I have no idea how true any of it is, but the basic message (“monoculture agronomy can be a bad idea”) is sound.
The children made me do a dramatic reading of the @UrsulaV potato rant. Twice. https://t.co/zej11R9cmF & now O wants to grow potatoes.
— Jane Patterson (@jelizap) May 16, 2016
Moe Lane
PS: Actually, my ancestors came over decades after the Irish potato famine. I’d tell you why, except that I never really got told those stories. Or too much about why they all jumped at the chance to enter America with their last names usefully changed…
“My ancestors didn’t come to America seeking a better life for their children. They came to America because that boat had already been searched. If it had been going to India, we’d be having a different conversation.” -Me, to a co-worker a few years back.