Adventures in Eating from a Local Colorado Food System
Ben grew up on an organic farm in Maine in the 1970s – he’s cooked and eaten organic food since childhood. Ben lives in Longmont with his wife Mary. The two created a quarter acre urban food forest in Old Town Longmont. In 2022, they helped to found Waves of Grain, a regenerative Farm-to-Family food coop in Front Range Colorado. In 2023, Ben left a long career in the tech sector to start growing food again in Boulder County.
Eat Like Ben
Lemony Ricotta Pie
The round-bottomed wife tries to eat local as much as possible but at this time of year she begs for big earthenware bowls of Arizona citrus to brighten the passage from...
Lemony Ricotta Pie
The round-bottomed wife tries to eat local as much as possible but at this time of year she begs for big earthenware bowls of Arizona citrus to brighten the passage from...
Lamb Fast and Lamb Slow
We meet people on market days that don’t eat lamb because they think lambs are babies. “Baby lambs” are the young animals they are thinking of. Lambs are fully grown...
Lamb Fast and Lamb Slow
We meet people on market days that don’t eat lamb because they think lambs are babies. “Baby lambs” are the young animals they are thinking of. Lambs are fully grown...
Wielding the Emergency Pumpernickel
The round-bottomed wife is a bit of a chipmunk. Hearty food in small bundles disappear into her purse – "for an emergency," she says. On our first trip to Germany...
Wielding the Emergency Pumpernickel
The round-bottomed wife is a bit of a chipmunk. Hearty food in small bundles disappear into her purse – "for an emergency," she says. On our first trip to Germany...
Lion’s Teeth and the Bitter Greens of Spring
Sometime in early February, spring fever sets in. The sun-deprived wife pesters me to go out and hunt around between retreating patches of snow to find fresh dragon-green dandelion shoots...
Lion’s Teeth and the Bitter Greens of Spring
Sometime in early February, spring fever sets in. The sun-deprived wife pesters me to go out and hunt around between retreating patches of snow to find fresh dragon-green dandelion shoots...
Stone In – The Envy of A French Tart
To relax in the evening, my wife watches films and TV series on her France channel – that is, when she’s not watching her German, Italian, or Spanish channels. She’s...
Stone In – The Envy of A French Tart
To relax in the evening, my wife watches films and TV series on her France channel – that is, when she’s not watching her German, Italian, or Spanish channels. She’s...
Boom! Smoked Thor’s Hammer and Roadkill
Soma (pronounced “Shoma”, it’s a Hungarian name) wanted to smoke a Thor’s Hammer, which is a specially prepared beef shank. That’s because we were selling them at the markets all...
Boom! Smoked Thor’s Hammer and Roadkill
Soma (pronounced “Shoma”, it’s a Hungarian name) wanted to smoke a Thor’s Hammer, which is a specially prepared beef shank. That’s because we were selling them at the markets all...