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My grandfather nearly starved to death on his parent's farm a couple of times during the Dustbowl and he contracted a disease while in an immunocompromised stat
by burnt-resistor 16d ago
My grandfather nearly starved to death on his parent's farm a couple of times during the Dustbowl and he contracted a disease while in an immunocompromised state due to malnutrition that left its mark throughout his bones. Later, he helped his mother buy a combination general store and house to support herself.
- internet_points 15d agoThe catastrophes caused by the Dustbowl would be an argument against modern mechanized farming: https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/dust-bowl-cause.htm#:~:text=mechanized%20farming%20techniques https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-scienc... https://explaininghistory.org/2026/03/11/the-dust-bowl-an-environmental-catastrophe-that-deepened-the-depression/#the-capitalist-transformation-of-plains-agriculture https://explaininghistory.org/2026/03/11/the-dust-bowl-an-en...