Five-Week Farm to Table Externship Schedule

Ten Days in the North Fork Valley

You and your classmates are divided into small groups, each with its own focus — farming or wine-making.
Work half the day in your small group with your host farmer.
In the late afternoon/evening, the whole class led by instructors and local chefs cook together using the freshly harvested products.
You spend one day with your small group and host farmer at local farmers' markets like Aspen and Crested Butte.
You will have the perhaps unsettling, but ultimately enlightening opportunity to witness a lamb being slaughtered.
The lamb will be hung overnight and slowly cooked the next day with freshly picked vegetables and herbs, resulting in a true feast for 100 guests on a farm setting.

Six Days in Boulder County

Back into small groups to work on one of four local farms.
Work one day in your small group with your host farmer.
You spend one day with your small group and host farmer at the Boulder County Farmers Market.

Nine Day Apprenticeship

Work in one of Colorado's finest restaurants, where each chef has a longstanding commitment to working directly with farmers and purchasing as much local product as possible.
Partner chefs include Ryan Hardy of The Little Nell Restaurant in Aspen, and in Boulder County — Lachlan McKinnon-Patterson of Frasca, and John Platt of Q's Restaurant in the Boulderado Hotel.
For a complete listing of partner restaurants, click here.