KVNF Regional Newscast: May 31, 2024 kvnf.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kvnf.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Compiled by Candace Krebs
Farmers Market Week activities planned
National Farmers Market Week starts Aug. 1 and continues through Aug. 7. To celebrate, the Colorado Farmers Market Association is organizing a statewide photo contest. The winner will receive $30 to spend at their local market. Find more details on Facebook or at CoFarmersMarkets.org. On the national level, the Farmers Market Coalition is using various promotions to highlight the essential role farmers’ markets play in the nation’s food system.
CSU offers next animal science webinar
Colorado State University’s Department of Animal Science will host its next “Engaging with Our State” webinar at noon on Aug. 12. The discussion will highlight the department’s work on the well being of humans and animals in livestock production systems.
Pandemic accelerates direct-to-consumer farm sales
During the pandemic, some consumers turned to local farmers and ranchers as a purchase point, so businesses had to diversify quickly
April 5, 2021
In a cold Sunday afternoon, Colby Townsend is feeding 3,000 Rhode Island Red hens that lay 14,700 brown eggs each week at Hayden Fresh Farm south of the small town of Hayden in northwest Colorado.
Small business co-owners Townsend and his wife, Michelle, have not been able to take a day off since mid-March last year when pandemic-related restaurant restrictions hit their wholesale accounts hard. In a rollercoaster business year, the couple worked 12 hours a day reacting to the changes necessary to keep the farm aloft.
Weekly ag briefs: Water news, new food mapping system and more in agriculture news agjournalonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from agjournalonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.