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Farmers markets are popular destinations around Colorado. Here's a guide to a handful of markets near you.

If you鈥檙e looking to shrink your carbon footprint, your best strategy may be to start by adjusting your grocery list. That鈥檚 the message in a new book by a Fort Collins scientist who studies the link between climate change and the food we eat. Author Mark Easter shares his best tips today in the second installment of In the NoCo鈥檚 holiday book club.

From Boulder to Greeley, farmers markets are popping up for the season across the region. Go for the fresh veggies, and maybe you'll find some live music or craft activities for the kids while you're at it!

Coloradans are proud of our locally grown produce. With farmers market season just around the corner, we鈥檙e digging into why buying veggies from a local farmer has become a priority for so many of us. That's on today鈥檚 In The NoCo.

Farmers aren't producing enough to keep up with the number of smaller markets that keep popping up, often in close proximity to others. This results in fewer customers, unsold food and maybe closure.

Our changing climate presents a unique challenge to our food system. Soil scientist Laura Lengnick says she has some tools that could help farmers and鈥�

Ben and Leticia Ward鈥檚 farm in Fountain, Colorado, just outside Colorado Springs, doesn鈥檛 look like an army base. But it鈥檚 not hard to uncover whiffs of鈥�

The number of farms and ranches in the U.S. is on the decline and the farms that remain are getting bigger, according to new data from the U.S. Department鈥�

Colorado鈥檚 apple orchards are bearing less fruit. Growers are projecting an 80 percent drop in apple production for 2015. The state鈥檚 peach producers are鈥�

A windy and wide-open state, Wyoming is better known for ranching and energy than farming. It won鈥檛 be mistaken for the fruit and vegetable bounty of鈥�