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The U.S. The Department of Agriculture granted $500,000 to a group recently to help build a maple syrup industry in the Mountain West. At least one business is already doing this in Montana, but organizations across the region are working together to spread awareness and research a possible syrup industry in our own backyards.
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Meatpacking giant JBS has agreed to a $52.5 million settlement in a beef price-fixing lawsuit that some say supports their concerns about how the lack of competition in the industry affects prices.
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A nonprofit that provides free, “medically tailored” meals to people living with severe illnesses will soon be serving communities in Northern Colorado. After receiving a $580,000 grant from Kaiser Permanente, Project Angel Heart is expanding its services to Weld, Boulder, Douglas, El Paso and Pueblo counties in February.
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The Biden administration announced Monday it would use $1 billion from the American Rescue Plan to help small and independent meat processors.
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The holiday fruitcake has been the butt of jokes for decades. But one professor in the Mountain West wants to clear its name.
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Kari Williams owns Snow-Capped Cider outside of Cedaredge, Colorado, where she crafts hard ciders exclusively from Colorado grown apples. She has a unique advantage as a local producer of hard cider: her family grows all of the apples that go into her brew. But as the climate changes, more extreme temperature swings are impacting fruit growers on the Western Slope.
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The pandemic slowed food supply lines across the country as workers at major meat processing plants got sick. That meant more ranchers were turning to local butchers for processing, and consumers were turning to them for meat. But more business at local meat shops means less room to process wild game for hunters.
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On today’s episode of Colorado Edition, we learn about the winter weather Coloradans are expecting to see this winter after a hot, dry summer. We also look at one of the three statewide ballot questions voters are facing this November, and learn about the recent benefit increase for SNAP participants.
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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has recently boosted their benefits to the more than 499,000 participating individuals in the state .
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Breakdowns in food supply chain systems are causing shortages in breakfast and lunch programs at schools across the country, including in Colorado.