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Huerta Urbana 2Gen Farm Incubator is social enterprise of Focus Points Family Resource center, offering a 3-year, comprehensive program focused on entrepreneurship and workforce development.

12/04/2023

In November, and .kitchen participants visited Apex Mushroom Farms! 🍄 Nathan, the owner of this indoor farm, was kind enough to give us a tour of his farm, and shared extensive knowledge about mushrooms. By the end of the evening, many of our participants went from not liking mushrooms, to wanting to try them in their dishes or as a health supplement! Nathan was also very generous and shared his experience as a new small business. His transparency aided with giving the participants a glimpse into the struggles one can face, but also the highlights of having a business with a mission.

“It was awesome! Inspiring stuff! On our trip to Apex Mushroom, we learned about the inherent challenges as well as the wondrous gold-medal-quality rewards of establishing and maintaining a scientifically controlled Indoor environment. Nathan showed us the trial and error and consistent love required to develop an inventive small business start-up." – Will (Huerta Participant)
In November, and .kitchen participants visited Apex Mushroom Farms! Nathan, the owner of this indoor farm, was kind enough to give us a tour of his farm, and shared extensive knowledge about mushrooms. By the end of the evening, many of our participants went from not liking mushrooms, to wanting to try them in their dishes or as a health supplement! Nathan was also very generous and shared his experience as a new small business. His transparency aided with giving the participants a glimpse into the struggles one can face, but also the highlights of having a business with a mission.

“It was awesome! Inspiring stuff! On our trip to Apex Mushroom, we learned about the inherent challenges as well as the wondrous gold-medal-quality rewards of establishing and maintaining a scientifically controlled Indoor environment. Nathan showed us the trial and error and consistent love required to develop an inventive small business start-up." – Will (Huerta Participant)
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11/06/2023

We’re open for more participant applications and would love to have you join us!! Huerta Urbana is a 3-year, comprehensive program focused on entrepreneurship and workforce development! Participants harvest produce for personal use and to sell at the farmers market that takes place every June-October. Participants earn a stipend, acquire entrepreneurial skills from Industry leaders, and graduating with the Colorado State University Beginner Market Farmer Training Certificate.

For more information, contact Seynabou Sohai at [email protected]

10/18/2023

A day in the life of our little bees. They’re working hard!

10/12/2023

This is the last month we’ll be running the farmers market parking lot until next summer! Join us tomorrow (Friday, October 13th) or the 20th and 27th for fresh produce and community.

10/04/2023

HIPPY and PAT Fall Festival this Friday, Oct 6th! In addition to our usual farmers market at the parking lot, we'll have a bouncy house, candy, family activities, live music, and art kit giveaways donated by !

10/02/2023

Thank you to the for your donation of these incredible art kits, and artist Jaime Molina whose art inspired many of the materials in the kits. The art kits will be given out at our farmers market at the parking lot this Friday, October 6th! The market opens at 2pm, and kits are limited!

09/28/2023

A round of applause for our first graduates! Their dedication, hard work and achievements deserve all the recognition they can get. Let's celebrate their success together 👏🎓️

09/19/2023

We do not have our farmers market this Friday, but we will see you next Friday, September 29th!

08/30/2023

Farmers market schedule for this month! The Friday's listed above, from 2-6pm in the parking lot.

08/22/2023

"Maintaining good health isn’t always easy, especially if you struggle with accessing nutritious food, safe, affordable housing or if you don’t have access to mental health care. In fact, up to 90% of what influences a person’s health relates to these nonmedical issues, or what’s commonly referred to as social determinants of health.⁠
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Identifying and addressing social determinants of health needs is a core aspect of how UnitedHealthcare serves its members. Last year, UnitedHealthcare screened 4.9 million members, made 2.4 million referrals to community resources, and ultimately closed the loop and confirmed that 84% of members had at least one of their social needs met.⁠
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To help communities address these challenges, UnitedHealthcare is awarding $11.1 million in grants to 66 nonprofit organizations through its Empowering Health program across 12 states to help uninsured individuals and underserved communities. The states include Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas and Washington."⁠
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And we were one of the recipients of this grant in Colorado! We're grateful for the support provided by and all of the organizations in our community. ⁠
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Read the full article at www.uhc.com/news-articles/community/expanding-access-to-care

08/22/2023

"Maintaining good health isn’t always easy, especially if you struggle with accessing nutritious food, safe, affordable housing or if you don’t have access to mental health care. In fact, up to 90% of what influences a person’s health relates to these nonmedical issues, or what’s commonly referred to as social determinants of health.

Identifying and addressing social determinants of health needs is a core aspect of how UnitedHealthcare serves its members. Last year, UnitedHealthcare screened 4.9 million members, made 2.4 million referrals to community resources, and ultimately closed the loop and confirmed that 84% of members had at least one of their social needs met.

To help communities address these challenges, UnitedHealthcare is awarding $11.1 million in grants to 66 nonprofit organizations through its Empowering Health program across 12 states to help uninsured individuals and underserved communities. The states include Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas and Washington."

And we were one of the recipients of this grant in Colorado! We're grateful for the support provided by and all of the organizations in our community.

Read the full article at www.uhc.com/news-articles/community/expanding-access-to-care

08/07/2023

Did you know it's Colorado Farmers Market week!? At our market on Friday, we'll have artists joining us along with tons of awesome child-friendly activities. Think of it as a family fun day, with a side of produce shopping 😉

Located in the parking lot of from 2-6pm this Friday, August 11th.

07/27/2023

Our Huerta Urbana participants started their Beginning Farmers Core Curriculum & Hands-On Workshops with CSU and the Denver Botanical Gardens, which cover farming basics! Here we are during one of the lessons, soaking up as much basic farming knowledge as possible.

07/17/2023

Don't forget, we'll be giving out Bounty Bags to families with children ages 0-5 at our Farmers Markets every Friday this summer. We have a booth dedicated to sharing these bags, and all that we ask is that you live in Denver and can provide us with your Denver zip code/address, and you'll receive a bag for your child.
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Please share this information with your friends and family in Denver to help spread the word!

07/11/2023

We are open again on Friday! Join us at our Farmers Market this Friday, July 14th at the parking lot from 2-6pm.

We'll also be offering bounty boxes for children 0-5 who live In a Denver zip code! Simply provide your name and Denver address when you get to the market 🍅

07/08/2023

In addition to our produce at the farmers market, we have more than a dozen vendors who join us each Friday! This year, a few new vendors have added booths at the market, and we couldn't be more excited to share space with them:

- Cempaxochilt Arts : Watercolor artwork
- Sohai Farm & Kitchen: Farm crops & pizza
- The Tortilla Project : Handmade tortillas

Rincon de la Abuela Ven served us delicious Venezuelan food the month of June. Thanks for joining us!

07/05/2023

Reminder that our Farmers Market Is closed this Friday! We will be back on Friday, July 14th from 2-6pm with delicious, urban farm-fresh produce. See you then!

06/28/2023

Friends and family! and its social enterprises (us and .kitchen) are closed for our year-end, from June 30th through July 9th! Because of this, our Farmers Market will be closed on June 30th and July 7th, too. We're using this time to let our crops have some much needed rest so they're ready to be harvested and sold again on July 14th! 😊

06/21/2023

Don't miss the farmers market this Friday! Located in the parking lot from 2-6pm. We accept payments In the form of Cash, SNAP, WIC (Farmers Market Nutrition Program vouchers). Swipe to see where you can apply for WIC.

06/14/2023

We received another colony of bees a few weeks ago from our partners at Free Range Beehives! Did you know that honey bees pollinate 1 in every 3 bites of food we eat? They're essential to agriculture, so we could not be happier to have them join us at Huerta Urbana. Please welcome our 10,000 new bees! :)

06/02/2023

Don't miss the grand opening for our farmers market next Friday, June 9th! Located in the parking lot, we'll be open from 2-6pm and accept payments In the form of Cash, SNAP, WIC (Farmer's Market Nutrition Program vouchers).

We will also be giving out bounty boxes for children that live in the 80216 (GES zip codes). We'll have a booth dedicated to sharing out the boxes - we will simply ask for your basic info, including your GES address, and you'll receive a box for your child.

Please share this post & information with those you know in the GES neighborhoods to help spread the word!

05/15/2023

Happy Belated Mother's Day! We hope you enjoyed time this past weekend with your mothers and mother figures, too. We're lucky enough to have some incredibly hard working moms in our program that we wanted to show our appreciation for. Swipe to see the mothers that help run the program and give the plants and bees all the love and care 💛⁠
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05/12/2023

Welcome to our new Huerta Urbana Specialist, Satomi Kiryu! Our registration window for 2023 participants has closed, and we are looking forward to our new participants to start their path into the agricultural world! ⁠
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04/11/2023

Please join us in welcoming our new participants to the Huerta Urbana Program! We've added 6 amazing participants, and now have a total of 11 in the program. Pictured are 5 of our new participants, as well as two of our 3rd year participants. From left to right, say hi to Elizabeth, Claudia, Monserrat, Will, Joshua, Soledad, Deisy & baby Daniel. Last week we had our first lesson of recognizing our local weeds, and starting to remove them from our growing space. We also worked on team building! 💪

03/15/2023

The busy season is upon us! Here are some important updates from us to you.
1) We are no longer taking in applications for HUFM vendors for the beginning season.
2) At the end of the April we will pause the applications for Huerta Urbana Participants.
3) Busy season, means we are growing and need some extra hands. We are hiring, and looking for a part-time Huerta Program Specialist II.
4) Our CSA shares are available for purchase!

Interested in any of these updates? Email us at [email protected] or [email protected] for more information.
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¡La temporada ocupada está sobre nosotros! Aquí hay algunas actualizaciones importantes de nosotros para ustedes.
1) Ya no estamos aceptando solicitudes para proveedores de HUFM para la temporada inicial.
2) A finales de abril haremos una pausa en las solicitudes para los participantes de Huerta Urbana.
3) Temporada ocupada, significa que estamos creciendo y necesitamos algunas manos adicionales. Estamos contratando y buscando un Especialista del Programa Huerta II a tiempo parcial.
4) ¡Nuestras acciones CSA están disponibles para su compra!

¿Interesado en alguna de estas actualizaciones? Envíenos un correo electrónico a [email protected] o [email protected] para obtener más información.

03/01/2023

We are growing, and are looking for a new Part Time HU Specialist to help our program sprout even more!

Huerta Urbana Specialist II: if you love working outside, farming, and getting to work with wonderful participants, this may be the right position for you.
If you would like more information follow this link for the job description:
https://www.focuspoints.org/about/join-our-team/

Do you feel ready to apply?
Please email your resume and cover letter to Seynabou, Program Manager, at [email protected]

02/24/2023

It has been quite cold, but our seedlings are staying warm inside. Hoping for consistent warmer weather, they are getting pretty tall and are ready to go outside!
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
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Ha hecho bastante frío, pero nuestras plántulas están calientitas adentro. Esperamos el clima más cálido y constante, nuestras plántulas se están creciendo bastante altas y están listas para salir.
¡Esperamos que todos tengan un fin de semana maravilloso!

02/06/2023

You still have a few extra days to reach out if you are interested in being a vendor in our market. Listed above is what vendors we want for our market. Think you fit in? Send us an email! We will be happy to talk to you!

Todavía tiene unos días más para comunicarse si está interesado/a en ser un proveedor en nuestro mercado. A continuación se enumeran los proveedores que queremos para nuestro mercado. ¿Crees que encajas? ¡Envianos un correo electronico! ¡Estaremos encantados de hablar contigo!

01/26/2023

All this sun is reminding us of the good summer days ahead of us. One thing we are super excited to get started on is searching for new vendors for our Farmers' Market! We welcome all farmers (both conventional and urban), vendors, and crafters to join our farmers’ market family. In keeping with the spirit of genuine growing and local urban agricultural support, produce and product resellers will not be allowed to join Huerta Urbana Farmers’ Market.
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Todo este sol nos recuerda los buenos días de verano que tenemos por delante. ¡Una cosa que estamos muy emocionados de comenzar es buscar nuevos proveedores para nuestro Mercado de Agricultores! Damos la bienvenida a todos los agricultores (tanto convencionales como urbanos), vendedores y artesanos para que se unan a nuestra familia de mercados de agricultores. De acuerdo con el espíritu de crecimiento genuino y apoyo a la agricultura urbana local, los revendedores de productos no podrán unirse al Mercado de Agricultores de Huerta Urbana.

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+13032920770

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http://www.focuspoints.org/huerta-urbana, http://www.focuspoints.org/huertagram

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A day in the life of our little bees. They’re working hard! #beehive #bees #savethebees #urbanfarm #denvercolorado #denvernonprofit

A round of applause for our first graduates! Their dedication, hard work and achievements deserve all the recognition they can get. Let's celebrate their success together 👏🎓️

El programa Huerta Urbana 2Gen Incubadora de granjas ahora se está abriendo para inscribir nuevos participantes. Nuestro programa es para... Personas que están interesadas en cultivar productos frescos y saludables en su comunidad. Emprendedores que quieran iniciar sus propios negocios en la industria de la agricultura urbana. Trabajadores que quieren aprender habilidades para tener una carrera en agricultura urbana. La capacitación en Huerta proporcionará habilidades de desarrollo profesional, capacitación pagada que enseña los entresijos de trabajar en una granja comercial mientras obtiene ingresos, recursos para diseñar y lanzar su propio negocio con éxito. ¡Envíenos un correo electrónico o llámenos!

Shhhhhh the farm is sleeping. We are so sad to not be out there as much, but it is time for our farm to get it's well earned rest. While on the surface there's crazy winds today, we know below the surface mother nature is taking its course. *** Shhhhhh la granja está durmiendo. Estamos muy tristes de no estar tanto tiempo afuera como lo hacíamos antes, pero es hora de que nuestra granja obtenga su merecido descanso. Mientras que hoy en la superficie hay vientos locos, sabemos que debajo de la superficie la madre naturaleza está siguiendo su curso.

Huerta Urbana 2Gen Farm Incubator program is now opening up to enroll new participants. Our program is for... People who are interested in growing fresh, healthy produce in their community. Entrepreneurs who want to start their own businesses in the urban agriculture industry. Workers who want to learn skills to have a career in urban agriculture. Training at Huerta will provide professional development skills, paid training that teaches the ins & outs of working on a commercial farm while earning income, resources to design and launch your own business successfully. Email or give us a call!

We can't stop time, but we sure can take a few snippets and replay them on these recovery months. This year has brought so much harvest, opportunities, successes, fails, lessons, and growth. We are beyond grateful for it all, and ready to go even bigger next season. Our farm, participants, program, educators, community, sponsors, supporters, partners, and volunteers have all been very important pieces to our success. Thank you!

Get your pay-what-you-can tickets for our Sept. 16 Fall Equinox Farm Dinner before sales close today! www.huertafalldinner.eventbrite.com

Yesteday we had an awesome visit from John, @freerangebeehives. He walked us through the process of preparing the hive for the upcoming cold months and winter. Found out we now have up to 50,000 honeybees, looking like we might be able to split into two hives in 2023. The queen is also very active and is laying as many eggs as possible, so much so she has moved to the uper panels (the ones we took out in the video). If all looks good and there is edible honey from what John took, we might be getting some honey to share by the end of the year! Super exciting, since we were expecting them to only create enough for themselves this first year. We are just beyond excited and proud of our honey bees and our farm for being a great enviorment for them.

What a gloomy rainy day, here is a small video of what our produce has been turned into recently (a lovely salsa). We can't wait to hear what you all have been making with your Huerta Urbana Farms produce!

Just a small reflection of how much love we put into our produce. Hope you are ready, because our love filled tomatoes will be available tomorrow at the Huerta Urbana Farmers' Market, presented and sponsored by Kaiser Permanente Thrive ! Open from 2-6pm, every Friday.

Today is Friday, again! You know what that means? Huerta Urbana Farmers' Market will be happening! We have been waiting all week for this Friday morning, just to harvest these amazing crops. Just look at this yummy turnip!

Just because our farmers market is closed today doesn't mean you get to miss out on our farm views. Here are a few shots we took this week as we were getting ready for our long weekend! Our bees are loving their home, and we have so many happy plants thanks to our new irrigation system! We hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

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