In addition to offering you valuable information from national publications, I also like to share interesting local stories. Here’s one about Boulder County’s Regional Agriculture Supply (RAS) Farms. Located in Lafayette, this one-acre farm grows organic fruits and vegetables based on Rastafari principles. Rastafarians are often associated with dreadlocks and Bob Marley, but there’s a lot more to this faith. Halie Selassie I, former emperor of Ethiopia and holy Rastafarian figure considered farming sacred. And one of the core Rasta principles is that food should be natural. Farmers Adam and Alizah Loovis believe in an energy they feel from the land and have been selling their lovingly grown produce at the Boulder Farmers Market since 2004.Read the entire article here: Boulder County’s RAS Farms uses Rastafari principles