Resources for the urban farmer and gardening communities of the Front Range of Colorado
Political Issues
This page is meant to highlight political issues pertaining to the Denver and Front Range Lifestyles.
As the agrichemical giant lays groundwork to fend off Roundup litigation, its use of a playbook for building influence in farm state legislatures has the potential to benefit pesticide companies nationwide.
Civil Eats
Truce appears off for now, as green groups move to block a flurry of pro-oil and gas measures backed by drilling companies.
NewYorkTimes
Once a sleepy coal mining town, Crested Butte, Colo., has transformed itself into a year-round tourism magnet.
NPR
A Masters of Beef Advocacy program teaches ‘scientific sounding’ arguments on cattle’s sustainability in an all-out public relations war
The Guardian
Go online and click on the story to read full descriptions of the 8 Colorado projects as well as the projects from the 10 other states.
The Daily Sentinel
Rep. Caraveo says small farms should get more access to conservation dollars. Not long after Yadira Caraveo became the inaugural U.S. representative for Colorado’s new 8th Congressional District, the Democrat from Thornton found herself talking with farmers about climate change.
A bipartisan group of senators is pushing for legislation that would limit the amount of “forever chemicals” contaminating us and our planet.
NewYorkTimes
Headlines You Won’t Read Today
Daily Kos
Republicans are rolling back child labor laws. But they’ve always been weak on farms.
United States Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) played defense for planet-polluting petrochemical producers in his opening statement at Wednesday's Senate Budget Committee hearing on the fossil fuel industry's shadowy propaganda.
Don’t fall for it. Colorado must be vigilant to turn back such front groups and their self-serving motives
The same people who should be fixing them.
