Food

Chris Rasmussen, grow manager for Pine River Shares Community Food Farm, picks a spinach leaf in the seedling house at the farm on Jan. 3, 2025, in Bayfield, Colo. Photo by Corey Robinson / Special to The Colorado Trust
Inside the seedling house is a study in green.
Buttercrunch lettuce, beet greens, baby chard, mini broccoli, sweet peas and the tops of heirloom carrots thrive in their warm quarters, protected from the cold outside.
At 10 a.m. on a Friday in early January, Grow Manager Chris Rasmussen watched for aphids—sap-sucking insects. Touching soil and feeling various leaves as she assessed the crops, Rasmussen talked about the persistent mice that want to snack on what she’s grown. She revealed that baby bok choy, while easy to grow, is a crop on the do-not-plant list because the community prefers basics like spinach.
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