PBI Local Foods Market:  It took root.  It found purchase.  

It bore fruit.

Time to appreciate its productivity --

and to plough it under.

Who knew that a local foods market would hit such a chord?  Who knew that Colorado had so, so many amazing food producers and innovators?  Who knew what incredible people would walk through our doors every day to revel in supporting their local economy -- and at the same time score some mind-blowingly good cheeses, meats, produce and hand-crafted foods?

We, Ploughboy staff and customers together, shared so much.  We marveled at the mastery of Lucas Salazar (a/k/a/ Meat Genius) while sharing "tastes" of his all-natural, un-cured summer sausage.  We slurped and giggled, schmearing peach juice from our drippy chins.  We worshiped at the shrine of the rotating chile roaster, the aroma of blistering Milberger Farms chiles hitting the pleasure centers of our brains.

Thank you to everyone who participated, along with us, in the great Ploughboy experiment of 2010 through 2015.  That includes our customers, City staff, producers, media and a host of others.  Collectively, we had the opportunity to see and feel and smell and taste the power a true local foods market - power to influence everything from our taste buds to our environment to our economy.  With Ploughboy's doors closed, we are no longer forging this path.  But, we are overjoyed to see so many others moving that ball forward, and in ways much bigger and better than we ever did.

Our long overdue note of thanks.  Our sincere gratitude.  And, our screamin' support for everyone who keeps finding a way of

TAKIN' IT SO THE STREETS!