About Us

Lora’s Nourishing Produce is owned by Lora Epps of Aurora, Colorado.  She grew up in Colorado in a health conscious family and learned about the quality of the food we fuel our bodies with and how it affects our lives.  She became interested in organic farming and was an intern for one and a half years at Berry Patch Farms in Brighton, Colorado.  She then became their manager for two and a half years.   There she learned to identify and care for premium quality fresh-picked produce.  She was also involved in the many tours and school groups that came to the farm to educate children about where their food comes from.  Because of the desire for fresh organic produce in and around the Denver area, in 2006, she started a produce delivery service called My Organic Farmer, from Berry Patch Farms to Denver residents.  

In 2009, Lora decided to use what she had learned in her four years at the farm and start raising the produce herself for her delivery service.  My Organic Farmer was changed to Lora’s Nourishing Produce.  This was a step toward her dream of raising local produce for Denver area residents.  Her goal is to be able to grow as much of the produce as possible so that she can get it to you at the freshest most nutritious stage, straight from harvest to your table.  To provide the depth of produce variety she wants her customers to experience, she will still be supporting a few Colorado Organic Farmers.

We are also excited to have Marla Epps working with us in researching growing methods that maximize producing nutrient-dense, health-building produce, thus the name: Lora’s Nourishing Produce.  Marla has a Master’s degree in horticulture from CSU.  Her special focus is on all the factors that affect the soil in which the plants are grown.  The goal is to provide a healthy environment for the soil-based organisms that convert the elements in the soil into forms that can be absorbed and utilized by the roots to grow vitamin-, mineral-, enzyme-, nutrient-rich produce.  To accomplish this, we will include the use of certified organic compost, OMRI approved soil enhancements, and filtering irrigation water to support the good microbes in the soil, as a few of our methods.  This means we will not be using the typical petroleum-based, commercial N-P-K fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides or anything else that would disturb the natural balance of how food is supposed to be grown.

Lora’s Nourishing Produce brings the grower and consumer together with no middle men, to deliver the produce straight from harvest to your table.

We hope you will join us for the 2010 season!

 “My goal is to provide health conscious individuals and families with direct, fresh, local produce in a convenient way.” –Lora Epps