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Today on Colorado Edition, we hear why some Coloradans are returning to the small farming communities they planned to leave behind. And, we learn about a new initiative to increase the hiring rates for formerly incarcerated individuals.
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Heat waves induced by climate change will threaten future agricultural crops at a faster rate than gradual global warming, according to a new study.
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Between the pandemic, wildfires and a record-breaking drought, it's been a long and difficult year for many of Colorado's farmers and ranchers. Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture Kate Greenberg spoke with KUNC's Erin O'Toole about how the state is working to help support Colorado’s producers through the pandemic and beyond.
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The sugar beet harvest is underway across the Mountain West. It’s a big industry that depends on accurate weather forecasts and a reliable workforce – both impacted by COVID-19.
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Larimer County commissioners voted to approve a controversial water supply project Wednesday night. In a 2-1 vote, commissioners paved the way for the Northern Integrated Supply Project (NISP) to be fully permitted.
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Colorado’s top three commodity crops are wheat, beans and corn. But there’s a new kid on the block: hemp — and its confusing sex life and relationship to marijuana is complicating matters.
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The Colorado hemp harvest began last week. After 80 years of prohibition, building an industry from the ground up is anything but the American Dream for hemp farmers, and last year it came to a disastrous crash. It turns out supply and demand rely on a supply chain – which doesn’t exist yet for hemp. And demand? No one knew the demand of a product that had been illegal for decades.
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Use it or lose it.That saying is at the heart of how access to water is managed in the western U.S. Laws that govern water in more arid states, like…
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Rural Yakima County, east of Seattle, has the most COVID-19 cases per capita among West Coast states. The largely Latino agricultural workforce helped secure the backbone of the local economy.
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In this pandemic, we keep hearing that the food supply is fine.That, obviously, couldn’t be true without the work of farmers. But they don’t do it…