About me
Kris Holstrom is the owner of Tomten Farm, a high altitude, off-grid, permaculture-based research, demonstration and education farm at 9000’ near Telluride, Colorado. She consults on permaculture designs, edible and medicinal landscaping, and school and community gardens through the non-profit SWIRL, the Southwest Institute for Resilience. Kris has a BS in Forest Management from Utah State University and an MS in Horticulture from Virginia Tech and for 7 years was the regional Sustainability Coordinator in San Miguel County. She helped transition the Telluride Mushroom Festival from its original founders to the Telluride Institute where it lives today. Kris has spent nearly three decades educating the public and youth about sustainability issues including renewable energy, food security, waste reduction and “out of the box” systems thinking to contribute to regional solutions to current challenges. In 2016 she was elected County Commissioner for San Miguel County, Colorado, following in the footsteps of Art Goodtimes (famous Telluride fungophile).
