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Harvest Heritage

Name: Harvest Heritage
ISBN: 9780874223972

Agricultural Origins and Heirloom Crops of the Pacific Northwest

Richard D. Scheuerman,

Alexander C. McGregor,

200 pages
English
ePUB (mobile friendly)
Available on iOS & Android

eBook - ePub

Harvest Heritage

Agricultural Origins and Heirloom Crops of the Pacific Northwest

Richard D. Scheuerman,

Alexander C. McGregor,

About this book

Using imported heirloom grains and fruits, Spanish explorers, fur traders, missionaries, and some Native Americans planted subsistence gardens in the Pacific Northwest. After immigration surged in 1843, it took a surprisingly short time for the region's fertile lands to become a commercial agricultural powerhouse.

Demand for food exploded with the industrial revolution as well as the urbanization of Europe and eastern America, and the doors of international export opened wide. Agribusiness expanded to meet the need.

By 1890, advancements in mechanization, seed quality, irrigation, and sustainable practices had spurred a farming boom. Columbia Basin irrigation and the development of synthetic fertilizers, as well as Cooperative Extension efforts and impressive work by agricultural researchers greatly boosted regional production. Harvest Heritage explores the people, history, and major influences that shaped and transformed the Pacific Northwest's flourishing agrarian economy.

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