Tag: Usda
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Federal judge formalizes injunction blocking USDA’s ‘pilot project’ for Colorado food assistance
A federal judge formalized his order on Monday to prevent the U.S. Department of Agriculture from requiring Colorado to participate in a food assistance “pilot project,” finding that it violates the law, the U.S. Constitution, and “the bounds of reasoned decision-making.” After a hearing in late January, U.S. District Court Senior Judge R. Brooke Jackson…
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Federal judge blocks USDA ‘pilot project’ affecting Colorado food assistance
A federal judge blocked the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday from proceeding further with a “pilot project” that would require five Colorado counties to rapidly recertify more than 100,000 households for food assistance. In a brief ruling from the bench, U.S. District Court Senior Judge R. Brooke Jackson found Colorado would face imminent and…
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Colorado fights federal campaign to stop SNAP from going to illegal aliens, certain noncitizens
Colorado joined 21 other states in a lawsuit seeking to undo the Trump administration’s campaign to stop taxpayer-funded food aid from going to individuals illegally staying in the U.S., arguing the move also implicated a group of noncitizens who should be eligible to get the benefits under the law. At issue is a guidance from…
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Colorado River near Grand Junction infested with zebra mussels, state officials report
Colorado now has five bodies of water, including a stretch of the Colorado River from east of Grand Junction to the Utah border, that are showing zebra mussel infestations. The state has battled the invasive species successfully for years. In 2021, the state celebrated three years of negative testing for zebra and quagga mussels and…
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Integrating agriculture with solar panels shows promise
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot,” wrote singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell in 1969, lamenting the view from her hotel window in Hawaii of parking lots “as far as the eye could see,” she said in a 1996 interview with the Los Angeles Times.…
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Colorado power producers revising project plans
More than $500 million was locked up while USDA reviewed the grants
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USDA’s Brooke Rollins visits Denver to discuss agricultural challenges
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Two weeks into her new role, President Donald Trump’s appointed Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins visited Denver on Sunday to speak to farmers, ranchers and agriculture experts – briefly outlining how department cuts and tariffs will impact farmers and ranchers. “It’s time we make it easier, not harder, for you to own, operate and expand…
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Three rural Colorado power cooperatives make the cut for part of $7.3 billion in USDA grants
Grants will support rural clean energy projects and are said to be the biggest since Roosevelt’s New Deal in 1930s.
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Colorado Summer EBT program rolls out following delays
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Following some initial delays, needy Colorado families will have more funds to feed their kids while school’s out. The Colorado Department on Human Services announced Thursday the rollout of the new Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (Summer EBT) program. Similar to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,…
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Embattled wolves gain new frontier in Democratic Colorado, stoking political tensions
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Meanwhile, Colorado set to receive $2 million in federal conservation funds to help mitigate the conflict