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The two states, Nebraska and Oklahoma, began legal proceedings months after Colorado began allowing marijuana dispensaries to start selling pot for recreational use at the start of 2014.
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Every year Americans spend billions of dollars to grow, process and transport food that’s never eaten.ReFED, a group of nonprofits and foundations, say…
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The middle of winter is when the stream of locally grown fruits and vegetables in the Midwest begins to freeze up.Nicole Saville knows first-hand. Saville…
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By some estimates, producing our food consumes about a fifth of the nation’s energy supply. It takes a lot of diesel to move tractors and semis around the…
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Wheat is one of the world’s staple foods and a big crop on the Great Plains, but it has been left in the dust. A corn farmer can grow 44 percent more…
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Earlier this year, Des Moines, Iowa, made news when the city announced it would sue farmers in a legal battle over fertilizer. The city’s water supply…
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Wet spring and summer rains soaked much of the High Plains in 2015. The Platte River, which runs through Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska before emptying…
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Americans have a big appetite for everything meat. We smoke it, grill it, slice it, and chop it.The typical American puts away around 200 pounds [.pdf] of…
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Farmers in the Midwest are facing a situation they haven’t seen in years. Grain prices are down. After some of the most lucrative growing seasons they’ve…
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A federal lawsuit that alleges Greeley-based meatpacking company JBS USA engaged in wide-scale discrimination against Muslim employees is heading to…