Regional collaboration a priority for new Naturally Boulder chief

BOULDER — Among Colorado cities, Boulder is perhaps the one most synonymous with the natural and organic-products industry, but by no means is it the only community active in the space.

Kristine Carey, new executive director of the industry trade group Naturally Boulder, wants to strengthen the ties between the Centennial State’s natural and organic hotbeds from Boulder to Fort Collins to the Western Slope — a rising tide lifts all boats philosophy.

The organic food ecosystem “is expanding,” Carey told BizWest. Growth is “coming out (Colorado State University) in Fort Collins, out of the Pueblo Food Project,…