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Pitkin County weighing short‑term funding to keep weekly CSA produce program for older adults after federal cut
Summary
Pitkin County staff asked the commissioners April 15 to consider a one‑year allocation from the Healthy Community Fund to sustain a weekly CSA produce distribution to older adults after federal LFPA funds were cut for 2025.
Pitkin County human‑services officials told commissioners April 15 that an annual federal Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA) grant that funded a weekly CSA produce share program for older adults has been cut for 2025, leaving the program unfunded starting this growing season.
Program overview: For seven years the county contracted with local growers (notably 2 Roots Farm and other valley producers) to supply weekly CSA shares distributed at senior meals or senior‑center events. The program operates like a mini‑farmers market for…
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