Food Connect Colorado

One lawyer’s mission to find the lies in what we eat. BY SARAH LARSON September 4, 2023 In 2021, Duval Clemmons, a retiree from the West Bronx, went to his local BJ’s Wholesale Club and discovered a pleasant surprise in the dairy aisle. Clemmons, sixty-eight, had a long career as a maintenance worker, but was…

With unemployment low and wages rising, the struggle for basic necessities like food should be easing. But those on the front lines of feeding the hungry say they are seeing the opposite. Read the full story on NBCNews.com

For months, Liz Watts has been searching for a new Aurora location for the food pantry she started just before the pandemic began in 2020. Her wishlist is relatively short: air conditioning, adequate parking, and a ground-level entrance for shoppers who are elderly or disabled. “You’d be surprised how hard that is to find. But,…

By: Rob Harris Posted at 8:45 PM, Dec 23, 2022 AURORA, Colo — Eight months after closing its former location in Aurora, Food Connect Colorado is still struggling to find a new space to operate. President Elizabeth Watts said commercial real estate landlords have been rejecting her organization because they don’t want a food pantry among their other…

AURORA, Colo. — A free food market that was a lifeline to Aurora residents during the COVID-19 pandemic is temporarily closing its doors. Due in part to rising rents, Food Connect Colorado — a nonprofit associated with Food Bank of the Rockies that runs a free grocery store — will cease operations while the nonprofit…

A free food market in Aurora has to close until it finds a new space Food Connect Colorado serves as a free food market for parts of Aurora and Montbello. Now, they must temporarily close until they find a new space. Read the whole article on 9News.com by clicking here.  

New data from the Department of Agriculture suggests that families are increasingly losing access to nutritious meals. Well into the second year of the coronavirus pandemic, millions of Americans are still reeling from a number of compounding crises caused by the ripple effects of Covid-19 on the economy. The national situation appears grim. August and…

AURORA, Colo. — More Coloradans are in need of food than ever before. Food Bank of the Rockies said during 2020, the need for food in its service areas increased by upwards of 50 percent, and some months it climbed as high as 80 percent. Food Connect Colorado is working to bring those numbers down in this one…

Since March 2020, our focus at Food Bank of the Rockies has been on serving our partners and clients with tenacity and strength as life as we all knew it was repeatedly and totally upended due to the COVID-19 crisis. In 2020, the need for food in our service areas increased by upwards of 50%,…