Results for keyword: Agriculture
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A quest for the world’s finest pinot noir
Brian Doyle’s new book, The Grail, lives up to its lively subtitle as it describes “a year ambling and shambling through an Oregon vineyard in pursuit of the best pinot noir in the whole wild world.”
by Heidi Andrew, Feb 19, 2007 -
Against the current
For a long time, the West used water as if the supply were endless, but nowadays environmentalists are finding that too much efficiency causes problems of its own, especially in fragile ecosystems like the Colorado River Delta.
by John Mecklin, Feb 05, 2007 -
The Efficiency Paradox
Water efficiency has long been touted as a silver bullet for the West’s water problems, but too much efficiency can cause problems of its own, especially in the fragile Colorado River Delta.
by Matt Jenkins, Feb 05, 2007 -
A harvest cornucopia hangs on in New Mexico
The writer celebrates the harvest and community supported agriculture
by Laura Paskus, Nov 11, 2006 -
How to save a creek... one drop at a time
A detailed map shows the work being done on Oregon’s Whychus Creek to restore instream flows with the cooperation of local farmers
by Matt Jenkins, Oct 16, 2006 -
A green obsession
Westerners, like most Americans, are deeply in love with their lawns – but in an time of increasing drought, the Kentucky bluegrass is going to have to go
by Paul Larmer, Aug 21, 2006 -
Dust in the wind
In his new book, The Worst Hard Time, Tim Egan interviews survivors to tell the story of the great American Dust Bowl on the southern Great Plains in the 1930s
by Gail Binkly, Jul 24, 2006 -
A world built on groundwater
In Ogallala Blue: Water and Life on the Great Plains, William Ashworth examines the effects of groundwater dependency in a dry land
by Matt Jenkins, Jul 24, 2006 -
Don't top that tree!
The writer figures out why so many people "top" trees instead of pruning them
by Michael O'Rourke, Jun 19, 2006 -
Finding hope in a new land
Farmworker’s Daughter: Growing Up Mexican in America is the story of Rose Castillo Guilbault’s childhood journey from Mexico’s Sonoran Desert to a new life in California’s Salinas Valley
by Stephen J. Lyons, May 15, 2006
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