Grant Farms bankruptcy: Wake-up call for local food
January 11, 2013
“If that land goes unplanted, that’s a huge hit to the organic industry in our state.”
-- Dawn Thilmany McFadden, CSU professor and agribusiness extension economist
Click here for the full Coloradoan story on the Grant Farms land.
Grant Farms is a victim of the same forces that plague other small-parcel farmers across the nation: costs, regulations, property taxes, development pressure, and in many areas, drought. Should communities protect these local food sources, or let them die out?
Mark your calendars: Proposed Fort Collins Urban Agriculture land use changes will be the subject of an Open House Thursday, Jan. 31, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. in Community Room One at the Old Town (Main) Library. Information: Lindsay Ex, Senior Environmental Planner, City of Fort Collins, [email protected], (970) 224-6143
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