Results for keyword: agriculture
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From Corn to Cabernet
A burgeoning wine industry could provide a welcome economic boost to Colorado's Western Slope.
by Christie Aschwanden , Aug 17, 2009 -
How yuppies killed, and saved, the family farm
Western Colorado is seeing an unexpected agricultural revival, thanks in part to affluent outsiders creating a market for local food and wine.
by Jonathan Thompson, Aug 16, 2009 -
Chilling forecast
Warming temperatures may put an end to the stone fruit and nut harvest in California's Central Valley.
by Ariana Brocious , Aug 12, 2009 -
Coming home to roost
When Paulina turns out to be Paul, the killing cone can set things right.
by Jodi Peterson, Jul 30, 2009 -
Semi-wild in the new West
Semi-wild rural landscapes, where humans mingle with wildlife, are a richer source of biodiversity than many Westerners realize.
by Paul Larmer , May 08, 2009 -
The persistence of a golden time in the West
Seventy years after the publication of Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, migrant workers still roam the West, eking out a tough living in its orchards and farm fields.
by David Frey , Apr 24, 2009 -
Dust off your survival skills
In tough economic times like these, we could learn a lot from our pioneer ancestors, who managed to survive – and thrive – in a harsh Western landscape.
by Marcia Hensley, Mar 19, 2009 -
The fruits of their labor
In Delta County, Colorado, a pilot program sent prisoners to work on three farms during the summer of 2008.
by Marty Durlin, Andrea Appleton, Jay Canode and Emily Steinmetz, Oct 10, 2008 -
The Sultans of Spuds
Western farmers band together to form the “OPEC of Potatoes” – a farmers’ cooperative called the United Potato Growers of America
by Matt Jenkins, Aug 20, 2007 -
The red, white and blue of ‘red or green?’
New Mexico’s traditional chile industry faces hot competition from global producers
by Laura Paskus, Jun 25, 2007






