<Did you ever hear of the Potato Famine that drove a country to its knees. A
new hybrid potato promised double profits to poor sharecroppers that were
working at barely sustenance levels as it was. Nobody noticed that the new
strain had no resistance to an older enemy. A fungus I think. Because they
were uninformed of the big picture, thousands starved. The political system
at the time decreed that food, in the form of grain be continuously exported
rather than be kept at home, to give the masses a nibble. Ergo the famine
was political and was based on profits. There's a reason there was so much
hate in that part of the world.>

You should read Locovore's dilemma, it gives a good perspective on famine
and holding back exports etc.

Jeremy
West Michigan

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