Novo Coffee

For the month of May, purchase “Denver Urban Gardens Spring Selection” coffee and Novo will donate 25% of the sales to DUG. This coffee is available on Novo’s website and their shops in Arvada, 7745 Wadsworth Blvd #B, and the Denver Art Museum, Hamilton Building & Duncan Pavilion,100 W 14th Ave.

“Denver Urban Gardens Spring Selection” is a special blend of 2 coffees (washed and natural) grown and processed by Asnakech Thomas, one of the very few female farm and mill owners in Ethiopia. Nuances: Full body, slightly floral, notes of berry, apple, banana, and chocolate.

Novo Coffee is a Denver-based, family-owned and operated roasting company with a commitment to sourcing and roasting some of the world’s most flavorful coffees. These coffees are purchased primarily through long term relationships with farmers who share in Novo’s pursuit of the highest quality coffees along with strong commitments to social, environmental, and economic sustainability. Roasting is done in small batches and profiled in a way to ensure that the inherent flavors in each coffee are brought to the forefront, as are their differences based on origin, terroir, processing method, variety, and other factors. Recent recognition includes 2009 Westword Best of Denver as well as being listed as one of “America’s Best Boutique Coffee’s” on the Forbes.com website.

For more information about Novo Coffee or to make a purchase, visit www.novocoffee.com

Colorado & Company

DUG Board Member, Community Gardener, and writer extraordinaire, John Hershey discussed container gardening on Colorado & Company on KUSA - Channel 9 this morning. Click here to check it out.

Kismet & DUG

Kismet, a boutique in the Highlands, is celebrating its 3rd anniversary and in honor of their anniversary, they will be donating 10% of their sales to Denver Urban Gardens this Saturday.

When: Saturday, May 9th
Time: 10:30 am to 8 pm
Location: 3640 W. 32nd Ave.

For more information, check out http://www.kismetaccessories.com/

Mountainfilm in Telluride Symposium on food

Mountainfilm in Telluride will open its 31st annual festival on May 22, 2009 with a Moving Mountains Symposium on food.

Of the 6.7 billion people currently living on this planet, one billion of them are overweight, while another 800 million starve. The present day agriculture paradigm, which incorporates troubling practices like monocultures, CAFO's, and the government-subsidized production of high-fructose corn syrup, clearly cannot adequately feed our current population.

With keynote speaker Bill McKibben and Chef Ming Tsai as emcee and a wide-ranging lineup of scientists, thinkers and activists the symposium will frame both the problems and potential solutions. Please join us.

For more information, please visit us at http://www.mountainfilm.org/festival/2009/weekend/symposium.asp

Also, here is a link to the whole festival...
http://www.mountainfilm.org/