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Early spring is often signaled by an abundance of dandelions dotting lawns and fields with splashes of vibrant yellow. These early blooms are the first food sources available to pollinators such as...
DATE: May 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food
For its ninth consecutive year, Growing Partners of Southwest Colorado’s Homegrown Food Retreat is gearing up to discuss the needs and concerns of Southwest Colorado’s local food world. This year’s...
DATE: March 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food
A one-day course covering the requirements for cottage food as a business will be offered from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 18, at Pine River Library , 395 Bayfield Center Drive. Topics include food...
DATE: Feb. 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Colorado Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association and Colorado State University Extension will present “Fundamentals of Creating a Food Safety Plan for Your Farm,” a free webinar from 12:10 to...
DATE: Nov. 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
DES MOINES, Iowa – Amid a massive frozen foods recall involving millions of packages of fruits and vegetables that were shipped to all 50 U.S. states, Canada and Mexico, authorities who want to...
DATE: May 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
DENVER – Colorado activists are mounting a campaign to oppose federal legislation that would prohibit states from requiring labeling of genetically modified foods, despite Colorado voters already...
DATE: Nov. 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
When you enter Manna Soup Kitchen’s chilly walk-in freezer, it’s hard not to immediately notice a rack of ribs resting on a shelf on the left. Toward the back are pounds of ground meat carefully...
DATE: Jan. 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
DENVER – One of the more expensive food fights this election season is a question that would require the labeling of genetically modified foods. Proponents paint Proposition 105 as providing...
DATE: Oct. 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
Scattered in orchards around the county are varieties of apple trees that were largely forgotten until the co-founders of the Montezuma Orchard Restoration Project went looking. In the process,...
DATE: March 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth
You may have seen reports on a recent study that suggested a connection between BPA, a chemical found in many plastics, and childhood obesity. Concerns about the possible health effects of BPA,...
DATE: Sept. 20, 2012 | CATEGORY: Kid Row
Federal prosecutors are close to concluding a criminal investigation into last falls deadly listeria outbreak linked to cantaloupes grown at Jensen Farms in southeastern Colorado, the I-News...
DATE: Aug. 16, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News
DENVER Trans fats would be banned from school meals under a bill the Senate approved Tuesday.But opponents said Senate Bill 68 is a big, fat mandate on small schools.It bans almost all trans fats...
DATE: April 10, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News
