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In this section of the site you'll find news and information we come across related to local businesses in Lafayette Colorado as well as local food initiatives along the Front Range and beyond.

Farmers in the Kitchen pt. 1 - Farmer Brett's Salad w/ Chef Caroline Glover of Annette

Farmer Brett of Switch Gears Farm teaches James Beard Award winning Chef Caroline Glover how to make "just a salad" with seasonal and stored ingredients.

Farmer Brett's Salad w/ Chef Caroline Glover of Annette Scratch to Table

Farmer Brett of Switch Gears Farm teaches James Beard Award winning Chef Caroline Glover how to make "just a salad" with seasonal and stored ingredients.

Remi’s Cajun Creole Cafe

From Bourbon Street toPublic Road — Where Southern Hospitality Meets Lafayette Creativity

…COMING SOON...

Savor Gumbo, Jambalaya, and Crawfish Etouffée while live jazz seasons every bite and local art frames your conversations.

Farm Tour and Interview with Speedwell Farm and Gardens

We are Cody Jurbala and Melissa Ogilvie, the owners and operators of Speedwell Farm & Gardens. We started Speedwell in 2017 by converting leased back yards in Boulder, Colorado into micro-farm plots. Due to the difficulties of land access for young farmers, leasing back yard space was the only to way begin farming without immense monetary input in their initial years. Since then, we have grown our business to a 2 acre farm located at the Treehouse Farm Collective just north of Boulder. 

Three Leaf Farm Tour and Interview w/ Lafayette Colorado Farmers Market

Tucked along the quiet bends of Coal Creek in Lafayette, Colorado, Three Leaf Farm is more than just a working farm—it’s a sanctuary for inspiration, creativity, and connection to the natural world. Here, we grow organic herbs, flowers, and produce for our own local restaurants and Tea Company, care for animals who call the farm home, and invite our community to explore the rhythms of the Earth through seasonal events, workshops, and gatherings.

Penny-wise, pound-foolish: Restaurants feel short-changed by the elimination of the penny

As such, restaurants must change the way they treat cash customers, rounding to the nearest 5 cents when they do not have the exact amount. This is expected to cost restaurants a pretty penny: The National Restaurant Association estimates that rounding will cost restaurants an estimated $13 million to $14 million per month, or up to $168 million per year.

Restaurants want their pennies back

For the restaurant industry, a quarter of transactions still happen in cash, so the elimination of the penny could mean as much as $14 million in lost monthly revenue if eateries have to keep rounding up to make change. That has led the National Restaurant Association to push the federal government to allow pennies to continue circulating. At the same time, the group is advocating for legislation, called the Common Cents Act, that would set up national rounding rules to help businesses better manage the currency shift.
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