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FDR's great wall of trees
During the Dust Bowl, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt allocated $15 million for the planting of trees to ameliorate the damage. Three quarters of a century later, the ‘Great Plains Shelterbelt’ is now under threat.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readDuring the Dust Bowl, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt allocated $15 million for the planting of trees to ameliorate the damage. Three quarters of a century later, the ‘Great Plains Shelterbelt’ is now under threat. Journalist Carson Vaughn is seeing the uprooted trees firsthand where he lives in Omaha, Nebraska. Read his full article on FERN’s website.
The full episode
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The Farm Show- 0:00Farm bill 101
- 6:03'This Blessed Earth'
- 12:42FDR's great wall of treesYou’re reading this
- 19:29Examining farmer suicides
- 27:49A radical new farm bill
- 37:52Small farming
- 49:54Market Report: Farmers on farming
The full episode
3 of 7The Farm Show- 0:00Farm bill 101
- 6:03'This Blessed Earth'
- 12:42FDR's great wall of treesYou’re reading this
- 19:29Examining farmer suicides
- 27:49A radical new farm bill
- 37:52Small farming
- 49:54Market Report: Farmers on farming