Colorado Mushroom Farm closes, marooning Guatemalan workers without pay
A Colorado mushroom magnate’s mega-farm that for decades infused fresh fungi into the Rocky Mountain West has collapsed despite receiving $1.7 million in COVID aid — mired in debt, environmental disputes and a federal lawsuit — marooning 100 Guatemalan workers without pay.
Some workers for this Colorado Mushroom Farm northeast of Alamosa haven’t been paid wages they’ve been owed for months as company owners explore re-organizing under a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in late December.
The shutdown may force mushroom lovers…