# Jared Farmer
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jared farmer (born 1974) is a Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. He specializes in environmental history, landscape studies, and the American West.
Farmer's book On Zion's Mount won the Francis Parkman Prize from the Society of American Historians.
CultureLab: The best books of 2023, from joyful escapism to sobering reads
Are you looking forward to catching up on some reading over the holiday season? Or perhaps you are on the prowl for book recommendations after receiving a few literary gift cards? If so, you are in luck – this episode is all about the books we think you’ll love to read.
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The Octopus and the Orange
The rise of the Southern Pacific Railroad in California owes a great deal to the citrus industry and vice versa. Ben Jenkins joins the show to discuss how these two industries came to define the state during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.
Essential Reading:
Benjamin Jenkins, The Octopus's Gard…
Jared Farmer Trees in Paradise on Tuesday's Access Utah
Jared Farmer’s new book is “Trees in Paradise: A California History.” We’ll also talk about Utah history, and Farmer will offer his list of iconic Utah trees as well. California now has more trees than at any time since the late Pleistocene. This green landscape, however, is not the work of nature.…
Rethinking the "wood wide web"
Forests have always been magical places. But in the last couple decades, they seem to have gotten a little more magical. We've learned that trees are connected to each other through a vast underground network—an internet of roots and fungi often called the "wood wide web". We've learned that, throu…
Trees in Paradise by Jared Farmer
Jared Farmer, author of "Trees in Paradise: A California History," talks about why eucalyptus and palm trees became such a large part of the California landscape and what has changed in recent decades. The full interview from a 2013 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be he…
Trees in Paradise by Jared Farmer
Jared Farmer, author of "Trees in Paradise: A California History," talks about why eucalyptus and palm trees became such a large part of the California landscape and what has changed in recent decades. The full interview from a 2013 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" can be he…
Fund Drive Special: Humans and Ancient Trees
For as long as we’ve known, humans have revered ancient trees. We have also destroyed them, especially since the advent of colonialism and fossil fuel capitalism. Historian Jared Farmer reflects on what trees illuminate about our past and potential future.
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Fund Drive Special: Fossil Capitalism and Trees
For as long as we’ve known, humans have revered ancient trees. We have also destroyed them, especially since the advent of colonialism and fossil fuel capitalism. Historian Jared Farmer reflects on what trees illuminate about our past and potential future.
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Ancient Trees and Fossil Capitalism
For as long as we’ve known, humans have revered ancient trees. We’ve also destroyed them, especially since the advent of colonialism and fossil fuel capitalism. Environmental historian Jared Farmer reflects on what trees illuminate about our past and potential future. And forest activist and writer…
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