Dear HCN, Ed Quillen’s essay rings a bell here in our
Carson Valley (HCN, 4/1/02: The ‘Niche West’ reconnects us to the
land). We have a thriving native seed company, and during the last
two years we have discovered native crops on several of the valley
ranches. The development pressure has been enticing local ranchers
to sell out to high-density development, and I’m happy that there
is a progressive master plan slowing the pace of
development.ÊWe hope that the discovery of these native
species will tease some of our ranchers into realizing a new value
in their ranches, besides the pittance that they are paid for hay
and grazing leases.
Ed
Kleiner
Comstock Seed Co.
Gardnerville, Nevada
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Native crops for the niche West.
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