, action, and leadership positions that make a real difference in our community!