(undated) -- The Natural Resources Conservation Service has been out to help farmers throughout Virginia, and the country, for decades. With a milestone anniversary happening this year, Joe Murano explains how its history goes a little deeper than that.....Preview: As the organization officially celebrates its 90th anniversary this year -- historian Shelby Callaway explains there's even more years to the program...
and perhaps that 90 year number is important, but doesnt give the full uhistory.Preview: Just as the history of the country spans a bit deeper - the US government had plenty of land to look over in its early days..Preview: and as Farmers operated as the backbone of america, combined with the great depression in the 20s and dust bowl in the 30s, a more official formation of the group overseeing soil erosion became what is now known as the NRCS, still thriving within the Department of Agriculture to this day.. JM
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Historian Shelby Callaway explains how the Natural Resources Conservation Service worked under several different monikers before it's 'official' inception in 1935Preview: ###
Joe Murano