"Farmers feed cities, but starting in the nineteenth century they painted them too. Flax from Canada and the northern United States produced fibre for textiles and linseed oil for paint - critical commodities in a century when wars were fought over fibre and when increased urbanization demanded...

"Tells the story of how apples became the iconic product of Washington State, tracing the origins, evolution, and environmental consequences of the apple industry in Washington State and showing how the industry continues to change in response to consumer demand and climate change." - Provided...