Derek Lowstuter

Title: Agriculture and Food Systems Regional Specialist
Specialty: Food/Agriculture, Forestry
Geography: Mountain Region

Spotlight: Derek works to foster thriving communities and support food and agriculture production in Colorado’s mountain region, which includes 13 counties stretching from Jackson County in the north to Custer County in the south. Derek is excited to be back in Colorado where his interests in food, natural resource management, and human well-being first developed. His work focuses on specialty crop production, watershed protection, and soil health. Derek creates and curates resources for the Colorado – Biochar Use Resource Network (CO-BURN). He works extensively on the intersection of forestry and food production – including soilless growing media and biochar production and use.

Derek earned his M.S. in Forest Sciences from Colorado State University and is currently enrolled in the Organizational Learning, Performance, and Change Ph.D. program at CSU Spur.