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Join us for the Farmer Training Convergence

Save the date for the 2026 Farmer Training Convergence on Friday, August 28 and Saturday, August 29! Join farmers and food systems supporters at the Old Fort in Hesperus to share knowledge, resources, ideas, and inspiration.

Registration and cost

Registration details coming soon!

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  • Friday's schedule includes:
  • Saturday's schedule includes:
  • DIY Soil Health Lab with  
  • Mobile Meat Processing with
  • panel for farmers and landowners looking to lease
  • Localizing Our Seed Supplies with Gretchen Groenke of 4th World Farm
  • REZonomics and Farming on Tribal Trust Land with
  • Shifting Paradigms and Improving Farmer Mental Health with
  • Updates from the Community Land Partnership of the Southwest
  • Native American Agriculture Fund: Business Resources for Native Farmers
  • Networking Social Hour with Land Link and Rocky Mountain Farmers Union  
  • And so much more!
  • Understanding the Flow of Colorado Water
  • From the Ground Up: Rematriating the Lands of Indian Boarding Schools
  • Agrivoltaics in the Four Corners: Community Voices and Demonstration Efforts
  • Propagation Tips and Tricks + CSU Extension Resources
  • Indigenous Innovations and Lessons in Resilience
  • Farm Journey with Jesus Flores from the 
  • Understanding NRCS Programs and Services
  • Holistic Goal Setting
  • Farmer Advocacy 101

Events questions and inquiries

Please contact us with event questions, or to host an event.

The Old Fort

18683 CO-140
Hesperus, CO 81326
 oldfortathesperus@fortlewis.edu
 970-385-4574

     

Land Acknowledgement 

We acknowledge the land that the Old Fort is situated upon is the ancestral land and territory of the Nuuchiu (Ute) people who were forcibly removed by the United States Government. We also acknowledge that this land is connected to the communal and ceremonial spaces of the Jicarilla Abache (Apache), Pueblos of New Mexico, Hopi Sinom (Hopi), and Diné (Navajo) Nations.

The Old Fort and Fort Lewis College are committed to reconciling their history as a federal Indian Boarding School from 1892 to 1909.

Learn more about reconciliation

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The Old Fort is owned by the Colorado State Land Board and managed by Fort Lewis College.


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