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Adapting to the land: a history of agriculture in Colorado

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dc.contributor.authorFreeman, John F., author
dc.contributor.authorUchanski, Mark E., author
dc.contributor.authorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-10T17:37:05Z
dc.date.available2022-03-10T17:37:05Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractExamines 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.
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Agricultural Foundations -- 2. Making the Land Flourish -- 3. Stretching Nature's Limits -- 4. Federal Engagement in Agriculture -- 5. Advances in Productivity -- 6. The Specter of Nature's Limits -- 7. Organic by Choice.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/234519
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofUniversity Press of Colorado
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dc.rightsAll rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.
dc.rights.accessAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University, and Western Colorado University members only.
dc.subjectAgriculture -- Colorado -- History
dc.subjectAgriculture -- Environmental aspects -- Colorado
dc.subjectAgriculture -- Economic aspects -- Colorado -- History
dc.subjectIrrigation farming -- Colorado -- History
dc.subjectOrganic farming -- Colorado
dc.subjectSustainable agriculture -- Colorado
dc.subjectWater rights -- Colorado -- History
dc.titleAdapting to the land: a history of agriculture in Colorado
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