Yes, nursing mothers can eat soft cheeses. Unpasteurized soft cheeses (and other unpasteurized dairy products) can carry a bacteria called listeria monocytogenes. Cheese made in the United States must be made from pasteurized milk (pasteurization kills the listeria organism), but imported cheeses may be a problem.
The Dust Bowl refers to the drought-stricken Southern Plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930s. As high winds and choking dust swept the region from Texas to Nebraska, people and livestock were killed and crops failed across the entire region.
In 1937, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) reported that drought was the main reason for relief in the Dust Bowl region. More than two thirds were farmers. Total assistance was estimated at $1 billion (in 1930s dollars).The report found that losses in the Dust Bowl affected the entire national economy. .(Source: Economics of the Dust Bowl, National Drought Mitigation Center.) For more, see Effects of the Great Depression.