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# A text making a bound in time between the Dust Bowl crisis and almond production was read: farmers who lost their eroded soils in the 30’s often migrated to California, where almond monocultures are now competing for local water resources. | # A text making a bound in time between the Dust Bowl crisis and almond production was read: farmers who lost their eroded soils in the 30’s often migrated to California, where almond monocultures are now competing for local water resources. | ||
==From the Dust Bowl…== | ==From the Dust Bowl…== | ||
===Introduction to the movie <i>The plow that broke the plains</i>=== | ===Introduction to the movie <i>The plow that broke the plains</i>=== | ||
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“On Thursday, the 17th of December at 5 p.m, the plow will break the plain again. | “On Thursday, the 17th of December at 5 p.m, the plow will break the plain again. | ||
<br>Again, the native American civilisations of the Great Plains will have been purged from the grasslands along herds of buffalos. | <br>Again, the native American civilisations of the Great Plains will have been purged from the grasslands along herds of buffalos. | ||