Three Locals On Their Way To Terra Madre

Wears many hats in The North Fork Valley all surrounding food through production, education, management, and distribution. She is very passionate about food in all aspects from seeds to consumption as well as food justice; because everyone deserves to have access to quality food.

She is going to Terra Madre and Salone del Gusto to gain to perspectives and ideas about food from other communities around the world. She is also going to share the abundance of the North Fork Valley and to educate herself in a multitude of subjects so that she can return and educate those in the food community.

Was
 raised 
on 
the 
foothills 
of 
the 
Rocky 
Mountains 
in 
Fort
 Collins, 
CO. 
In 
2008 
he 
moved
 to 
the 
Southwestern 
part 
of 
the
 state 
to 
attend 
school 
in Durango, 
CO. 
After 
studying
 the 
multitude
 of
 benefits 
that 
small‐scale
 agriculture
 creates,
 Matt started 
to 
pursue 
the 
practice 
at 
Thistle
 Whistle
 Farm 
in 
Hotchkiss, 
CO. 
At
 Thistle
 Whistle
 Farm
 they host 
a 
multitude
 of 
educational 
visits
 and 
raise
 an 
immense
 diversity 
of 
Ark 
of 
Taste
 varieties. He 
look
s forward 
to 
sharing
 his 
experiences 
from 
his
 region 
with 
the
 international
 Slow 
Food 
community 
and 
learning 
from 
everyone
 else.

Chef Mike grew up on The Living Farm in Paonia and is a graduate of the Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts in Boulder, Colorado. Having worked in Colorado restaurants since he was 15, he is committed to serving only local, farm-fresh, organic foods in The Living Farm Café. Mike wants to expand his culinary training in international cuisine and share what he learned with his local peers.