{"id":15968,"date":"2025-10-26T00:52:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T06:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/pueblo-seed-food-uses-5000-grant-for-accessible-packaging\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T21:53:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:53:26","slug":"pueblo-seed-food-uses-5000-grant-for-accessible-packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/pueblo-seed-food-uses-5000-grant-for-accessible-packaging\/","title":{"rendered":"Pueblo Seed & Food uses $5,000 grant for accessible packaging"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The bakehouse is using the funds to switch from tins to cardboard boxes, with aims to make its whole-grain cookies more available at a lower price. The cookies are made from 100% whole grains grown at the McElmo Canyon farm. (Courtesy Photo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Provided through a Colorado Grain Chain grant, Pueblo Seed and Food Co. in Cortez received $5,000 to fund new packaging for its whole-grain cookies.<\/p>\n

The artisan bakehouse is shifting from tin containers to cardboard boxes to help lower prices. Co-founder Nanna Meyer said it will make the products more accessible to the larger public while keeping packaging \u201ccoherent and beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Owners Meyer and Dan Hobbs use yields from their farm in McElmo Canyon for their bakehouse at 25 N. Beech St.<\/p>\n

\"Founders
Founders of Pueblo Seed & Food Co. Dan Hobbs and Nanna Meyers grow heritage grains, seeds, chiles, vegetables and garlic on their 30-acre farm at McElmo Canyon near Cortez. (Courtesy Photo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The business focuses on conservation and regenerative farming. They sell a variety of products made from heritage grains they grow, as well as legumes, mixed vegetables, garlic, chile peppers and pollinated seeds. The bakehouse is open Fridays, noon to 6 p.m., and Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., serving baked goods and breads, coffee and tea, as well as various meals.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new cardboard boxes will cover 7-8 cookie types and yet keep the brand we created coherent and beautiful, even though we will be missing our tins,\u201d Meyer said in a news release.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur commitment to regionally grown, organic whole-grain products and the expansion of acreage of organic grain production with other growers in the Four Corners are both strengthened by this grant,\u201d Meyer said in the release.<\/p>\n

Pueblo Seed & Food is one of six Colorado businesses awarded funds through Colorado Grain Chain\u2019s microgrant program, which supports projects that bring locally grown, organic grain products from farm to table. The other businesses and nonprofits awarded include Community Agriculture Alliance, High Desert Bagels in Durango, Our Community Eats, Pastificio Boulder and the Rye Resurgence Project.<\/p>\n

The grant program is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Walton Family Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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