2022 was the year I became a community gardener. As written by the CEO of Denver Urban Gardens, a community garden organization. I live in LoDo (or historic Lower Downtown Denver for those of y’all reading this not from the Denver area). I love my urban existence and I crave…

As we enter the cold months (up North, at least), there is critical work to be done rebuilding the soil for next growing season. Soil has the ability to store carbon underground in a process called soil carbon sequestration. Here’s what happens: As plants breathe and grow, they pull carbon…

The oft overlooked power of growing your own food — I have been the Executive Director of Denver Urban Gardens (DUG) for 9 months. I stepped into an organization that was established in 1985 and has been having a seismic impact on my beloved hometown all the while. Let me tell you how. At the core, DUG builds and supports…

What to Read + Watch — For those of you wondering what this regenerative agriculture conversation is all about, here is a non-exhaustive list of my go-to resources on the topic. I guarantee once you start digging in, the world will open up. But before the list, my journey. I found my way into the world…

Running does about a hundred different positive things for me. — I have always run. I hope to always run. And I will defend my running almost as fiercely as I’ll defend my food. When we were pregnant with our 1st kiddo (now 14), my husband and I had a sit down to identify the one thing in each of our…