▲ 939 ▼ Anon goes to dinner with coworkers (sh.itjust.works) submitted 2 years ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works [M] to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works 209 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Also, monoculture, but yeah. Points at Cavendish bananas. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago The Irish at the time also grew wheat and meat and everything else that was grown on the British Isles back then. The problem was the colonising English owned all the land and exported all the food Potatoes were the emergency food, the only thing Irish could grow and eat When Irish were dying of starvation the farms they were forced to work were growing plenty of wheat and sheep permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago The Irish at the time also grew wheat and meat and everything else that was grown on the British Isles back then. The problem was the colonising English owned all the land and exported all the food Potatoes were the emergency food, the only thing Irish could grow and eat When Irish were dying of starvation the farms they were forced to work were growing plenty of wheat and sheep permalink fedilink source parent
