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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.
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 facing new threats from drought and extreme weather.. Journalist Carson Vaughnis 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
- 5:56'This Blessed Earth'
- 12:36FDR's great wall of treesYou’re reading this
- 19:23Examining farmer suicides
- 27:40A radical new farm bill
- 37:44Small farming
- 49:47Market Report: Fennel
The full episode
3 of 7The Farm Show- 0:00Farm bill 101
- 5:56'This Blessed Earth'
- 12:36FDR's great wall of treesYou’re reading this
- 19:23Examining farmer suicides
- 27:40A radical new farm bill
- 37:44Small farming
- 49:47Market Report: Fennel