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Federal farm bills are the 400-pound gorilla of American agricultural policy, setting direction for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), if not the entirety of domestic farming. The last one was passed in 2008, and consisted of a $403 billion package ...

The University of Colorado cross country/track programs have recently been led by one outstanding runner: Jenny Barringer. However, with Barringer now graduated, another upperclassman is ready to step up: Emma Coburn. Coburn, a rising junior from Crested Butte...

Our bodies can be pretty incredible if we step back and take a good look at what they’re telling us. That’s especially true when it comes to what we cram into our pie holes each day. Ever feel bloated or gassy after eating? Maybe you have unexplained fatigue or ...

In September, Apple released a new phone to the world, organic labels are flying off the shelves, and fitness industry concepts growth is better than ever. What separates the new iPhone, organic food and fitness by one degree? According to social psychology, it may ...

You`ve seen the photos from the 1960s and 1970s of students protesting on campus with their “Make love, not war” signs. Well, times may have changed, but the college years are still one of the formative periods in one’s life when it comes to political beliefs ...

For more than a decade, beekeepers around the country have experienced devastating honeybee losses, with some reporting losses as high as 80 percent. Not many industries can survive that magnitude of loss and still be in business to talk about it...

by Matt Sparkman Equipped with arguably the best talent the team has seen since Chauncey Billups donned the silver and gold, Colorado men’s basketball enters a new era under new head coach Tad Boyle. Last year’s squad finished eighth in a conference that sent ...

Richard Rokos is entering his 20th season as head coach of CU’s ski program. He has guided his skiers to five national championships, most recently in 2006. Boulder Weekly: You took second at the NCAAs last season. How do you build on that performance? Richard ...

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the celebrated poet and publisher of Beat Generation writers, argued in an essay in the San Francisco Chronicle in 1999 that poetry...

Boulder County government is following the lead of municipalities like Longmont by attempting to tighten its regulations on oil and gas operations like hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” — without getting sued by the state...

In Boulder, people like to move. And, while many studies suggest that group fitness and group sports might be the way to go, finding an outlet for group exercise can sometimes be a challenge — especially in a community as transient and busy as Boulder...

This year, Boulder Weekly, in cooperation with Eco-Cycle, launches...