DENVER URBAN HOMESTEADING, Local Market (click for video) and Reskilling Center is an urban agricultural center near Downtown Denver in a large commercial-industrial building at 200 Santa Fe Drive, on the corner of 2nd Avenue and Santa Fe Drive. 

Our goal is to promote agricultural activities in the Denver metropolitan area for a variety of reasons.  First, for sustainability, i.e. renewing and preserving our energy and resources.  Second, for growing and raising our own quality food and getting in touch with food sources.  Third, for energy conservation.  Fourth, for fun.  Growing vegetables is fun.  Raising food-producing animals is fun.  Fifth, because a chicken living in your backyard and playing with a child is probably living a happier life than a chicken living on a factory farm.

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Homesteading classes/Agriculture education

Classes on raising backyard chickens, goats and backyard fish farming.  We even have a class on chicken slaughtering naturally, the humane way.  Classes on canning, freezing and preserving (coming).  Classes on growing vegetables with hydroponics.  Cooking classes for organic and natural foods.

Local Farmers' Market - Now open!

This market is open every Saturday from 9-2 and it sells high-quality, local* foodstuffs.   Come and meet the farmers!  We want to strengthen the bond between farmers and consumers.  We want you to know where your food comes from and who grows or makes it.  Many of these local foods are organic.  We will facilitate the distribution of raw milk via cow and goat dairy farmers.  We accept Mastercard, Visa and SNAP (food stamps).

*Note that "local" varies depending on the product.  Most of our foods come from a 100 mile radius, but some come from greater distances because they are not produced nearby.).

We also sell heirloom seeds, i.e. seeds from original varieties that have not been made into hybrids.  We sell chicken coops and cold frames, which are mini-greenhouses used to extend the growing season for greens.

Conference and meeting center/ parties and fundraisers

Lectures by farmers, agricultural producers and distributors.  Couples who want something different and more sustainable for their weddings can have a green wedding here.

WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEKING:

Local farmers and food preparers to sell their food at our market. 

New agricultural or food businesses that need a place to get off the ground.  This can also include cooking/catering businesses, bakers.

Contact:
James and Irina Bertini

james@denverurbanhomesteading.com

303 572-3122