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Local Motion: Regional roundup of agriculture

Chefs Erick Williams (left), Gregory Gourdet, Damarr Brown and Kwame Onwuachi at a pop-up dinner at the St. Regis Aspen Resort on June 17. The event celebrated the award-winning chefs during the Food and Wine Classic in Aspen.
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Chefs Erick Williams (left), Gregory Gourdet, Damarr Brown and Kwame Onwuachi at a pop-up dinner at the St. Regis Aspen Resort on June 17. The event celebrated the award-winning chefs during the Food and Wine Classic in Aspen.

On this episode of Local Motion, Maeve Conran, the Rocky Mountain Radio Coalition’s managing editor, features Indigenous farmer Alastair Bitsoi talk about dryland farming and Indigenous crops.

This episode also highlights a report on The Food and Wine Classic that took place in June in Aspen, and one pop-up dinner at the Classic that put the spotlight on four award-winning Black chefs.

You will also hear a report on the history of sugar beet workers in Fort Collins, as well as a conversation on food waste and food rescue with Kathy Stanley, founder of Joy’s Kitchen in Denver.

Cassie moved to Montrose from Texas in April 2020, right before COVID changed the landscape of the world as we knew it. She brought her love of people and a degree in broadcast journalism to the Western Slope, where she built a strong foundation in local print news. She’s excited to join the KVNF family and grow as a reporter. For Cassie, her job as a journalist is to empower the community through knowledge and information. When she’s not researching and reporting, Cassie loves to spend time with her cat, Jasper, and paint something new.<br/><br/>