agriculture
Colorado is owed 9,900 acres by the federal government. But getting that land could mean no more recreating on it.
The federal government wants to settle a 143-year-old debt to Colorado with a grant of 9,900 acres across 16 counties. Some of those grants would block access to hunting, fishing on adjacent BLM land.
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Female farmers are fueling agriculture’s resurgence in the Roaring Fork Valley near Aspen
By The Aspen Times Coloradans Primary category in which blog post is published
How Colorado’s rural communities could benefit from $600 million in federal broadband grants
By Tamara Chuang News Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado ranchers have beef with lab-grown and plant-based “meat” — and they want well-done labeling
By Monte Whaley Business Primary category in which blog post is published
Water crisis looms if Colorado fails to meet its legal obligations to other states, study warns
By Jerd Smith Environment Primary category in which blog post is published
Cross-pollination between outdoor-grown marijuana and hemp is a budding conflict in Colorado, beyond
In Pueblo, the area of the state with the largest amount of outdoor-grown marijuana, the county regulators have been working to allow both hemp and cannabis cultivators to coexist
Colorado’s newest farmers are YouTube-taught, social justice-minded and preaching the gospel of microgreens
With the launch of Emerald Gardens near Bennett, two Ohio high-school buddies ventured into the world of hydroponic farming, with an eye toward social justice
For farmers in a mental health crisis, it’s often tough to seek help. A Colorado program aims to begin conversations.
Amid uncertainties over tariffs and declining income, suicides are increasing in Colorado and rates are higher in rural areas than in urban environments
How terroir influences the flavors in hops, told through a tasty Colorado beer experiment
Comrade Brewing in Denver, one of the state’s hop kings, brewed two batches of the same beer featuring hops from different Colorado farms
How a Colorado College professor became a lightning rod for controversy by starting a global garlic war
Stanley Crawford brought on controversy in 2014 when he agreed to file a complaint against Harmoni International Spice, an American company that is owned by Chinese exporter Zhengzhou Harmoni Spice
A hemp green rush is remaking agriculture in Colorado — complete with get-rich CBD dreams and flimflam profiteers
80,000 acres of cropland have been converted to hemp by farmers projecting big profits from CBD sales. But Colorado’s regulatory framework hasn’t kept up with the boom.
Pueblo saw hemp as an economic opportunity, so it pounced with taxpayer dollars and hopes of growing big business
Pueblo Economic Development Corp. sees hemp as a natural extension of southern Colorado’s ag and industrial heritage, and is laying down cash and tax credits to lure companies that agree to meet job-creation goals
Greeley still shuns marijuana, but it’s starting to embrace hemp as a new cash crop
The growing popularity of CBD and recognition in the federal Farm Bill are prompting marijuana opponents to take a second look at its non-psychoactive cousin
Why Colorado’s corn farmers are getting hurt by China’s soybean tariff
Colorado’s not a big soybean state but indirect impact of trade wars has hit agriculture exports, which are down 15% this year
