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Adrian Card: Colorado produce harvest adds momentum. Why should we care?
The long, warm days of summer are upon us. While not a primary produce-growing state like California, our beloved Colorado delivers top-tier fruits and vegetables.
Adrian Card: New survey documents constraints faced by Boulder County agricultural producers
Farming and ranching in the urban interface has unique challenges and opportunities.
Adrian Card: New state regulations impact Colorado farms
As farmers prepare for the 2022 crop production season, new regulations from Senate Bill 21-087 (Ag Workers’ Rights) will be in effect for the 2022 growing season.
Adrian Card: Winter climate and snowpack: You get what you get
Boulder County and the areas surrounding it, including the high mountains, are in severe to extreme drought (D2 and D3 in drought jargon, according to the Drought Monitor).
Adrian Card: Summer’s harvest abundance is upon us
If you are a regular reader of this column you know Colorado agriculture benefits from your purchases through farm income and market share preservation among wholesale and retail buyers.
Adrian Card: 2021 Keep It Fresh Tour visits Boulder County produce farms Aug. 28
Join an Aug. 28 bus tour of produce farms in Boulder and Adams counties ranging from two to 2,000 acres, direct to consumer and wholesale, and hear what it takes...
Adrian Card: As threats remain, patronage is key to local produce viability
Local produce is seeing the effects of planting delays with gaps in supply of cool-season crops and slower-than-average progress in warm-season crops.
Adrian Card: Final call for 2020 local produce
If you’ve been on the fence, waiting to visit the farmers market, place an online order or patronize a farm stand, this is your final call. We’ve gotten our warning...
Adrian Card: Celebrate with Colorado produce in August
August is Colorado Proud Month. Colorado farmers have been preparing this bountiful harvest of produce for us since February and now is the time to enjoy it.
Adrian Card: Local food crop loss and insurance costs
Agricultural risk is an interesting concept to nonfarmers. Imagine you are self-employed, and your business is not only highly dependent on the weather, it can be crushed by it.