Make no mistake: Boulder County does NOT have a functioning food system and the current policies of the commissioners and county government are responsible for its disappearance.

The data below compares summary highlights of Boulder County farms, acreage, and production types based on the USDA Census of Agriculture for 2017 and 2022. So much has been lost. And we have no agency working specifically to create a food system using our public lands – or any other land.

The years 2017-2022 were disastrous for Boulder County’s food resilience. Here is the data from the USDA census for these years.