This blog is the fourth in a series featuring local farms. We are lucky to have a great group of farmers investing in our community, while providing local food to the FoCo Café, and families in the Fort Collins area. Buena Vida Farm: A Higher Calling How do you define social justice? For Laurel Smi…Read More
This blog is the third in a series featuring local farms. We are lucky to have a great group of farmers investing in our community, while providing local food to the FoCo Café, and families in the Fort Collins area. Harvest Farm: Nourishment for the Soul Many seeds are planted at Harvest Farm. Most…Read More
This blog is the second in a series featuring local farmers. We are lucky to have a diverse group of producers who sell their produce to the FoCo Café, other local businesses, and families in our community. Sunspot Urban Farm: Sometimes the Most Ingenious Business Models are Not the Biggest Farmer.…Read More
As part of their annual employee engagement day, 12 Kaiser Permanente staff members and their families volunteered with FoCo Cafe earlier this year. Dawn Paepke, who helps coordinate their volunteer day each year heard about FoCo Cafe before its launch and was excited to engage Kaiser Permanente emp…Read More
This blog is the first of a series featuring farm-to-fork stories. Several great family-owned farms operate in the Fort Collins community. We purchase food from these local growers because it’s the best for our customers, our environment, and our economy. If you are wondering where Jeff finds his …Read More
This blog is the first of what we hope will be a series of features from our incredible volunteer base at Foco Cafe. We would like to feature their passion for feeding their community, and why each of them started volunteering with the Cafe. If you are a volunteer and would like to share your story,…Read More
Volunteers are a central thread to the success of Foco Cafe. When founders Kathleen and Jeff Baumgardner began talking with the Northern Colorado community about the idea of a community cafe, the response from different individuals was overwhelmingly positive. Volunteers from all walks of life surro…Read More