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Chapter One: Losing Ground
The two principal myths about rhe Dust Bowl:
1. It was caused by drought.
2. It's over
Since the 1970s, for every ton of grain produced by industrial agriculture,
an average of seven tons of topsoil has been lost to wind and water erosion.
And that's just the beginning of the destruction.