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Over 300,000 visas were issued last year to foreign farmworkers – a fraction of what the agriculture industry needs for its labor force. That guest worker program is getting new scrutiny from labor and industry critics who have long wanted to overhaul it.

Former ÂÜÀòÉÙÅ® contributor Tom Throgmorton passed away last week in Fort Collins at 68-years-old. He shared gardening advice on the station for almost two decades.

Colorado’s top imports and exports that face tariffs, consumer-protection week tips, moon landing goes sideways, and more. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Tamara Chuang, and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has a new plan to strengthen its collaboration with tribes and help them build more sustainable food systems.

Avian flu cases in Colorado have led to farms losing entire flocks of hens in places like Weld County. One egg-producing facility in the area, Opal Farms, paid $10 million to sanitize their facility after losing their birds.

Sean Short is doing some interesting things with aquaponic farming. That’s a mixture of fish farming and hydroponics. And he’s bringing at-risk young people into the fold to learn. We harvest all the info today on In The NoCo.

Harvest time is on the horizon for many farmers. But a recent study published in the journal 'Nature Sustainability' shows that there are fewer and fewer farms – which could have great implications for produce prices and access.

In this pandemic, we keep hearing that the food supply is fine.That, obviously, couldn’t be true without the work of farmers. But they don’t do it…