Ayurvedic practice celebrates anniversary
Surya Health and Wellness, 1032 Main Ave., is celebrating its one-year anniversary from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday with food and drinks, live music, store specials and mini-consultations provided by the Surya practitioners.
“We feel really supported by the community,” said Amita Nathwani, Surya’s owner and ayurvedic practitioner. “We are so grateful to be able to provide the services we do in Durango.”
Services available at Surya include ayurvedic and nutrition consultations, acupuncture and Chinese medicine, naturopathic consultations, hydrocolon therapy, yoga therapy, marma therapy, massage therapy, reiki therapy, intuitive healing and cooking classes.
Surya’s winter 2015 series of cooking classes focuses on ayurvedic Indian dishes. For dates and details, email events@suryawellbeing.com or call 382-8332.
Retreat focuses on social aspect of homegrown food
The seventh annual Homegrown Food Retreat, put on by the Growing Partners of Southwest Colorado, will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 28 in the exhibit hall at the La Plata County Fairgrounds. The theme of the event is “Hungry for Change? An interactive conversation mapping the gaps in our local food system and collaborating to ensure that all families have access to healthy, affordable food in our community.”
Rachel Landis, Growing Partners steering committee member and coordinator of the Fort Lewis College Environmental Center, said this year’s event will shift focus from food production to the social side of our food system. Keynote speaker Sarah Haynes with the New Mexico Community Data Collaborative will use maps and data sets to tell the story of access to local food in our community and how that access is related to socioeconomic factors, Landis said.
Other speakers will focus on the topics of hunger and access to local food, and participants will work in groups to identify community-based solutions to food system challenges.
To register online, visit www.growingpartners.org. A donation of $20 is suggested to cover the costs of the event, which includes breakfast and lunch.
For Valentine’s Day, share the local love
To celebrate your love locally this Valentine’s Day, Durango-area businesses will be serving up a multitude of locally sourced ingredients.
For those dining out, Cyprus Cafe’s dinner menu is chock-full of local products and ingredients, including El Dorado beef, James Ranch burgers, Sunnyside pork, Turtle Lake sunflower sprouts, Rocking W milk products and Animas Chocolate, said owner Alison Dance.
Looking for a more intimate evening at home? Swing by The Yellow Carrot for a special Valentine’s Day take-and-bake dinner and dessert for two that will feature James Ranch beef and cheese and greens from Turtle Lake, said General Manager Ginny DeJong.
And don’t forget to stop by Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory or Animas Chocolate Co. to pick up some sweets for your sweetie.
Amanda Saunders
