Dust Is a Growing Problem. What Role Does Farmland Play?

Dust Is a Growing Problem. What Role Does Farmland Play?

With a growing set of tools, scientists are digging into questions about the links between modern agriculture, drought, and rising incidents of dust storms and respiratory illness.

Can retiring farmland make California's Central Valley more equitable? — High Country News – Know the West

Commentary: San Joaquin Valley's Next Big Air Pollution Threat—Blowing Dust from Fallowed Farmland - Public Policy Institute of California

Climate change is pushing American farmers to confront what's next - Washington Post

Barnyard Dust Offers a Clue to Stopping Asthma in Children - The New York Times

Dust bowl conditions of 1930s US now more than twice as likely to reoccur, Environment

Land Transitions and Dust in the San Joaquin Valley - Public Policy Institute of California

The Dust Bowl: A wake-up call in environmental practices American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

A Giant Organic Farm Faces Criticism That It's Harming The Environment : NPR

Policy Brief: The Future of Agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley - Public Policy Institute of California

How Does Agriculture Pollute the Air? Envirotech Online

History of American Agriculture: Farm Machinery and Technology

Harvesting Crews Hustle to Bring in Wheat Crop Hit by Drought, Late Rains - WSJ

PBS Film Explores History of Dust Bowl and Founding of USDA Agency

Planting Trees Helped End the Dust Bowl. Crop Subsidies Reward Farmers Who Rip Them Out.