Leadership
Kristin Ramey | President
Kristin is the owner of Long Shadow Farm in Berthoud. With her family, they raise poultry, beef, pork and lamb. She works hard to steward her small chunk of land while growing pastured and grass-fed proteins for her local community. She believes that all farms are better when we work together. THere’s room for all of us!
Larry Lempka | Vice pResident
Larry Lempka is a seasoned farmer along the Little Thompson River and the Berthoud area.
Owner of Los Rios Farm where he practices regenerative farming and sells direct to consumer his beef, pork, eggs, vegetables along with heritage grains.
He has farmed commercial produce, raised commodity crops for Coors, Anheuser Busch, Dean Foods, Kuner Empson, Western Sugar and many other local companies, and has worked hard to implement conservation practices on his farms over the years.
Michelle Hindman | Secretary & Fundraising Committee Chair
Michelle Hindman is a boots-on-the-ground, hands-in-the-soil, community food system collaborator. Michelle believes it is important to approach her work as an ally to the land and the people it supports and to do so as respectfully as possible.
As a co-lead for the Northern Colorado Permaculture Guild, a contract farm and garden hand, aerial mapper, and nonprofit consultant, much of what she does in the day to day is working directly to improve how we, as a community, engage with the land and people around us, helping to build resilient growing spaces and a supportive community culture. One of Michelle’s passions is to help lead fun, educational, service-oriented events, often done barn-raising style, with good food and companionship – because she believes that not only do many hands make light work, but it also builds and strengthens our networks.
Michelle holds an Associate of Applied Science in Holistic Health from Front Range Community College, a Bachelor of Dietetics with a Minor in Sociology from Colorado State University, along with numerous trainings and certificates including Nonviolent Communication, Servant Leadership, Human Centered Design, and Community Engagement from a Public Health perspective.
Michelle is excited to work with the Larimer County Farmers Alliance in continuing to develop a strong, supportive, and resilient agricultural community.
Laurel Smith | Treasurer
In addition to farming Here & Now Farm (which stands for Healthy Ecologically-Responsible Economy, North of Wellington) Laurel works half time for Nourish Colorado as a Value Chain Coordinator. She supports Colorado farms with sales of fruits, vegetables, fungi!, beans, and plant starts to brick and mortar stores around the state who run Double Up Food Bucks or Colorado SNAP Produce Bonus. Laurel loves to pal around with her cat named Friendly. She loves her LCFA buds and believes in the power of community to grow more equitable food systems.
Contact to get involved: info@larimercountyfarmers.org