Acres of Opportunity Ranch

04/11/2025

The Cowboy Dressage Challenge Court is all set up for the first Youth Playday of the season!

02/08/2025

The CDWCO 2025 Youth Division Meet n Greet is today at 1pm!

This gathering is an opportunity for anyone interested in learning more about Cowboy Dressage, Youth scholarships, end of year awards, and general information about the upcoming 2025 season.

No horses needed at this event! This is a casual gathering, so feel free to pop in to check it out.

We will be welcoming people as they pull in, directing overflow Parking back by the barn. There will be a short presentation at 1:15pm, which will go over details about the season, dates and events, leaving time for a group Q&A afterwards. There is no commitment or fee required to attend.

Feel free to bring your outdoor clothes and mud boots, if you think you'll want to walk around the farm and meet my critters!

Address:
4338 N 109th St
Lafayette, CO 80026

Call or Text:
720.232.6421

03/17/2021

Our hens have started laying like crazy, the veggies are growing like crazy, and the farm is emerging from the winter with amazing growth and lush greenery!

We are excited to open for the season and launch our products at our new Farm Stand. We will have eggs, beef, chicken, lamb, pork, and lots of fresh produce. Additionally, we will be offering DIY Cookie Kits from Sugar and a variety of products from Hinman's Bakery!

The McConnell and Son's Greenhouse will be providing all of our seed starts for the CSA program! Their Garden Center is open for the season, so stop by and take a look at all they have to offer!

The big goals for the 2021 season are to build an amazing CSA community and create long standing relationships with other local producers. We are off to a great start!

To support our CSA program and Farm Stand, you can purchase your CSA share or Farm Stand Card. Your registration helps provide the neccesary cash flow our farm needs at the beginning of the season and allows us to funnel our energy and resources to growing food for a committed customer!

For more details, a product list, and/ or to register for our program, visit : http://www.acresofopportunityranch.com/csa-farm-shares.html

02/12/2021

The 2021 Season is officially open! We are now accepting registration for Whole Farm shares(includes meat, produce, and eggs), Small and Medium Produce shares (fruit and veggies), and solo Meat Shares (meat only). CSA shares are pickup up at our farm on Tuesdays from 3-6pm.

Details are updated on the website! http://www.acresofopportunityranch.com/csa-farm-shares.html

Not committed to a full season? Get a Farm Stand Card!! Our Farm Stand Card gives you the freedom to come shop during our business hours and select anything available in the store. Load your card up with $250 to start and increase your spending limit by increments of $50 anytime throughout the season!

As many of you know, we have partnered with the McConnell and Sons Greenhouse! They are providing all of the seed starts for both our CSA Gardens and the Farm Stand. They are also providing bundles of flowers in the Farm Shares, offering bouquets of flowers in the Farm Stand, and specialty herb pots.

Planning a garden at home? You can now reserve and purchase packages of plant starts through the McConnell's or visit them all season long at their Garden Center, which has its own entrance off Jasper Rd. Check out their greenhouses as you travel east on Jasper!

For any questions or more details, you can reach out by phone, Facebook messenger, or the contact us page on the website: http://www.acresofopportunityranch.com/contact.html

Payment options through Venmo, PayPal, or the online store. Lots of options!

02/12/2021

The 2021 Season is officially open! We are now accepting registration for Whole Farm shares(includes meat, produce, and eggs), Small and Medium Produce shares (fruit and veggies), and solo Meat Shares (meat only). CSA shares are pickup up at our farm on Tuesdays from 3-6pm.

Details are updated on the website! http://www.acresofopportunityranch.com/csa-farm-shares.html

Not committed to a full season? Get a Farm Stand Card!! Our Farm Stand Card gives you the freedom to come shop during our business hours and select anything available in the store. Load your card up with $250 to start and increase your spending limit by increments of $50 anytime throughout the season!

As many of you know, we have partnered with the McConnell and Sons Greenhouse! They are providing all of the seed starts for both our CSA Gardens and the Farm Stand. They are also providing bundles of flowers in the Farm Shares, offering bouquets of flowers in the Farm Stand, and specialty herb pots.

Planning a garden at home? You can now reserve and purchase packages of plant starts through the McConnell's or visit them all season long at their Garden Center, which has its own entrance off Jasper Rd. Check out their greenhouses as you travel east on Jasper!

For any questions or more details, you can reach out by phone, Facebook messenger, or the contact us page on the website: http://www.acresofopportunityranch.com/contact.html

Payment options through Venmo, PayPal, or the online store. Lots of options!

What is CSA? Community Supported Agriculture is a farm share program that connects customers to their local farmer, creating a positive relationship between the animals, the land, and the people. ...

11/23/2020

Happy Turkey Week, from our Family Farm!

Our 2020 Black Friday special highlights our newest Farm Feature-- the Farm Card. The Farm Card is a perfect option for folks who want to have access to fresh produce, eggs, meats, and other offerings at our Farm Stand next season.

The Farm Card is the perfect blend of collaboration between our farm and your home. It can be used throughout the entire season, any time the Farm Stand is open. It can be used to purchase any items at the Stand. It can be added to a CSA Package for additional spending options. It provides out Farm with the necessary funds required to launch our season and hire helpers to work the land.

If you and your family are looking to join our Farm Family this season, we are offering a Black Friday Special of a 25% Bonus when you purchase a Farm Card. (For example, if you spend $100 for a Farm Card, you will receive $125 on your card.)

* A minimum of $100 purchase amount required for this special.
* PayPal or Venmo is accepted.

To purchase a Farm Card, just send a PM! We look forward to hearing from you!

10/08/2020

Our bounty this week includes carrots, onions, leeks, rhubarb, peppers, tomatoes, bagged salad greens, bagged bok choi, bunched chard and kale, plus a variety of herbs to choose from!

To top it off, George and Sarah from the Mcconnell and Sons Greenhouse provided a bunch of gorgeous cut sunflowers for our members!

09/14/2020

Acres of Opportunity Ranch is accepting just 50 weekly shares for the 2021 season! Our season runs for 20 weeks, June through October.

We are offering discounted pricing and advantages for the first 20 shareholders who pre-register for next season!

Discounted pricing:

* Full Farm Share: $1250 which includes a weekly pickup of produce, monthly pick of beef, pork, poultry. (Feeds 2-4 people)

* Full Veggie Share: $650 which includes a weekly pickup of produce (feeds 2-4 people)

Special advantages:

* Eggs included (based on availability)
* Flexible pickup time
* Bonus Veggies -- Any vegetables that are harvested, but due to limited quantity, aren't offered to everyone
* Bonus Fruit
* Bonus flower bouquets
* $100 credit in Plant Starts for your personal Garden

To pre-register for your 2021 Farm Share, send us a private message or email [email protected].

Payment Options-

Venmo: -schindler
PayPal: [email protected]
Check: mailed to 4338 N 109th St, Lafayette Colorado 80026
Online Store: www.acresofopportunityranch.com/store/c2/packages.html

We hope to have you and your family a part of our Farm Family in the upcoming season!

09/04/2020

The McConnell and Sons Greenhouse generously contributed two beautiful bouquets of thier cut flowers today for our CSA customers!

08/31/2020

Hey Friends!

As we head into the Fall season, please keep our farm in mind for your Seasonal yard cleanup and composting!

We utilize bags of leaves for our garden beds and prefer leaves in paper bags, so we can recycle the bags by creating a lasagna layering system in our garden beds.

More drop off information will be announced mid September and into October. We will be accepting the following compost:

* Bagged leaves (preferably in paper bags or loosely tied plastic bags, so we can reuse/recycle them)
* pumpkins (CANNOT be painted), gourds, cornstalks, straw/ hay bales

***Additional year round composting:

We will be accepting year round composting, begining October 1st. Compost drop off details will be posted on our website and page. Please avoid bringing compost in individual plastic grocery bags. We strive to be a waste free facility and these bags just fill our landfill and require more labor and costs for us to manage.

As our FREE compost program grows, so does the demand to create a sorted compost bins and containers for our farm to efficiently and effectively utilize the composting items.

We will have the following compost containers available for our community:

* Pig Food- this container is solely for feeding our pigs. This food must be fruits and vegetables only. Please no horribly rotten fruits and vegetables. Food should be delivered in either 5 gallon buckets or plastic containers. Or the food can be dumped into one of our containers on site.

* Chicken Food- fruits, vegetables, dairy products, and meats

* Garden compost- coffee grounds, eggshells, anything that is very rotted, plant foliage, old soil

* Grass and lawn clippings- any lawn clippings, preferably in large black trash bags or paper bags we can reuse

* Chicken Coop clean out- bring the manure from your chicken coop, hamster cage, rabbit hutch, or domestic bird cage. NO CAT LITTER OR DOG WASTE

Stay tuned for more information!

08/27/2020

We are more than half way through our CSA season!

Unfortunately, Corinne broke her right leg nearly 5 weeks ago, throwing a bit of a wrench into the flow of the farm. Many people have stepped in to help keep things moving forward. Emilia has been out in the gardens mostly by herself, while Aubrianna and Leah help wash and bag veggies every week.

Today was a beautiful harvest! It's very exciting to provide such a wide variety of veggies for our shareholders.

Included in this week's produce share:

Chicken and Duck eggs
Tomatos- slicing, Roma, and cherry
Peppers-sweet and spicy
Kohlrabi
Cucumber- slicing, pickling, and lemon
Eggplant
Summer Squash
Bunch of chard and kale
Bag of baby bok choy and baby kale
Beans
Basil

Today we sent a hog for processing and our meat shareholders will be filling their freezers with beef, pork, and chicken within the next 2-3 weeks!

Are you interested in being a part of a Community Supported Agriculture program? To be a part of our program means you are supporting not just one local farm family, but many! Our program partners with McConnell and Sons Garden Center, as well as any local farmer, grower, or rancher with a quality product.

Would you like to take advantage of our 2020 CSA pricing, lock in this year's rate, and join us for the 2021 CSA season? Fresh eggs, produce, beef, pork, and poultry! Don't miss this great opportunity and pricing!