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This is the repository for sources that will be used in the research of Nature’s Resistance.
Nature's Resistance is an environmental-cultural history that uses a mixed-method approach to tell the stories of fruit and vegetable farmers who settled along the eastern shore of Lake Michigan between 1880 and 1980. Unique ecology, coupled with easy access to varied marketplaces, fostered the development of what became the second-most-diverse agricultural region in North America. This region drew culturally diverse communities, from Jewish, African American, and European immigrant families to religious communal societies. Yet, agricultural and labor historians’ focus on industrialized farms growing speculative commodities overshadows their stories. This study of two regions within the Michigan fruit belt casts light on these communities, broadening the definition of the American farmer.