A World War II vet who says he’s lived a "charmed life" despite surviving the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl and a global war, turned 100 on May 13 and continues to give back to his community, ...

Ninety years ago this month, in the depths of the Great Depression, Congress created a new agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture to safeguard rural prosperity for future generations: The ...

Discover how the Great Depression reshaped U.S. agriculture, sparking soil conservation programs and lasting land stewardship practices.

In the early 20th century, farmers across the Great Plains harnessed new technology to cash in on a huge demand for wheat. But over-farming led to the removal of prairie grasses which had kept the ...

Dust storms have been wreaking havoc across the country, and the mix of climate change and lax environmental regulations mean they’re likely to continue. In their wake, air quality readings spiked ...

'Dust, Drought, and Dreams Gone Dry: The Dust Bowl & Great Depression' WHAT -- A traveling exhibit originally organized by the American Library Association, the National Endowment for the Humanities, ...

Karen Russell, bestselling author of “Swamplandia!” and other novels, will discuss her latest work, “The Antidote” in Houston with Inprint on April 14. On April 14, 1935 a massive dust storm swept ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. — There’s a new exhibit on display at the South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum, taking visitors back in time nearly 100 years for a closer look at life in the state during the ...

In the 1930s, the Great Plains in the American South faced a financial and environmental catastrophe spurred by years of drought and reckless farming practices. Already reeling from the Great ...

NEBRASKA FACING A HARD CHOICE: TO ABANDON CASH CROPS OR COWS Bob Roberts used to think the droughts of the Great Depression were the benchmark for tough times. Now he and other old-timers in ...