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Opinion: Amid COVID-19, Colorado needs its farmers markets more than ever

Over the last year, we’ve seen many news stories that reported product shortages at U.S. grocery stores due to COVID-19.  The pandemic hit the industrial food system hard. Protecting workers meant trucks didn’t move, distribution facilities went unmanned, and farm workers couldn’t harvest crops. Outbreaks at animal processing plants, where workers stand elbow-to-elbow, resulted in […]