Crates of fresh vegetables displayed at a local market stall
Residents from South Fork and surrounding areas gathered at the South Fork Community Building on Thursday, May 14, to explore new ways to improve grocery access and expand food choices in rural communities. The South Fork and Creede Grocery Conversation, hosted by the San Luis Valley Local Foods Coalition in partnership with the Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center, focused on practical solutions including community-owned food cooperatives, buying clubs, mobile markets and new grocery businesses.
Crates of fresh vegetables displayed at a local market stall
Residents from South Fork and surrounding areas gathered at the South Fork Community Building on Thursday, May 14, to explore new ways to improve grocery access and expand food choices in rural communities. The South Fork and Creede Grocery Conversation, hosted by the San Luis Valley Local Foods Coalition in partnership with the Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center, focused on practical solutions including community-owned food cooperatives, buying clubs, mobile markets and new grocery businesses.
Crates of fresh vegetables displayed at a local market stall
Residents from South Fork and surrounding areas gathered at the South Fork Community Building on Thursday, May 14, to explore new ways to improve grocery access and expand food choices in rural communities. The South Fork and Creede Grocery Conversation, hosted by the San Luis Valley Local Foods Coalition in partnership with the Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center, focused on practical solutions including community-owned food cooperatives, buying clubs, mobile markets and new grocery businesses.
The Nation looks at how worker-owned home-care agencies are turning some of the country's lowest-paid jobs into stable, dignified ones, with better pay, far lower turnover, and better outcomes for the people receiving care. The piece reports that Next50 has awarded a $500,000 grant to RMEOC to launch a worker-owned home-care agency in Colorado.
Workshop banner: older and younger men reviewing papers, text 'Sell with confidence. Keep your business in trusted hands.', RMEOC logo
For many people, the desire to own a business and be their own boss helped them forge a path in life and make that dream a reality. But what happens when that business owner is ready to move on in life, whether it’s retirement or simply shifting focus to another passion?Many turn to brokers to… Continue reading New program helps business owners looking to exit sell to employees

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