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Adapting to the land : a history of agriculture in Colorado / John F. Freeman and Mark E. Uchanski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freeman, John F. (John Francis), 1940- author.
- Uchanski, Mark E., 1980- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture.
- Agriculture--Economic aspects.
- Agriculture--Environmental aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 online resource)
- Place of Publication:
- Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2022]
- Summary:
- "Examines how Colorado agriculturists, from the Ancestral Puebloans to twenty-first-century ranchers and farmers, have adapted to and sought to overcome the natural limits of land and water. Documents the state's farming history and provides context for significant methodological and ideological transformations, including the organic, local foods movement."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Agricultural Foundations
- Making the Land Flourish
- Stretching Nature’s Limits
- Federal Engagement in Agriculture
- Advances in Productivity
- The Specter of Nature’s Limits
- Organic by Choice
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Authors
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781646422043
- 164642204X
- OCLC:
- 1266201304
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