Assessment Report

CFAA Regional Report 2024

County Reports & Notes

• Mineral County Report
• Mineral County Notes – Appendix E
• Costilla County Report
• Costilla County Notes – Appendix F
• Saguache County Report
• Saguache County Notes – Appendix G
• Conejos County Report
• Conejos County Notes – Appendix H
• Rio Grande County Report
• Rio Grande County Notes – Appendix I
• Alamosa County Report
• Alamosa County Notes – Appendix J

PURPOSE of the ASSESSMENT

• Create an actionable and strategic plan to provide solutions that build the capacity of the food & agricultural systems in the San Luis Valley.
• Addressing the opportunities and challenges in our current systems.
• What impacts do these opportunities and challenges have on the health and well being of our people and ecology?
• What economic impacts do these challenges and opportunities have on our producers?

Background Documents

• Alamosa Local Foods Local Places Strategic Plan (2017) PDF
• Direct Market Producers Who Produce Food Survey Results (2015) PDF
• Direct Market Producers Who Produce Food Survey Questions (2013) PDF
• From the Eyes of Community (2011) PDF

Survey Results

All Survey Results

Appendices

• Appendix A – PhotoVoice
• Appendix B – Community Survey Answers
• Appendix C – Food Business Survey Answers
• Appendix D – Producer (Farmer/Rancher) Survey Answers

This project was funded by

• Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment – Office of Health Equity
• The Colorado Health Foundation

It’s 2024 and we are about to kick off our next big project – community-driven action planning!

We will be visiting communities around the San Luis Valley, hosting half-day action planning events. These will look something like:

• Enjoying locally sourced meal
• Introductions of all attendees
• Understanding CFA Assessment findings
• Community building activity
• Listing ideas for goals the community wants
  • Projects
  • Programs
  • Initiatives
  • Businesses
  • Policies

We will also present to specific sectors and groups in our community, and get their input, as well as conduct one-on-one interviews with selected individuals.

This will likely take around 12 months to gather everyones ideas. We will then take account of everything that was said, research potential solutions, projects, policies, etc., and draft a potential Action Plan. We’ll take our proposed CFA Action Plan back to the communities, give an overview of what the other counties and sectors said, ask them how they feel about our synthesized ideas, and solidify the goals for that county.

VOICES WE WANT TO HEAR

• Community :: Anyone who eats food
• Farmers & Ranchers
  • Ranch Hands
  • Farm Workers
• Food Businesses
  • Processing Facility Owners
  • Delivery Drivers
  • Food Hubs / Aggregators
  • Grocers
    • Grocery Store Staff
  • Restaurant Owners
    • Chefs & Bakers
    • Restaurant Staff
  • Farmer Market Managers
  • Food Banks / Pantries
• Institutional Buyers
  • School Food Service Directors
  • Hospital Food Directors
• Local Governments
  • County Commissioners
  • Town Administraotrs
  • Mayors
• Policy Makers

If you would like to participate, please sign up using the link below. There is no commitment and we’ll only contact you when we have news about the action planning summits in your community or sector.