The Associated Press
DENVER — Colorado's local-food movement won a significant victory in the state Senate on March 8, when lawmakers unanimously agreed to make it easier for small-time chicken farmers to sell directly to consumers.
The bill approved would also expand the state's so-called "Cottage Foods" law to allow home cooks who make almost anything that doesn't need refrigeration to sell directly to consumers.
The bill would help the farm-to-table movement and boost small farmers and cooks, said Republican sponsor Sen. Owen Hill of Colorado Springs. "We're trying to make it. . .
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