A Worker Ownership Solution for Colorado’s Failed Mushroom Farm
It has not been a Happy New Year for 200 farm workers in Alamosa. As 2022 ended, the ColoradoMushroom Farm—the largest mushroom farm in the Rocky Mountains—closed shop and declaredbankruptcy. More than 200 low- to moderate-income mushroom farm workers lost their jobs andlivelihood. Many have worked at the farm for more than a decade; are…
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