By JAN TREFFER THOMPSON From 30,000 feet above the Great Plains, you can’t actually see political boundaries. Just hills and valleys, fields and streams. But when people look at environmental issues in “flyover country,” historian David Vail says, too often all they see is a battle line with producers and their farm chemicals on one side and environmentalists on the other. Vail has a different perspective. The University of Nebraska at Kearney assistant professor … [Read more...] about The View from Here: Vail takes close look at aerial spraying’s impact on agriculture
Grasslands
David Vail to discuss book on pesticides, aerial spraying, health
WHAT: Calvin T. Library Faculty Profile Series BOOK DISCUSSION & SIGNING: “Chemical Lands: Pesticides, Aerial Spraying, and Health in North America’s Grasslands Since 1945.” PRESENTER / AUTHOR: David Vail, UNK assistant professor of history ABOUT THE BOOK: A distinctly regional view of agricultural health evolved after World War II. Vail’s analysis reveals a particularly strong ethic in the North American grasslands where practitioners sought to understand and … [Read more...] about David Vail to discuss book on pesticides, aerial spraying, health
