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GOOD SAM TEACHING GARDEN
The pantry garden (in the parking lot behind our building) is growing again this year! Please join us for Gardening Workshops, volunteer opportunities, classes and other events throughout the growing season. Click here to learn more.
COMMUNITY GARDENS
Good Sam’s Food Pantry has been the fiscal sponsor and an active partner of Common Ground Community Gardens since 2017. The demonstration garden program provides us with hundreds of pounds of fresh, organic produce every year. If you’d like a plot at one of the garden sites, you can find more information here or at the pantry.
WIC & OLDER ADULTS CSA PROGRAM
We are delighted to offer the WIC & Older Adults weekly CSA (Community-Supported Agriculture) Program. We work together with local producers and WIC offices to distribute boxes of fresh local produce for 16 weeks during the growing season. Click here to learn more about our farmers, producers and partners. Special thanks to Nourish Colorado for funding this program.
Brandon Francis, Diné teacher, grower and scientist, teaching in the Good Sam Garden.
Gardeners at the 3rd Street Neighborhood Garden create a no-till plot for pollinators.
Weekly CSA share option for WIC/DAV clients.
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Diné bi Ch’iyáán: NAVAJO TRADITIONAL FOODS POP-UP
The Dolores Family Project and Good Sam’s Food Pantry teamed up to distribute Diné traditional foods at two different locations in 2023. We will be continuing this program through 2024 and 2025. Click here to learn more!
SIMPLE MEALS
We’ll be sharing cooking tips and meal ideas using ingredients from the pantry. Topics include nutrition, food as medicine, food as culture and how to make the most of the ingredients we have.
PRESERVING & PROCESSING w/Common Ground Community Gardens
Seasons of abundance can last all year with some easy processing methods. These workshops cover the basics of how and why we preserve food while we experiment with techniques so you can choose what works best for you.
SHOPPING ON A BUDGET
Cooking Matters instructors have a lot of great tips to share on how to make trips to the grocery store easier, more cost-effective and a lot less stressful.
A variety of traditional foods are available during the Diné bi Ch’iyáán pop-ups, sourced from Indigenous producers throughout the Four Corners and funded in part by the Colorado Food Pantry Assistance Grant.
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COLLECTIVE HEALTH
Let’s work together for a just and healthy community. These gatherings have an open agenda with the goal of addressing issues that affect all of us and our quality of life. We’ll connect our efforts to improve pantry operations, expand opportunities and increase member involvement when applicable. We are learning how to lead ourselves to health, autonomy and collective care. Childcare is available.
IS THERE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO LEARN, OR HAVE AN IDEA FOR A WORKSHOP?
