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Dust Bowl 2.0 – they’re coming back!

December 21, 2022

Dust Bowl 2.0 – they’re coming back! Preface. Two forms of soil erosion may bring back the Great Depression Dustbowls. The first is that Great Plains grasslands have been replaced with corn crops to grow ethanol, which have increased the amount of dust 100% over the past 20 years. The second is the destruction of biocrusts […]

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Perennial Versions of Conventional Crops Offer Benefits to the Environment–But Are They Ready for Prime Time?

September 28, 2018

PERENNIAL VERSIONS OF CONVENTIONAL CROPS OFFER BENEFITS TO THE ENVIRONMENT — BUT ARE THEY READY FOR PRIME TIME? Crops that don’t need to be planted every year can reduce soil erosion and nutrient runoff, but currently have lower yields. These researchers and businesses are working to fix that. Stan Cox examines the head of a […]

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Soil Erosion and Its Monetary Cost

October 23, 2017

SOIL EROSION AND ITS MONETARY COST The modernized food industry has pushed farming practices to the back burner in the eyes of consumers. Still, the majority of our food comes from the land. That being said, the issue of soil erosion isn’t making front pages, but amongst those that lobby around organic farming and environmental […]

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Permaculture: Regenerative – not merely Sustainable.

October 21, 2015

Permaculture: Regenerative – not merely Sustainable. Introduction. September 2015 saw the International Permaculture Conference, held in London followed by the Convergence, which occupied 6 days at Gilwell park, on the Essex-London border, where practitioners of the discipline gave presentations and workshops on various aspects of this growing art, which is a sustainable design system intended to emulate […]

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The Problem of Agriculture

October 8, 2015

The Problem of Agriculture This is an excerpt from the new book Plain Radical: Living, Loving, and Learning to Leave the Planet Gracefully, published by Counterpoint/Soft Skull, which tells the story of Robert Jensen’s intellectual and political collaboration with teacher/activist Jim Koplin. I was born and raised in North Dakota, a rural state with an economy […]

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As world food demand rises, soil erosion poses growing threat — Transition Voice

December 1, 2014

As world food demand rises, soil erosion poses growing threat — Transition Voice. Outside the entrance of the glorious Hall of Western History are the marble lions, colorful banners, and huge stone columns. Step inside, and the popular exhibits include ancient Egypt, classical Greece, the Roman Empire, the Renaissance, Gutenberg, Magellan, Columbus, Galileo, and so […]

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Dust Storms Again in the High Plains

November 18, 2014

Dust Storms Again in the High Plains. A cold Arctic air mass swept southward across the high plains last Tuesday, its 50 mph winds dropping temperatures by 50 degrees overnight. Blowing over drought-parched farm soil, the wind created a huge dust storm in eastern Colorado, visible in striking photographs from aircraft and from space. The same region had seven dust […]

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