Food Access

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

According to Feeding America, over six hundred seventy thousand people in Colorado face food insecurity. One local organization is attempting to bridge the gap of equal access to nutritious food in the Roaring Fork Valley.

The Garfield Re-2 school district is working with the USDA to bridge the nutrition gap faced by many children over summer vacation. Federal programming allows Garfield county to keep providing breakfast, and lunch to children 18 and younger through late July.

KDNK visits 5Point Film Festival for two events: the student programming and the adventure film pitching

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser is visiting communities impacted by the proposed grocery store merger between Albertsons and Kroger. In late January, Weiser visited Gunnison to kick-off the listening tour.

Today, KDNK Reporter Hattison Rensberry talks to Tara Harman from the Glenwood Chamber about the 125th Strawberry Days, and News Director Morgan Neely examines food price disparity in Aspen.

Garfield County Commissioners unanimously approved a 100 thousand dollar emergency grant Monday to local food assistance non-profit LIFT-UP. KDNK’s Lucas…

In 1992, Leadville residents started a community kitchen at the Saint George Episcopal Church. 30 years later, they want to expand their mission by…