What had other civilizations done to their soils? According to Lowdermilk’s later recollection, the idea began when a “thoughtful member” of the House Appropriations Committee asked Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace whether the Department had ever studied lands that had been cultivated for two thousand years or more. Wallace answered that it had not. WhateverContinue reading “Tracing Land Use Across Ancient Boundaries, Part III: Send Lowdermilk”
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