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TheNation.com | The Food Movement: Its Power and Possibilities
Just as dramatic is the struggle for the seed. More than 1,000 independent seed companies were swallowed up by multinationals in the past four decades, so today just three—Monsanto, DuPont and Syngenta—control about half the proprietary seed [...]
PLAN-Boulder Council Candidate Forum
PLAN-Boulder County will be holding three forums for City Council candidates. Each forum combines incumbent candidates, candidates with some experience on city boards, and candidates with less experience. SEPT. 16 12:oo to 1:30 pm Moderator: [...]
City of Longmont | History of Longmont Power and Communications
City Council made several attempts to purchase the local distribution system from NCP, but to no avail. Several of the more active citizens then created Longmont Service and eventually pledged enough money to build a new distribution system complete [...]
The Denver Post | Boulder, Xcel Energy square off over city’s energy future
Minneapolis-based Xcel, which has served Boulder for a century, is fighting back. David Kenney, a political consultant whose clients have included former Gov. Bill Ritter and Gov. John Hickenlooper during his days as Denver mayor, is working on [...]
PLAN-Boulder Council Candidate Forum
PLAN-Boulder County will be holding three forums for City Council candidates. Each forum combines incumbent candidates, candidates with some experience on city boards, and candidates with less experience. SEPT. 9 Moderator: John [...]
OnEarth.Org | The Bicycle Diaries
In the future, when gas prices are exorbitant and cities implement congestion charges that render driving a luxury that even fewer of us can afford, you, too, may find yourself pushing the pedals. Read the entire article at OnEarth.Org: The [...]
The Denver Post | Boulder County agriculture division helps keep urban sprawl at bay
LONGMONT — Four generations of the Zweck family have farmed on the west edge of town, but when the fifth opted out, the 230-acre operation seemed doomed to development. "The city limits are right on our fence," said John Zweck, whose [...]
CommonDreams.org | Monsanto Corn Spawning Superbug
Originally published in the Wall Street Journal: Widely grown corn plants that Monsanto Co. genetically modified to thwart a voracious bug are falling prey to that very pest in a few Iowa fields, the first time a major Midwest scourge has [...]
