DENVER URBAN HOMESTEADING,
Local Market (click
for video) is an urban agricultural center near
Downtown Denver in a large commercial-industrial building at 200 Santa Fe
Drive, on the corner of 2nd Avenue and Santa Fe Drive.
Click
here
to watch interviews with our local farmers.
Foods we carry:
VEGETABLES
Matt Slater
brings in many vegetables in season from his nearby farm. We also purchase
other vegetables from local organic farms.
Wise Acres Farm
is just north of Denver and they sell vegetables here in season.
MEATS
Callicrate Beef
has many cuts of beef and WAGYU (American Kobe). It is raised on their
ranch at the Kansas-Colorado border and processed on site. No stressful
traveling and no hormones or antibiotics used. Cattle get both grain and
grass for what Mike Callicrate says is the perfect mix for the animals and
for the humans.
Homestead Beef
is raised north of Boulder by Frank Silva. No hormones or antib
Bar B Ranch
is just east of Denver in Strasfield. Their beef is completely grass-fed
and the ranch won the certification of the American Humane Association.
Harvest Acres
is a small, family-run ranch east of Denver that has pork and goat meat.
DAIRY
Harvest Acres
has raw goat and cow milk shares available.
Turkey Tracks Farm
has raw cow milk shares available.
Morning Fresh Dairy
milk and their Noosa yogurt is sold here.
Mini-Moos Dairy
has pasteurized goat milk and cheese.
EGGS
Our eggs are laid by happy chickens in open
environments
Wise Acres:
pastured
Chicken Tracks Farm:
Pastured, soy free
Mini Moos:
Duck eggs
PASTRY
Paris Bakery has breads, pies and pastries.
Speak French with owner Rinaldo.
HONEY
Unlike most supermarket honey and some
farmers market honey, we know our local bee farmers and it all comes from
them without syrup additives.
We have honey from east of Denver, west of
Denver, north of Denver and south of Denver. We also have unique honeys
from Georgia, New York State, Prince Edward
Island in Canada, New Zealand and Brazil.
PASTA
Pappardelli’s Pasta,
frozen ravioli and sauces
Capella’s
gluten-free pasta
SOUPS
Gaby’s frozen soups. Speak German with
Gaby.
Wise Acres has dried
soups.
CHOCOLATE/ICE CREAM
The POMM
chocolate made at our market by the Chocolate Girls.
Cows Gone Coconut
has non-dairy ice-cream made from coconut milk.
Sweet Action
is a popular neighborhood ice-cream maker that uses milk from cows that
aren’t pumped with antibiotics.
Jack Rabbit Hill
biodynamic wine (that means essentially beyond organic)
CANNED GOODS
MM Local
canned fruits and vegetables.
Ela Family Farms
organic fruits
The Real Dill
locally-made dill pickles.
Rocky Mountain
Orchards jams
SOAPS ETC
Lily Pad
makes soaps with raw cow and goat milk
Sage Thymes
has organic heirloom vegetable starts, handmade soaps
PREPARED FOODS
Traditions Bakery sells hot empanadas
Gaby
sells her soups
Nicky’s Quicky
sells Greek food
Our goal is to promote agricultural
activities in the Denver metropolitan area for a variety of reasons. First,
for sustainability, i.e. renewing and preserving our energy and resources.
Second, for growing and raising our own quality food and getting in touch
with food sources. Third,
for energy conservation. Fourth, for fun. Growing vegetables is
fun. Raising food-producing animals is fun. Fifth, because a
chicken living in your backyard and playing with a child is
probably living a happier life than a chicken living on a factory farm.
We are not a big company, we are not a
supermarket and we are not part of the industrial-agricultural complex.
If you want local food, quality food, the ability to connect with farmers
and neighbors and even get lower prices than supermarkets (yes, we are lower
on many items), then c'mon in.
Denver Urban Homesteading is an earth
market and part of the DIY (do it yourself) movement. An earth market contains local producers using environmentally
sound and sustainable growing/making methods, preserving the local food
culture and helping improve biodiversity. The producers offer food directly
to consumers at reasonable prices. The marketplace is a social meeting hub
and a place where consumers can get education about food-producing
practices, nutrition and sustainable agriculture from the producers and from
classes offered by the market.
Urban homesteading classes/Agriculture education
Classes on raising backyard chickens, dairy and fiber goats, vegetable
gardening, canning.
Local Farmers' Market - Now open!
This market is open every Saturday from 9-3 and it sells high-quality,
local* foodstuffs. Come and meet the farmers! We want to
strengthen the bond between farmers and consumers. We want you to know
where your food comes from and who grows or makes it. Many of these
local foods are organic.
We accept Mastercard, Visa and SNAP (food stamps).
Local Fibers/crafts/spinning and knitting
We plan to offer for sale local fibers: wool from sheep, alpaca, llama, goat
and rabbit. We seek donations of old spinning wheels or parts of
spinning wheels that we can refurbish.
*Note that "local" varies depending on the product. Most of our foods
come from a 100 mile radius, but some come from greater distances because
they are not produced nearby.).
James and Irina Bertini
james@denverurbanhomesteading.com
303 825-0231 but we aren't open every day so
we may not get back to you quickly. Email is best to get ahold of
James quickly.
Our Location (click
for a map): 200 Santa Fe Dr. Denver, CO
Hours: Thu and Fri 3-7 and Sat 9-3 (when
all the farmers come)
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