Initiatives & Projects
Helping communities shape a future with food for all
At Provecho Collective, we turn shared ideas into action — transforming bold visions into real solutions that nourish communities today and reimagine Colorado’s food system for tomorrow. Every initiative and project is shaped by our values and commitments, rooted in partnership, and centered on community impact.
Protect Colorado's Future Coalition
Provecho Collective is supporting major long-term wins as part of the Protect Colorado’s Future coalition, which aims to pass a graduated income tax ballot measure in 2026. Through the steering committee and workgroups, our team is helping coordinate strategy, deepen community engagement, and ensure accessibility across every coalition effort — all to ensure sustainable funding for the essential services that Coloradans rely on, such as public education, healthcare, transportation, and food access.
Colorado Wholesale Producer Directory
Provecho Collective and Nourish Colorado are creating the Colorado Wholesale Producer Directory as a centralized, standardized, and accessible hub of information about Colorado producers, processors, and food intermediaries. The goal is to foster better communication and connection between institutional buyers and local producers. The Platform will…
- Maintain an active list of Colorado Wholesale Producers and food intermediaries that are willing to sell to institutions. (original data will be pulled from LFPA, LFP, and LFS datasets)
- Offer searchability by available product type, value-based attributes, processing types, and geographic distribution.
- Provide a data collection feature to easily update producer/wholesaler profiles.
- Support school districts, food pantries, ECE, governments, and hospitals in connecting with local producers who meet the requirements tied to state or federal funding.
Current Projects
Each of our projects reflects one or more of Provecho Collective’s core commitments. They’re shaped, timed, and tracked with community impact and food justice at the center.
We currently don’t have any active projects at this time. Find announcements in our news & updates!
Example Current Project
- Purpose: Support emerging food justice advocates and community leaders who seek to gain policy knowledge and advocacy skills through an 8-week program that provides collaborative and interactive learning sessions paired with real-world case studies and opportunities for 1:1 coaching.
- Participation: Open to anyone interested in community organizing and building community power but new to policy and advocacy efforts.
- Staff Liaison: Dayana Levya, Policy Manager
- Frequency: Cohorts are offered twice a year in the summer and fall, with an application announcement and deadline provided weeks in advance.
Convenings
- Purpose: Support emerging food justice advocates and community leaders who seek to gain policy knowledge and advocacy skills through an 8-week program that provides collaborative and interactive learning sessions paired with real-world case studies and opportunities for 1:1 coaching.
- Participation: Open to anyone interested in community organizing and building community power but new to policy and advocacy efforts.
- Staff Liaison: Dayana Levya, Policy Manager
- Frequency: Cohorts are offered twice a year in the summer and fall, with an application announcement and deadline provided weeks in advance.
Wholesale Producer Directory
- Purpose: Support emerging food justice advocates and community leaders who seek to gain policy knowledge and advocacy skills through an 8-week program that provides collaborative and interactive learning sessions paired with real-world case studies and opportunities for 1:1 coaching.
- Participation: Open to anyone interested in community organizing and building community power but new to policy and advocacy efforts.
- Staff Liaison: Dayana Levya, Policy Manager
- Frequency: Cohorts are offered twice a year in the summer and fall, with an application announcement and deadline provided weeks in advance.
Past Projects & Initiatives
Explore what we’ve done together — and what’s possible when community-powered ideas take root.
