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The nexus of farming & energy: navigating social tensions at the intersection of sustainable agriculture and unconventional O&G drilling

dc.contributor.authorSprague, Cherilyn, author
dc.contributor.authorMalin, Stephanie, advisor
dc.contributor.authorOpsal, Tara, committee member
dc.contributor.authorThilmany, Dawn, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-28T14:35:16Z
dc.date.available2015-08-28T14:35:16Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this research was to examine how unconventional O&G development is interacting with small-scale sustainable and organic agriculture in Northern Colorado, particularly Boulder, Weld, and Larimer counties. The issues explored are impacts which farmers face as a result of development, the political economic context that small-scale farmers operate under, and how these interactions with O&G development may result in voluntary or forced shifts in identity. By examining these issues, I show how the institution of split estate structures farmer’s interactions with O&G development because it dictates how much control they enjoy and how they are able to participate in procedural equity. I hope this research shows the unique challenges that sustainable and organic farmers face when dealing with O&G development, while also illustrating that it is the institution of split estate that impacts these challenges the most.
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dc.format.mediummasters theses
dc.identifierSprague_colostate_0053N_13110.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/167139
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartof2000-2019
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dc.subjectidentity
dc.subjectorganic agriculture
dc.subjecthydraulic fracturing
dc.subjectsustainable agriculture
dc.subjectnatural resource sociology
dc.titleThe nexus of farming & energy: navigating social tensions at the intersection of sustainable agriculture and unconventional O&G drilling
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thesis.degree.disciplineSociology
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M.A.)

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