8820 W 116th Circle Unit B
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Our Vision
Building
Sustainable Food Systems
Our Mission
We cultivate
relationships between food producers and food buyers by
delivering freshness and the story behind it.
Our Focus
We focus on providing high-quality food, straight from
the SOURCE, so our customers can focus on what matters most - their
food, their menus, and their bottom line.
Our Work
SOURCE Local Foods is your connection to the freshest,
locally grown and locally processed food in Colorado. We distribute
all-local, natural, and organic produce, meats, cheeses, dairy, and
more.
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 SOURCE Local Foods now supplies butter from local Royal
Crest Dairy butterfat. Our butter is available in salted retail
packs under the Royal Crest Dairy
brand or in unsalted food service blocks under
the Fall Creek
brand.
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SOURCE Local
Foods is now offering a program to further extend local foods into
your community. This local Buying Club is for organizations
(fitness/lifestyle, faith, non profit, community groups, etc...)
interested in sourcing amazing local food products at wholesale
prices. Empower a liason from your organization to coordinate and
distribute these Colorado products into your community. Not
only will you receive the health benefits and tasteful enjoyment of
fresh, local products, but you will also support and strengthen our
local food economy. For more information please email [email protected]
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Truck To Table
Mushroom
& Kale KimChi Pizza with Sunflower Arugula Pesto, Cashew Chèvre
& Almond Date Crust
Recipe compliments of
Daniel Asher, Culinary Director of
Root Down and Linger
Crust:
1C raw
Almond meal
2 medjool
dates, chopped
3 sundried
tomatoes, chopped
1/4C olive
oil
1/4C flax
meal
1 Tblsp Hemp
Hearts
1 Tblsp
Sesame seeds
1 scallion,
chopped
pinch
oregano
pinch sea
salt
Method:
Combine all
ingredients in food processor and pulse until "dough"
forms. Remove from machine and form into a round pizza crust. Can be
used as-is OR dehydrate at 115 for 8 hours for a cracker style crust
Sunflower Arugula Pesto:
1C raw
sunflower seeds
1/4C raw
tahini
1/2C olive
oil or grape seed oil
juice of 1
medium lemon
1 clove
garlic
1 small
shallot
1/2C loosely
packed fresh basil leaves
1/2C arugula
leaves
sea salt to
taste
Method:
Combine all
ingredients in high-powered blender and cycle until smooth puree
texture is achieved. Additional oil may be needed to reach desired
consistency.
Cashew Chèvre:
3/4C raw
cashews, covered in 2C filtered water & soaked overnight at room
temperature
2 Tblsp
lemon juice
1 Tblsp
nutritional yeast
1 Tblsp gf
tamari
salt &
cracked black pepper to taste
Method:
Combine all
ingredients high powered blender and pulse until 'goat cheese'
texture. Add some of the cashew soaking liquid as needed.
Toppings:
-sliced
cremini mushrooms, lightly tossed with gf tamari & sesame oil
-Ozuke collard
& kale kimchi, drained
-baby
heirloom tomatoes, halved, lightly tossed with olive oil & sea
salt
-watercress
leaves
-microgreens
or chopped herbs (dill, cilantro, tarragon, chive) as desired
Recipe/demonstration
featured on Fox31 Denver's
Everyday Show
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Upcoming Events
Imagine a world where there is free energy, alternative health
care, wealth building, and a consciousness of how we live our lives.
Explore this world where there are sustainable communities and we are
informed about the foods we eat. What does this all look like?
Attend Evolve Expo to
learn more!
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Denver Restaurant Week,
brought to us by Visit Denver, is a
celebration of the culinary scene in Denver. Participating
restaurants will offer a multi-course dinner for the fixed price of
$60 for two, or $30 for one. Be sure to RSVP for your
favorite restaurants and take advantage of trying new and different
restaurants offering this great value.
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March 3, 2014
Denver's largest gathering of local food producers, manufacturers,
growers, retailers, and restaurateurs. The Local Food Summit
is brought to us by Mile High Business
Alliance and provides a day of industry specific
community-building, education, and problem-solving. This event is
especially designed for participants in Colorado's food economy. This
includes producers, ranchers, distributors, policy makers, food
financiers, retailers, restaurateurs and chefs.
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Traveling in
the mountains, in the city for a night out, visiting a friend in a
new part of town? Be sure to download SOURCE the FOOD APP to find the
restaurants, cafes and grocers carrying amazing local foods for your
culinary enjoyment! Available for free on your Android or iPhone, use
this APP to connect with delicious, nurturing local foods.
This APP is
also a great messaging channel for all of the jedi chefs, buyers and
F&B managers out there who are sourcing local food for their
clientele. The APP will send more friends and customers your
way for the awesome local food you are sourcing!
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For information and updates on seasonal products,
local events, our Colorado community and as an opportunity to cross
promote your establishment or sustainable products, be sure to follow
SOURCE Local Foods on Facebook
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Letter
from CEO & Chief Fungi
Greetings
Friends!
The holiday
season is behind us. There's a lot of snow in the mountains. The days
are getting longer as we enjoy one of the most special times of year in
Colorado! In anticipation of springtime - birds chirping, fields
getting planted, calves and lambs birthing, and celebration of renewal
- we are in the "delicious" phase of winter. The skiing is
great, chefs all over the region are planning new menus and exciting
events for the seasons ahead, and farmers are gearing up for planting
(or, in some cases, enjoying some much deserved respite in the warmer
climates of Mexico!).
At SOURCE, we
are very excited about the year ahead, and see it as the year of taking
off and cultivating community. One of our favorite aspects of the work
we're doing, to build sustainable food systems, is having the
opportunity to meet and build friendships with people all over the
region engaged in the food culture (r)evolution! Food really does bring
us together in a profound way, and really is central to the cultivation
of our health, well-being and community. Whether in our own kitchens
preparing stir-fry with our children, at a restaurant raving with
strangers about the best pot roast in town, on the ski slope enjoying
hand-crafted Kombucha and greenhouse grown tomatoes at 11,000 feet, or
in a market chatting with the butcher about his new Charcuterie project
- - all of this weaves the fabric of community throughout Colorado.
And what a
community it is! Amazing friends all over the state provide memorable
dining experiences and a real sense of place about food and
(agri)culture here in Colorado. Whether at Root Down or Timberline in Denver International
Airport, or up in the high country at Aspen Ski Co's Base Camp
or Zach's Cabin at Beaver
Creek, Coloradans and visitors alike can enjoy our best local foods
high up in the mountains as well as just before (or after) getting on a
plane! The Famous Steakhouse
and Hunt or Gather in
Colorado Springs, Ploughboy in Salida,
West Flanders Brewery
in Boulder, and Jonesy's Eat Bar and
Appaloosa Grill in
Denver offer all of us great local fare prepared with love and
creativity. Our friends at Door to Door Organics
deliver local and organic foods right to busy families' homes, and many
friends at Whole Foods provide
a multi-sensory, in-market experience while providing hundreds of
small, local farmers, ranchers and artisan food crafters important
access to neighborhoods and communities throughout the region.
Approaching
our two year anniversary of distributing local foods this April, my
team and I are thrilled, honored and grateful to be a part of
cultivating our community while we see the local, natural and
sustainable food culture continue to take off!
May the SOURCE Be With YOU!
Aaron
CEO &
Chief Fungi
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Next time you're traveling through Denver International
Airport, look to spot a SOURCE truck driving on the airfield.
SOURCE Local Foods is now equipped to deliver to
concessionaires' back doors at any terminal!
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Every person involved on the SOURCE team plays an integral role in
contributing to the smooth operation of our distribution company.
Our delivery drivers are a huge piece of this puzzle. Through rain,
ice, wind, chains and closures - our drivers continue to persist in
delivering fresh, local ingredients to customers' kitchens and retail
shelves. Not only do they do this in a time sensitive manner, but with
the utmost level of customer service and passion for our local,
sustainable food system.
One of our
cherished drivers is Larry Lobato. Larry has been working
with SOURCE Local Foods since August 2013. He's referred
to as our "SOURCE Trooper," with decades of produce
management experience, accumulated from 18 years working at King Soopers and 3
years at Safeway. Larry is
extremely well versed in food handling, quality assurance and waste
elimination.
Larry's motto is
simple and true, "if there's something we can get for you - let us
know and we'll work on it!" One of his favorite aspects of SOURCE
Local Foods is getting to know all of the great Colorado products
produced and manufactured in our very own state. What driving challege
brings Larry the most satisfaction? Driving truck R1 out to DIA. "Driving
alongside planes taking off and landing is one of the biggest
thrills!"
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SOURCE
+ Whole Foods Market
We are happy to
announce that SOURCE Local Foods is now a direct distributor to Whole Foods Market!
As a recent recipient in the Whole Foods Market Local Producer Loan
Program, SOURCE Local Foods was awarded for the value-add that we
bring to the region by helping emerging Colorado growers and
manufacturers. In developing this new partnership, there are many ways
SOURCE can assist your brand in gaining greater reach:
- If your product is not currently carried
in Whole Foods, we are happy to assist with their intake process
to get your product placed at the Colorado store or regional level
- If your product is only in a handful of
stores, we can help expand your reach to every store in Colorado
with direct distribution
- If you are still taking orders from store
buyers directly, we can distribute your product for you, in order
to free up your time to focus on other aspects of your
business
Let's talk about
how SOURCE Local Foods can help you achieve your goals! Please contact [email protected] to discuss
in greater detail. We look forward to hearing your story and
seeing how we can work further together.
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Team
Updates
A big welcome
to our newest team members!
MP
Dreamweaver
Delivery Driver/Denver & I-70 Outside Sales
Mike Powers (AKA MP) joined SOURCE in December 2013. He has cooked as a
chef on and off for years, and remembers getting a serious burn when
cooking French toast early one morning at his Grandmother's house when
he was about four. He hasn't stopped cooking since! MP would like to
see the company involved in education programs for local elementary
schools and culinary schools. Mike's favorite dish is a salami sandwich
with French fries.
In addition to rocking it as a customer service and truck driving
expert, Mike is now also providing sales and service support to chefs
and F&B managers in parts of Denver and along the I-70 corridor
from Golden to Summit County.
Dan
Blei
Warehouse and
Delivery OPS F1 Hybrid
Dan spent 2 years as a full time employee on a small-scale organic farm
in New Hampshire, specializing in fruits, veggies and flowers. Since relocating
to Colorado, Dan has worked at Aspen Moon Farm, an
organic and biodynamic farm in Hygiene, and at OAK at fourteenth in
Boulder. He thinks landing at SOURCE is an excellent balance of
these two types of work.
Dan is excited to connect farmers with a community that
is hungry for locally produced food. Dan's go-to favorite dish is
arugula pesto pizza, topped with any and every vegetable in season
on his home-made crispy crust. Sounds like he and Chef Daniel of Root Down are going
to have to have a cook-off!
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At SOURCE, we
are dedicated to always providing EXPERT, FRIENDLY and PROFESSIONAL
Customer Service.
We strive to
be your trusted partner and we want your feedback. What are we
doing well? What can we do better? We're here and we want to hear
from you. Call us anytime.
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