Harvest Heritage: Agricultural Origins and Heirloom Crops of the Pacific Northwest

by Alexander C. McGregor and Richard D. Scheuerman

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874223164
• ISBN13: 9780874223163
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Washington State University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 20 years and up