2008 Archives

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With the exception of the feature Story, the most recent articles are listed first.

Rocky Mountain Farmers Union Asks for Broader Disaster Relief

Bill Midcap Joins Rocky Mountain Farmers Union as Outreach Coordinator

Four Thousand Dollars to Red Cross/Centennial

Tomato Scare Underscores Need for Local Foods

New Internet Food Co-op Links Rural Colorado with the Front Range

Congress Urged to Pass the Food and Farm Bill Promptly

RMFU Awards Scholarships to Outstanding Students

RMFU: How It Works

I am glad to announce that membership in Rocky Mountain Farmers Union has had a significant increase in the past few months. Many of you new members are reading the Union Farmer for the first time and probably would like to know our philosophy, or how we go about taking care of our members’ business […]

Health Insurance

Health insurance. Those two words didn’t mean much to me in the past, but suddenly they have become two of the most important words in my vocabulary.
When I worked at Northeastern Junior College, I had the benefit of being covered by a comprehensive health care plan along with other State of Colorado employees. For the […]

SB-244 Transportation Infrastructure Act (Tapia/Rice)

SB-247 Sub Water Supply Plans (Isgar & Brophy/C Gardner & Hodge)

SCR-003 Change Filing Requirements for Initiatives (Tapia/White)

HJR-1026 Short Grass Prairie Preservation (McFadyen/Schwartz)

RMFU Increases Commitment to Mountain View Harvest Co-op

HB-1375 The Long Bill (Buescher/Keller)

HB-1350 Renewable Energy Financing (Madden/Romer)

HB-1369 In-Stream Flow Tax Credits (Pommer/Gibbs)

HB 1368 Tax Prop Used To Prod Renewable Energy (Buescher/Brophy)

RMFU Requests Congressional Review and Justice Department Investigation of JBS-Swift Acquisition Plan

RMFU Vows to Keep Pressure on Congress for Farm Bill