ARCHIVED  December 1, 1996

Piedmont Farms files bankruptcy

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WELLINGTON – Bad weather more than a year ago has helped spur the bankruptcy of Piedmont Farms Inc., one of the three largest organic vegetable farms in the nation.Wellington-based Piedmont filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Nov. 15, claiming assets and liabilities both in the range of $5 million to $6 million.
Piedmont is owned by Andy, Lewis and Patricia Grant. Piedmont Farms, located at 1020 Weld County Road 72, produces processed vegetables, beans and grains. It also offers fresh market vegetables.
The company employs anywhere from 40 workers during the off-season to 400 to 500 during the summer, said…

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