In this episode of Pandora's Box, co-host Joanie Trussel talks with Gretchen Groenke with Mancos FoodShare about food insecurity and how education about food systems and food production for our children is a key part of the solution.
Local food resources:
CORTEZ
Good Samaritan Center Food Bank
Hope’s Kitchen
Grace’s Kitchen
The Bridge Emergency Shelter
USDA Commodities
Montezuma County Senior Center (103 N Chestnut Street in Cortez, (970) 565-4166)
DOLORES
Family Food Boxes and Summer Meals (Contact Kelly Proctor at the Pinon Project)
Dolores Senior Center (400 Riverside, (970) 882-7337)
MANCOS
Mancos School Food Pantry (contact Janet Fogel)
Mancos FoodShare (contact Gretchen Groenke: ggroenke@gmail.com or 509-830-4380)
Mancos Senior Center (141 East Montezuma, (970) 533-7721)
MONTEZUMA COUNTY
Montezuma School to Farm Project
National Farm to School Network
Rocky Mountain Farmers Union
National Young Farmers Coalition
