Keeping agriculture in an urbanizing county

Weld County, just northeast of Denver, “is the epicenter of urban growth and changing land use in Colorado,” says public broadcaster KUNC. Its population, now around 270,000, is forecast to double in the next 25 years, squeezing onto some of the 2.5 million acres of farmland in the county, which is the top producer of sugar… » Read More

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