For Steamboat Pilot & Today
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS 2020 brought whole new levels of uncertainty and challenges to agriculture in our community and beyond. Producers and consumers in the Yampa Valley are now looking ahead to the new year to build more resiliency and community health into our local food system.
One way producers, both farmers and ranchers, are looking to do this is through increased direct-to-consumer sales. It can take many forms, from sales through the CAA Market, located at 743 Oak St. on the corner of Eighth and Oak streets and open from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday to Friday; the Main Street Steamboat Farmers Market, which opens for the season June 12; the Hayden Farmers Market, also opening in June; or community supported agriculture, known as CSAs.