John Lehndorff

4 weeks ago | boulderweekly.com | John Lehndorff

Home gardening in Boulder County is often depicted with perfect people tending self-watering raised beds set up in spacious sunny backyards. In reality, most residents live in apartments, condos and multi-family housing units that offer limited, if any, sunny garden space. That hasn’t discouraged locals with green thumbs and an urge to feed themselves. They are growing vegetables, berries, herbs and flowers in pots, containers and window boxes on patios, balconies, porches, decks and roofs.

1 month ago | boulderweekly.com | John Lehndorff

Photo by Daniel Tuttle on Unsplash In Boulder County there are some predictable signs of spring’s arrival. The tulips are up on the Pearl Street Mall. The Boulder Farmers Market has opened. You can hear the sound of baby birds in the leafing trees. And a line forms outside Jax Farm & Ranch in Lafayette early on weekday mornings in April and May. This year, the lines might be longer than usual.

1 month ago | boulderweekly.com | John Lehndorff

Boulder County’s already-stressed agencies and organizations helping neighbors suffering food insecurity suffered a major blow in March when the U.S. Department of Agriculture cut funding that paid farmers to grow food for schools and also delayed deliveries of already scheduled emergency food. "The Local Food for Schools (LFS) and Local Food Purchasing Assistance (LPFA) programs brought more than $14 million to Colorado’s local food economy over the last two years," KUNC's Rae Solomon reported.

1 month ago | boulderweekly.com | John Lehndorff

Kelly Kawachi trims ribeye steaks at Blackbelly Market on Friday, March 21. Credit: Tyler Hickman Last year, 47% of all U.S. restaurants were owned by women, according to data compiled by Boulder’s August Escoffier School of Culinary Arts, based on 2024 industry demographics. In celebration of Women’s History Month, we’re spotlighting the women who power Boulder County’s internationally known natural foods, beverage, agriculture and restaurant businesses and organizations.

1 month ago | boulderweekly.com | John Lehndorff

Courtesy: The Culinary Institute of America Although she has lived in Boulder for 30 years, Mara King’s memory is still happily haunted by one aroma from her childhood in Hong Kong. “There was a vendor outside my elementary school who sold barbecued squid on a stick as a snack,” King recalls. “They were deeply yummy.