Dear Partner, Welcome to April’s newsletter. The warm sun, early morning birds, occasional snowstorm, and emerging fruit blossoms are a feast for the senses, and a welcome transition from Winter. These days feel healing as well, as we spend more time outside, with others, planting new crops – whether on a back porch, garden plot, or farm. This time to heal, with the help of Mother Nature, is much needed. On top of pandemic fatigue, we ended March with new traumas as well. A hateful attack on the Asian American community in Atlanta, reflecting ongoing and escalating violence against the AAPI community nationally. And then a mass shooting right here, at my neighborhood grocery store in Boulder. My store, where I do all of our shopping, where my kids go alone to grab snacks, where I know so many of the gracious workers. My personal sense of loss and anger is compounded by a sense of deep injustice about the loss of life of our frontline workers, those who never missed work in a pandemic and the woman who was shopping for someone else as an Instacart shopper. As we shared on our social media, it is beyond time to have a government in place that makes decisions For The People. We can make change When We All Vote to urge the Senate to pass the For The People Act. Read the letter and take action here. We also have much to look forward to and keep working toward. You will read below that things are gearing up with Double Up Food Bucks, LoProCO and culinary trainings, are hopping at the state legislature, and are moving along in Congress with the new infrastructure bill and Child Nutrition Reauthorization hearings. In the same spirit of moving forward, we have also recently added our Guiding Values and Commitments to our website, placing them front and center on our “About” page. We would love for you to engage with us and help us to see where we are – and are not – living out these values by leaving comments here. With deep gratitude to you for working with us, teaching us, and leading us along the way, Wendy & the Nourish Colorado Team ![]() |