Methods & Practices
Our Promise
New Spring leaves budding on the willows
near the beehives.
Although we are not Certified Organic, our practices meet USDA Organic Standards. Come visit our farm and learn firsthand that there are:
- No Chemical Fertilizers
- No Pesticides
- No Hormones
- No Antibiotics
- No Animal By-Products in Feed
And we go beyond USDA Organic Standards:
- Increasing biodiversity and decreasing bare ground
- Increasing the effectiveness of the water that falls on our land
- Ensuring that minerals present in our soil are cycling in our ecosystem efficiently
- Harvesting solar energy in our “living solar panel” of plant species in our pastures
- Building soil and ecosystem health
Stewardship Philosophy
The Yurt is powered by a combination of
solar and wind power. It serves as our
morning meeting place and an art studio.
In essence, all land is special, even sacred. We hold the land we steward as our responsibility to work, and as much as possible, to keep in balance for the natural world, and for people. We strive to be sustainable, and to model new ways to relate to the earth and all forms of life. And we notice that when a part of the earth is cared for in this way, it reveals the natural beauty that was always there.
Sustainability conjures different images in different people. To us, sustainability begins by connecting with an internal source of strength, flexibility, honesty and wisdom. We see sustainability as a by-product of knowing our identity as Creator Beings. Once we say we are Creator Beings, we must also say we are the ones responsible for our expression in our worlds. This responsibility gives us the space to be the author of our relationships, including our relationship with the natural world. Inherent in the taking of responsibility is the freedom to continue to refine our relationships as we learn.
A Home To Those Who Work & Visit
The Puharich home was the first strawbale
building built in Larimer County, CO in 1994,
by Ed Haimes and Guidestone Farm
The Farm at Sunrise Ranch is a home providing opportunity to express true self and build character through hands on work with people, animals and the earth.
The Farm at Sunrise Ranch is first and foremost a home—a place of welcome for all to come and enjoy the fruits of the labor of love. The Farm is a place where people of different ages engage in good clean fun—the work of caring for plants and animals together.
A source of nutritious whole food…
The Farm at Sunrise Ranch strives to lead in the pursuit of being a nutritious whole food source for local families and markets by using and developing ecologically beneficial farming methods in harmony with nature.
