Durango Farmer’s Market - Local food collection and distribution in the parking lot of the First National Bank of Durango every Saturday durangofarmersmarket.org 946-5269

Durango Natural Foods- Neighborhood cooperative grocery store offering local & organic foods 575 E. 8th Avenue 247-8129

Fox Fire Farms - the healthiest Organic Lamb, Organic grass fed beef and goat, organic free range eggs, and organic wine available in the world. 5733 County Road 321 Ignacio, CO 81137 563-4675

James Ranch Grass Finished Beef - Grass-finished, organically grown beef, vegetables, cheese, eggs, trees 33800 Hwy 550 385-9143 jamesranch.net

Nature’s Oasis- Natural foods market & deli 1123 Camino Del Rio 247-1988

Shared Harvest Community Garden - Organic garden worked and harvested communally 3232 CR 234 247-7850

Smiley Building Community Garden - Organic garden project 1309 E. Third Ave.

Sunnyside Farms Market- Offering the finest, all-natural and local specialty food products 450 So. Camino del Rio, Suite 130 (moving first week of July- near Big 5 Sporting Goods) 375-6400 sunnysidefarmsmarket.com

Turtle Lake Refuge- Locally grown, wild harvested and living foods 848 E. 3rd Avenue 247-8395 turtlelakerefuge.org

Local restaurants serving locally grown, organic foods:

Aspen Café: 46825 Hwy. 550 N., 970-259-8025/3600 N. Main, 970-259-6280

The Brick House: 1849 Main Ave., 970-247-3760

Cyprus Café- Mediterranean Cafe supporting local farmers and ranchers 725 E. 2nd Avenue 385-6884 cypruscafe.com

Cocina Linda: 311 W. College Dr., 970-259-6729

Westside Grill at Solid Muldoon: 117 W. College Dr., 970-247-9151

Recipes
Fox Fire Farms Lamb Recipes
The king of grilling - Bobby Flay's recipe collection

Trout Wall Public Art Work Nears Completion

After three months of volunteering by a group of Durango middle school and local area high school students, the Animas River Trail Mural – Trout Wall is nearing completion. Final fabrication and installation for the three steel and mosaic tile trout and mosaic tile wall are scheduled to be completed the week of July 25th. Finishing touches of landscaping and flagstone pavers will follow to complete the work of art.  The Art Wall Mural is located along the Animas River Trail just below the Main Avenue underpass on the Signature Health Salon and Spa building.

Since April, the Arts Collaborative—a group of local area artist and arts educators (Keith Walzak, Mary Anne Griffin, Kelly Hurford, Sandy Bielenberg, Chris Loftus) —have worked with volunteer students to fabricate and assemble the mural mosaic pieces at the Durango Discovery Museum.  At the same time a group of young high school men from Ignacio, Bayfield and Durango High School worked to complete the steel trout frames made entirely from reclaimed steel.  When complete, the 70 foot long and 10 foot tall mural sequence will celebrate the Animas River and the cut-throat trout native to many waterways of this region.