When cities buy water rights from rural areas and let the fields go fallow, the land does not automatically return to the shortgrass prairie encountered by 19th-century homesteaders or the Native Americans before them.
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Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
7 Apr. 2026
For homesteaders taking an incremental, DIY approach, hoop houses and mini greenhouses are great entry points.
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