Boulderganic

Fight for your right (to know what’s in your food)

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Larry Cooper describes he and his wife Tryna simply as “concerned citizens” — proud grandparents seven times over, owners of a meeting and event company. Their concern over the safety of American food became so great, however, that the couple placed themselves at the...

Between art and destruction

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In 2010, the Fourmile Canyon fire raged through Boulder County, leaving more than 160 destroyed homes and almost 6,200 charred acres in its wake....

Sowing seeds of tolerance in the agriculture industry

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An inclusive workplace environment means everything in a world that grows smaller every day. The U.S. agriculture industry, dominated by migrant workers from all...

Dam releases dirty energy; CSU continues to study methane

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Dam releases dirty energy The U.S. Department of the Interior released its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) regarding the Glen Canyon Dam, admitting the dam...

Race to waste

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Just outside Leadville, The Lake County Landfill lies somewhat hidden along the Mineral Belt Trail by a border of Aspen trees. The dump showcases a growing problem in Colorado, and the world for that matter — our trash just isn’t going away...

Fishing for sustainable seafood

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Step away from the shrimp cocktail and the smoked salmon spread. Even fisheries that sell products stamped with the seal of approval from the Marine Stewardship Council, an international nonprofit that promotes solutions to overfishing and certifies fisheries and ...

With mud season’s arrival comes questions about mudslides

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Geologists and emergency managers are working to improve our ability to predict and prepare for future mudslides in the Front Range region — an increasingly visible issue after September’s historic flooding led to roughly 1,000 mudslides — but there’s still a long ...

Pro tips on physical distancing from the nonhuman world

Humans are a social species, and physical interaction keeps us healthy. Or, as the late Bill Withers wrote, “The city really ain’t no bigger...

Are the days of Colorado skiing numbered?

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Ski Country U.S.A.” is in a tight spot. While ski resorts across the country market themselves as “environmentally friendly,” many know that business will be hurt even if they achieve 100 percent carbon neutrality — knowledge that brings a big question: how can an ...

Short film, big message

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They all agree: there was more work than time to do it — the students of Damian Tate’s Career Digital Arts program and Heather Riffel’s Urban Agriculture program at Arapahoe Ridge High School had seven weeks, from Jan. 6 to Feb. 21, to make a short film about how ...

‘The market is for me, too’

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"Our mission is essentially two fold,” says Brian Coppom, Executive Director of Boulder County Farmers Markets (BCFM). “One is to support local agriculture and...

Dark undercurrents of consumer culture

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There is an element of concealment in the installation art show Material Nature by Katie Caron, on exhibition at Longmont’s Firehouse Art Center, a...