Boulder Food Summit is a project that will bring together people and organizations working on food issues to begin a long term planning process for our local food system.

Community Food Incubator is a project to foster new food and farming production in our community. This will involve the leasing of local farm land for demonstration, education, community gathering and farming for low income and underserved community members.

She is currently a PhD student in Environmental Studies at CU with a research focus on local and sustainable food systems. She is interested in ensuring that efforts to relocalize food systems also account for those communities that currently lack access to fresh and nutritious local produce.
 
In the fall of 2007 She began working with CU's Environmental Center as the Sustainable Foods Coordinator and continues to collaborate with the campus dining services and student union staff to create a more sustainable campus food system and educate the student body about CU's current successes.  In the spring of 2008 She partnered with another student to assist with the creation of a new student group, CU Going Local - whose initial focus has been on educating the campus population about the benefits of a relocalized food system.
 
In the summer 2008 she worked on a grant that investigates the University of Colorado community's perspective about the environmental impact of food production and consumption practices and whether these perspectives play a role in individual food choices. She also works with Boulder County Going Local on food relocalization efforts such as updating their annual Eat Local Resource Guide and other food related items as they arise.