Pillar Four

San Juan Harvest

Builds food resilience and practical learning: agriculture, produce, food access, and education for Ridgway and the region.

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01 · About

San Juan Harvest is Spectrum's agriculture, produce, food-access, and practical education pillar. Its purpose is to strengthen local food resilience while providing fresh produce for Spectrum's restaurant, retreat meals, community programs, and regional partners.

14,000
square-foot, energy-efficient greenhouse

A planned 14,000-square-foot, energy-efficient greenhouse will support year-round indoor production. No outdoor production is planned.

02 · From greenhouse to table

One harvest, three paths

Greenhouse
Year-round indoor production using living-soil growing practices
Kirby Clardy

Kirby Clardy's greenhouse vision and cultivation leadership

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Farm-to-tableFarm-to-table produce for the restaurant, retreat meals, and wellness programs
Food accessReduced-cost produce, donated food, community meals, and qualified partner distribution
Learning and jobsYouth and adult agricultural education, internships, workforce training, cooking, preservation, nutrition, and children's sustainability programs
03 · Food access and agricultural education

San Juan Harvest will provide the production and operational support behind the Foundation's charitable food program.

It will also create hands-on learning in greenhouse cultivation, living-soil practices, water conservation, composting, nutrition, food preparation, preservation, sustainable hospitality, and agricultural careers.

StewardshipWater efficiency, energy monitoring, composting, waste reduction, dark-sky light containment, and accessible greenhouse learning areas
04 · Supporting data and accountability

What San Juan Harvest will track

Production and use

Harvest volume, crop mix, reliability, loss, restaurant and retreat use

Food access

Produce donated or discounted, community meals, and partner distribution

Education and jobs

Classes, internships, youth programs, training, jobs, wages, and retention

Stewardship and economy

Water, energy, composting, waste, light containment, and local purchasing

06 · The Four Pillars
Pillar One Foundation Leads public benefit and charitable access Pillar Two Spectrum Mountain Hot Springs Creates the long-term destination Pillar Three Colorado Natural Medicines Connects licensed services and social access Pillar Four · You are here San Juan Harvest Builds food resilience and practical learning