Posts by Sophie Browner

Sophie is so excited to be at Groundwork for another season! As a Food Systems Fellow throughout the 2024 season, Sophie fell in love with the work, the land, and the community of Paonia. The seven month fellowship had been her first time farming in one place from the first buds of spring to the first frost of winter. Having the space to observe, wonder, and learn in rhythm with the seasons was a profound experience that made her feel deeply rooted in herself and […]

Continue reading >>

It’s 6am, and I’m wide awake, my body refusing to forget the farm harvest schedule. I’m sitting in my brother’s high rise apartment, looking down at the bustling street of people beginning their daily grind. Coasting down highway 70 away from a blazing sun, my heart felt full as I headed into Denver this weekend. Being in the city is like night and day from life at Groundwork. The values we practice day to day at the farm have seeped their way into my mind […]

Continue reading >>

I applied for this fellowship because… I applied for this fellowship because I have been seeking to understand and work towards a vision of the world that inspires me. I have ever-changing ideas of what this future could look like: It always includes community, a close relationship to the food we’re growing, vulnerability, and personal responsibility. I often ask myself if some version of this future is possible in our polarized and disconnected culture where these values hold such little importance. How do we get […]

Continue reading >>