Postcards From Palisade

Do you ever wish you had had a chance to try out a career before committing to something that you’ll be doing for the rest of your working life? Well in the Grand Valley, D51 high school students have an opportunity to do just that.

Crystal Green, Career Pathways Coordinator for the Work-Based Learning Program at Palisade High School, explains how this awesome program works and why local businesses should participate.

If you are interested in signing your business up, visit the SchooLinks platform for more: https://tinyurl.com/schoolinksD51

Ride along with Corinna Scott and me as we chat about our new business, Peachy Pedicab, the nerdy things we geek out about, the challenging and fun parts of starting our own business, local adventures, Palisade history, travel hacks, and lots more.

Find us at peachypedicab.com

Scott High of Colterris joins me to talk about an exciting new space opening soon in Palisade!

On June 23rd 2025, Colterris Collections will open their exhibit space, housing over 16,000 pieces of wine memorabilia accompanied by fascinating stories from the world of wine.

Join us to hear a few of those stories, along with the story of how Colterris came to be in Palisade.

Visit Colterris Collections at 3708 G Road or colterris.com/colterris-collections

When you bite into a peach or a cherry or any other delicious piece of Palisade produce, can you taste the more than 200 federal regulations and five governmental agencies behind the workers who helped provide that bounty?

Kim Noland, an independent H-2A agent based in Palisade, explains what agents do to help farmers manage the H-2A program and why the program is a critical economic necessity for Palisade.

Marvel with us at the bureaucracy, and the people, behind the program while learning more about how it works and about how Palisade has changed over the past 30 years.

Go behind the scenes at Colorado’s largest wine producer, Carboy Winery. Barbie Graham, tasting room manager at Carboy Winery at Mount Garfield Estates in Palisade and sales and hospitality manager for the company globally, joins me to chat about how Carboy is making wine delicious, fun, and sustainable.

Barbie and I also chat about why she’d rather live in Colorado than California, how she was cured of wine snobbery and how she tries to pass that gift along, about the variety of events Carboy hosts at their Mount Garfield Estates location, and lots more.

Find them at https://www.carboywinery.com/

What is it about Palisade that makes people love living here so much? Dr. Carisa Authier joins me to discuss.

Carisa and I talk about what makes Palisade so appealing, her path to Palisade, and her unique approach to mental health as a psychology consultant here in Palisade. And I get to ask her the random question I’ve always wanted to ask a psychologist!

Find Carisa at drcarisa.com.

Iriana Medina, Executive Director of La Plaza, explains how the H-2A visa program helps provide the seasonal agricultural labor for the valley’s farmers, orchardists, and grape growers. Migrant agricultural workers using the H-2A visa program are here legally. Listen to learn more about the H-2A program, what La Plaza does, and how you can get involved.  

JoAnn Rasmussen, Chair of the Palisade Historical Society, takes a deep dive into how past generations of farmers and orchardists in Palisade and the Grand Valley met their ever-present need for seasonal agricultural workers.

We might sometimes feel isolated from international and national events here in Palisade, but the seasonal labor sources for this town have always been driven by outside circumstances. Listen to learn about the fascinating range of people who helped bring Palisade’s agricultural products to market.

Visit the Palisade History Museum: historicpalisade.org

For Julia Coffey, Farm Director at Early Morning Orchard in Palisade, her dream job on a farm isn’t really about farming. Learn what it’s really about – and then go visit the farm! They’re located at 3694 G 4/10 Road in Palisade and at earlymorningorchard.com.    

March 13th is the podcast’s second birthday! Hear what we're giving ourselves as a birthday present and about all the fun things planned for this year. And THANK YOU for listening!