More Street Closure Stuff

Folks, The City of Louisville is reviewing what a street closure might look like again this summer for Main Street. Your local restaurants continue to need support, even as the pandemic winds down. It will take many businesses a decade to recover from the losses brought on this past year and keeping Main Street closed to traffic will help a ton. There will be a City Council vote on April 6th. I hate to ask you to provide your feedback yet again when City Council has not listened in the past, but here I am asking again for your help. I would also like to point out that if anyone is passionate about Louisville and has the time to dedicate to participating in your local politics that elections happen in November and there will be an opportunity to join City Council. It is a pretty straightforward process to run for Council, and a great experience to run through the process even if you don't get elected.

HERE is a link to the survey.

Bring me your 'I voted" sticker for a high five and mucho gracias!

Guess who's kids are getting organic Colorado heirloom wheat in their school lunch dessert again on Monday? Yep- y'all are!!! Colorado Grain Chain has partnered with Boulder Valley School District again to celebrate Colorado family farming again...this time with the amazing Jones Family Farm aka Jones Farm's Organics over in the San Luis Valley...just a hop skip and jump away from the Great Sand Dunes in Hopper, Colorado. Jones Farms Organics is a 4th generation family owned organic potato and wheat farm located in the beautiful San Luis Valley of Colorado. They are passionate about our nutrient dense soil and potatoes and we pride themselves on the sustainability with their farming practices. Since 1925.

This time the featured food will be a 100% whole grain (!!!!!!) lemon cake with strawberry coulis drizzle. Half of the wheat used in the recipe will be a variety called White Sonora from their 2020 crop.

Here's what Slow Foods has to say about this variety:

White Sonora Wheat is also known by the names Kno Wheat; Trigo Flor (Spanish), Flor de America, Trigo Mota or Sonora Blanca; and Olas Pilcan (Pima). It is a soft, white winter wheat that has become adapted to the southwest coast of the United States; specifically the semi-arid climates of the Sonoran Desert in California and Arizona. White Sonoran Wheat is believed to have been brought to the Sonoran Desert by Padre Lorenzo de Cardenas between 1640 and 1650. Cardenas provided the seed to the Eudeve people, who began to propagate the wheat near the rural village of Tuape, Sonora, not far from the present-day United States-Mexico border.

The wheat was used in the creation of communion bread when it was first introduced to the region, but soon became a staple food for the region’s inhabitants. The flour was used to make masa (dough) for tortillas, reflecting the presence and influence of Mexican culture in the growing area. The wheatberry (the entire unprocessed wheat kernel) was also used in traditional dishes such as pinole and posole. Now, the wheatberry is sometimes used to make wheat beer.

Here's to Bunny Wailer...the last of the Wailers'.....He continued to tour and put on amazing shows for decades after Bob, Peter and the rest of the Wailers' passed. I was lucky to see them a handful of times throughout the country and left every shown energized and blown away by how good the music was time and time again. RIP Bunny.

Bob Marley The Wailers Full Concert Live at Santa Barbara 1979