Nick Gonzales

Durango

Technical Writer at Ska Fabricating

Former Food & Business Editor for @durangoherald. Social media coordinator for @durangofilm. Loves anagrams. He/him. Latinx.

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Farmers Market: Bell Beef raises cattle, runs country store near Cortez

2 days ago | durangoherald.com | Nick Gonzales

The meat is grass-fed, grass finished and antibiotic- and hormone-free Bell Beef couldn’t be more simple – it’s beef, raised and sold by the Bell family of Cortez. According to Bell Beef’s website and promotional materials, Scott Bell worked in construction for almost 50 years before retiring in 2015. At that time, daughter-in-law Teryn Bell said, he bought 300 head of cattle to raise on his own cattle ranch.
Farmers Market Profile: Chick’n Bac’n Ranch raises animals east of Durango

1 week ago | durangoherald.com | Nick Gonzales

The farm specializes in eggs, whole chickens and soy-free pork While it sounds like the filling of a sandwich or ingredients in a casserole, Chick’n Bac’n Ranch is actually a farm near Elmore’s Corner. “We started with eggs, and now we raise our own chickens," said Amanda Brenneman. “So we sell whole chickens as well and soy-free pork products. We raise Nigerian dwarf goats as well, but that’s for fun.” She said she has been ranching since 2021. “I’ve always loved animals,” she said.
Farmers Market Profile: Soylent Greens Produce grows plants near Ignacio

2 weeks ago | durangoherald.com | Nick Gonzales

'If you can think of it, we’ll probably have it’ Cinephiles might have a few questions about what Giustino Salzillo and Henry Broeren grow on their new farm. “If you know, you know,” Salzillo said about the name of Soylent Greens Produce. “We both really like Charlton Heston.” Suffice to say, the plants they grow at the farm near Ignacio are, in fact, plants. “Me and my buddy started this farm this year, and we’re doing strictly produce,” Salzillo said.
Farmers Market: Los Miramontes grows lavender and more in Cortez

Oct 20, 2024 | the-journal.com | Nick Gonzales

The Bryant family produces culinary, beauty and cleaning products featuring the purple plant Aisha and Jeremy Bryant of Los Miramontes Lavender Farm sell lavender-based culinary, cleaning and beauty products at the Durango Farmers Market. (Nick Gonzales/Durango Herald) Nick Gonzales Los Miramontes Lavender Farm naturally revolves around the plant in its name, but produces a variety of culinary and cosmetic products.
Farmers Market: Destiny Botanicals grows hemp, mushrooms and more in Mancos

Oct 15, 2024 | the-journal.com | Nick Gonzales

Tuesday, Oct 15, 2024 11:30 AM Updated Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024 4:39 PM James Andersch pivoted to making CBD products after the COVID-19 pandemic James Andersch sells CBD products, mushrooms and produce as Destiny Botanicals at the Durango Farmers Market.
Farmers Market: Destiny Botanicals grows hemp, mushrooms and more in Mancos

Oct 15, 2024 | durangoherald.com | Nick Gonzales

James Andersch pivoted to making CBD products after the COVID-19 pandemic Like many people, James Andersch’s life was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, unlike most, the epidemic led him to start a hemp farm, Destiny Botanicals, in Mancos. “I moved out here from Salt Lake City,” he said. “I ran a courier company out there for 17 years, and it got wrecked by COVID, so I was free to do whatever I wanted. So I was like, ‘Well, what do I really want to do?
Farmers Market: Camp Town Ladies bake pastries and make tea blends

Sep 29, 2024 | durangoherald.com | Nick Gonzales

Holly Harrison and Charissa Stradling would eventually like to have a brick-and-mortar shop Charissa Stradling and Holly Harrison are the Durango Farmers Market’s Camp Town Ladies, but rather than singing – as per the song “Camptown Races” – they bake pastries and make tea, respectively. “We love to camp and eat and drink tea,” Harrison said. Stradling said she was a baker for years and met Harrison when they both worked at Oscar’s Cafe.
Farmers Market: Rattlesnake Gulch Family Farm makes produce and the fertilizer in which it grows

Sep 22, 2024 | durangoherald.com | Nick Gonzales

Jessica and Rich Steuck grow vegetables southwest of Hesperus Rattlesnake Gulch, five miles southwest of Hesperus, might sound like an intimidating place, but it’s actually the site of Jessica and Rich Steuck’s family farm. The Steucks started Rattlesnake Gulch Family Farm and Fertilizer after relocating from the Front Range almost four years ago, and it has been growing ever since. “We grow all kinds of different produce,” Jessica said.
Farmers Market: Shelby Shakes turns brewer’s spent grain into granola

Aug 25, 2024 | durangoherald.com | Nick Gonzales

Shelby Kohn is on a mission to reduce food waste One of the first steps in the process of brewing beer involves mixing cracked malt grains, such as barley, with hot water to create wort, a liquid rich in sugars. The liquid wort is separated from the rest of the solid malt and, with the help of hops and yeast, becomes beer. But what happens to the solid grains? “It goes to waste most times,” said Shelby Kohn, founder of Shelby Shakes.
Farmers Market: Shelby Shakes turns brewer’s spent grain into granola

Aug 25, 2024 | the-journal.com | Nick Gonzales

Shelby Kohn is on a mission to reduce food waste Shelby Kohn’s Shelby Shakes uses brewer’s spent grain, a waste product of the beer-brewing process, to make granola. (Nick Gonzales/Durango Herald) Nick Gonzales One of the first steps in the process of brewing beer involves mixing cracked malt grains, such as barley, with hot water to create wort, a liquid rich in sugars. The liquid wort is separated from the rest of the solid malt and, with the help of hops and yeast, becomes beer.

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