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Author Freeman, John F. (John Francis), 1940- author.

Title Adapting to the land : a history of agriculture in Colorado / John F. Freeman ; with Mark E. Uchanski
Published Louisville, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2022]
©2022

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Description 1 online resource (x, 276 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Contents 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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 28, 2022)
Subject Agriculture -- Colorado -- History
Agriculture -- Environmental aspects -- Colorado
Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Colorado -- History
Irrigation farming -- Colorado -- History
Organic farming -- Colorado
Sustainable agriculture -- Colorado
Water rights -- Colorado -- History
HISTORY / General
Agriculture
Agriculture -- Economic aspects
Agriculture -- Environmental aspects
Irrigation farming
Organic farming
Sustainable agriculture
Water rights
Colorado
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Uchanski, Mark E., 1980- author.
LC no. 2021036658
ISBN 1646422058
9781646422050