Naturally Colorado Farm Dinner

Thursday, July 30th, 2026
Yellow Barn Farm
5:00–9:00 PM
Early bird tickets $200 – limited availability

On Thursday, July 30th, Naturally Colorado invites you to Yellow Barn for a summer evening celebrating the people, businesses, farms, and relationships that make Colorado’s natural products community so unique. Set on a working farm rooted in regeneration, collaboration, and community, guests will gather for incredible food, meaningful conversation, live music, and storytelling in one of the Front Range’s most beautiful settings.

This is Naturally Colorado’s first ever Farm Dinner fundraiser. Every ticket purchased, auction bid, and paddle raised helps invest in the future of Colorado’s natural products community.

The Evening

• 5:00 pm – The evening opens with cocktails, mocktails, and time to explore the property and connect with one another. During cocktail hour, enjoy a live performance from Colorado duo Trace & Baerd, whose fiddle and guitar melodies weave together influences from Celtic, Americana, bluegrass, and folk traditions to create music that feels both familiar and unexpected.
• 6:30 pm – Guests gather for a seasonal farm dinner thoughtfully prepared by GB Culinary, a Colorado farm-to-table caterer known for showcasing the region’s freshest ingredients through locally sourced, seasonally inspired menus. Throughout the meal, you’ll hear inspiring stories from founders, industry leaders, and community champions whose journeys have been shaped by Naturally Colorado. Their experiences demonstrate how mentorship, collaboration, and community have helped build one of the country’s leading natural products ecosystems.
• 7:45 pm – Hear from the following members of our community as they share how Naturally Colorado has helped shape their entrepreneurial journey.
  • Ben Bacon, Founder, Lentiful | Growing Together — How Naturally Colorado’s Pitch Slam, Office Hours, networking events, and supportive community helped Lentiful grow from startup to more than 2,000 retail locations.
  • Shelby Mattingly, CEO, Women’s Bean Project | Business as a Force for Good — How purpose-driven leadership creates opportunity, strengthens communities, and transforms lives.
  • Emily Philpott, CEO, Dry Storage | Opportunity Creates Momentum — Why a generous community of founders, mentors, and industry leaders has accelerated Dry Storage’s growth while strengthening Colorado’s food system.
  • Dara Wax, Founder, Founder, SAM+LEO | The Power of Mentorship & Community — How mentorship, meaningful connections, and the Naturally Colorado community helped transform a rural Colorado startup into an emerging retail brand.
• 8:00 pm – We’ll also come together for a community Paddle Raise, where every paddle raised helps fund Naturally Colorado’s Education & Expansion Fund, expanding mentorship, educational programming, founder support, and statewide initiatives that strengthen our entrepreneurial ecosystem.
  • You’ll have the opportunity to bid on unforgettable Colorado experiences, including the following:
    • A two-night Steamboat Springs getaway with a private Routt Distillery tasting
    • A Winter Park mountain escape
    • A foursome at Interlocken Golf Club
    • Lower-level suite tickets to see Kacey Musgraves live at Ball Arena.
    • A private culinary experience with an award-winning chef and culinary innovation executive, Jaimi St. John.

Stable activities
From 5:00 – 6:30 pm, in addition to sipping on a beverage and exploring the farm, you’ll have the opportunity to participate in the following activities inside the yellow barn before we begin dinner:

• Experience the Wangi Shower Mist — our signature spa-inspired shower ritual, while enjoying a hands-on DIY Flower Bloom Bar. Guests will sample our shower mists and create their own fresh floral arrangement to take home, pairing the calming power of everyday self-care with the beauty of fresh blooms. This interactive experience is designed to inspire relaxation, creativity, and meaningful connection in a fun, welcoming setting.
• Relax & Recharge — Brought to you by High Altitude Partners, take a moment to unwind with a complimentary massage from Jim Marr, a wellness expert. It’s the perfect way to recharge before gathering around the table for an unforgettable evening on the farm.
• The Regenerative Juice Bar — Wild Oats​ will be sampling juice & smoothies. There are 7 delightful flavors to sip. All made with regeneratively organic fruit grown right, pressed once, and left alone to thrive. No nonsense added. However, you could choose to add a libation. We have options.
• The Story Behind the Bite — Brought to you by Maverick Culinary Collective, Slow Food Boulder County, and Socha Branding, explore a familiar dish with fresh attention. Daniel will prepare caprese two ways. You will try them side by side before you know what went into each one. Notice what you taste, then meet the ingredients and the choices behind them.

Why It Matters

Colorado’s natural and organic industry supports more than 22,000 jobs and contributes over $3.1 billion to the state’s economy. Behind every successful brand is a network of mentors, educators, investors, retailers, and community leaders who help entrepreneurs turn ideas into thriving businesses.

This fundraiser will help Naturally Colorado expand mentorship, educational programming, statewide events, rural outreach, leadership development, and founder support. Those investments strengthen Colorado’s entrepreneurs, food producers, and natural products businesses. This helps create new companies, new jobs, stronger local food systems, and a more resilient economy while ensuring Colorado remains a national leader in purpose-driven business.

Volunteers

Want to help bring the Farm Dinner to life? We’re looking for volunteers to support everything from guest check-in and auction assistance to event setup and cleanup. If you’d like to be part of this special evening, sign up to volunteer here.

Getting There

Limited onsite parking is available, carpooling is encouraged.

Tickets

Early bird tickets will be available for $200 until 11:55 pm MT on June 30th. From June 30th – July 30th, late registration tickets will be available to purchase for $250.

Event Sponsors

• Horizon Organic 
• KO Law
• Pathstone