Boulder cheese shop selling special sandwich to help flooded farmers

It’s been nearly a year since the floods swept across the Front Range, inundating so many communities. The waters leveled and swamped houses and businesses, destroyed roads, and turned fields full of vegetables into rivers and lakes. Farmers were especially hard-hit and continue to struggle.

In remembrance of the events of one year past, Cured, Boulder’s cheese, charcuterie, wine and artisanal provisions market, is joining with local businesses to help raise awareness and money through – what else? – food.

During the month of September, Cured, 1825 B. Pearl St., will be selling a special $10 sandwich called the PLT. All of the ingredients come from Colorado companies – Tender Belly ham in a house made porchetta, Cure farm egg aioli, Avalanche Cheese Company’s cabra blanca cheese, BonaVida Growers’ tomatoes, and Oxford Gardens’ summer lettuce mix.

Ten percent of the sale price of every sandwich purchased is returned to Oxford Gardens and BonaVida Growers. The floods hit both farms extensively, and both were part of Cured’s Flooded With Wine Fundraiser in 2013.

For more information, visit www.curedboulder.com.