Berthoud family farm to become future farmer training ground

BERTHOUD — A family farm south of Berthoud and its water rights have transitioned to new ownership that will use the land to train the next generations of farmers.

Lewis Family Investments LLLP, which has a Lakewood address, sold the 226-acre property for $2.2 million to the Trust for Public Land, a California organization with a Denver office, according to records at the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder’s Office.

The land at 1001 Larimer County Road 6C, which is south of Berthoud and south of the Little Thompson River, will be operated by the Colorado Future Farmers of America Foundation, which eventually…