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Former Colorado Mushroom Farm workers use local backing to form a employee-owned co-op to keep farming fungi in Alamosa

"These workers have dreams, hopes. A lot of them are saying: 'We don't want to be abused, be taken advantage of – not being paid or being overworked.' ”

Colorado Mushroom Farm and Sand Dunes Mushroom Cooperative both hope to begin providing mushrooms in the state as the farm tries to emerge from bankruptcy and the cooperative seeks funding.

Colorado Mushroom Farm and Sand Dunes Mushroom Cooperative both hope to begin providing mushrooms in the state as the farm tries to emerge from bankruptcy and the cooperative seeks funding.

Take a fascinating trip through a real-life mushroom farm that operated in Colorado for over 30 years.

Take a fascinating trip through a real-life mushroom farm that operated in Colorado for over 30 years.

Take a fascinating trip through a real-life mushroom farm that operated in Colorado for over 30 years.

Take a fascinating trip through a real-life mushroom farm that operated in Colorado for over 30 years.

Take a fascinating trip through a real-life mushroom farm that operated in Colorado for over 30 years.

DENVER (AP) — At least 161 Colorado companies and individuals who owed millions in back taxes still qualified for federal pandemic relief loans, a 9Wants to Know investigation found. “Essentially, they’re benefiting from taxpayer money without contributing to the system,” said Tim Stretton, director of the congressional oversight initiative at the Project On Government Oversight.