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agriculture
30 Porch Notes tagged “agriculture.” Page 2 of 2.
History and culture - Garfield County
Carbondale's Potato Day celebrates the valley's farming roots
Carbondale holds an annual Potato Day, a long-running community event that points back to the area's history of potato farming and ranching.
Read note ->History and culture - Logan County
Sugar beets and the Great Western factory shaped Logan County farming
A sugar beet factory opened in Sterling in the early 1900s and came under the Great Western Sugar Company, and the beet industry helped shape farming and growth across Logan County.
Read note ->History and culture - Adams County
The Adams County Fair and county museum keep the farm story alive
The Adams County Fair and the Adams County Museum at Riverdale Regional Park carry the county's farming and ranching heritage into the present.
Read note ->Water and land - Mesa County
Why peaches thrive at Palisade: a warm river-valley pocket
The orchards around Palisade sit in a warm, sheltered pocket of the Grand Valley along the Colorado River, a combination of climate and soil that supports Colorado's stone-fruit growing.
Read note ->History and culture - Mesa County
The state bug lab in Palisade
Palisade is home to a state-run insectary that raises beneficial insects to fight pests, a working facility born from a 1940s threat to the valley's orchards.
Read note ->History and culture - La Plata County
Ignacio once shipped Depression-era turkeys east by rail
A historic Ignacio building recalls a Depression-era turkey-packing cooperative that shipped birds raised on local farms east by rail, part of La Plata County's farming and ranching backbone.
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