Connecting Local Agriculture & Local People
Valley Food Partnership envisions a resilient regional food system that sustains the land, producers, and healthy communities
your support helps our important work in education - access - community building
ANNUAL APPEAL FEATURE
In 2022, Gabby Cryer arrived in Montrose from Oregon with a growing family and a desire to connect with her new community. Week after week, she stopped at the Montrose Farmers Market and visited the Uncompahgre Farms booth, where Brittany Duffy sold grass-fed, grass-finished beef and tallow.
A purchase became a conversation, and a conversation became a friendship. When Brittany saw the soaps and lotions Gabby was making at home with her beef tallow, she saw more than a hobby. She saw an inspired business and encouraged Gabby to take the leap. In 2024, Gabby launched Radiant Render Tallow and stepped to the other side of the market table.
“The Market is a special place where our community can come together and feel genuinely connected to and inspired by one another,” reflects Gabby. “I started here as a customer using SNAP and Double Up Food Bucks, and now I’m also a vendor and helping provide for my family. It’s an amazing supportive space.”
The Market fosters these opportunities to strengthen our community and connection. Since 1978, it’s where neighbors become friends, fresh food reaches every table, and new businesses find a place to begin.
Your gift keeps strengthening our community and fosters opportunities for the next Gabby and Brittany.
Sign up for our newsletter
Follow us on Facebook
Follow us on Instagram
Thank you to our Funders!
The Colorado Department of Local Affairs, in partnership with the Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley, is responsible for administering the Nonprofit Infrastructure Grant Program. Through a competitive process, nonprofits across the state have been selected to receive this one-time grant funding to help build the capacity of nonprofits that serve historically marginalized communities in Colorado.