Boulder County food bank forced to toss 2,000 pounds of food after weekend’s Xcel power outages

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Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton reports on the business beat at The Denver Post. Previously, she worked in Washington, D.C., as a Capitol Hill reporter at Bloomberg Government, covering agriculture and trade policy. Megan received her master's in mass communication from Arizona State University.

Community Food Share in Louisville, Colorado, had to throw away about 2,000 pounds of food after losing power for 40 hours during this weekend’s extreme winds. A food bank serving Boulder and Broomfield Counties was forced to throw out about 2,000 pounds of food after its Louisville facility lost power for 40 hours during the weekend’s severe weather.

Thomas understands the preventative steps taken by Xcel because “we’re not too far away from the fire line from the Marshall Fire” of 2021, and the food bank is now “back up and running.” However, the nonprofit’s largest freezers and fridges contained about $80,000 worth of product, and remained sealed through Monday, keeping consistent temperatures. Thomas called that fact “a big sigh of relief for all of us.”Family that used to farm Buc-ee’s land has a message about the effects of development

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