Bios

Colorado Local Sustainability and the Rocky Mountain Growers Directory were started by Jim Sincock and Tracy Sweely in March 2007.

Jim Sincock
Co-founder, Director

Jim’s background is in advertising and publication design, commercial photography, and web content management.  He also holds a certificate in Permaculture Design, and will be continuing his advanced permaculture design & teacher training. Jim is also the co-manager of micro-farm and CSA in Lafayette, CO. The farm is a pilot study for the Grow Your Own CSA Co-op at LandShare Colorado. He lives in Eldora, Colorado where he has a sometimes challenging high altitude organic vegetable garden.

Tracy Sweely
Co-founder, Business Manager

Tracy’s background is in anthropology & archeology and has worked on many Mayan sites in Belize using her unique method of Electromagnetic Conductivity to explore subsurface conditions in settlement zones and plazas. She has written several papers and is the author and editor of “Manifesting Power: Gender and the Interpretation of Power in Archeology.” She is also an editor and property manager, and has a great organic garden in Lafayette, Colorado.

A quote to leave you with

“Shortening the links between farmers and consumers may in fact be the most strategic and enjoyable way to bring about fundamental change for the better. A world in which everyone is well fed with local, fresh foods would be a world where everyone has more power, community, and contact with nature.”

The above quote is from: Bringing the Food Economy Home – “Local Alternatives to Global Agribusiness” by Helen Norberg-Hodge, Todd Merrfield and Steven Gorelick