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[deleted] t1_is0o0zu wrote

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Faelyn42 t1_is0pcok wrote

Hey so quick tip, never mention that to an Irishman. The reason they only grew potatoes is because that's the only thing they were allowed to grow by the English. The whole Potato Famine was an attempted genocide, the English were growing plenty of food on Irish soil but refused to share it.

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CommonConfusables t1_is0rs9h wrote

Potatoes are actually from South America.

The Irish don’t love them - they were forced into using it in their lifestyle due to mistreatment by those in power.

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Pilot_Seascape_402 t1_is3s1ws wrote

So what was the disease that attacked the potatoes in Ireland, causing the famine?

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CommonConfusables t1_is5y2bl wrote

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)

A fungus and land mismanagement, among other things lightly outlined in the article above.

A dependence on the single crop of potato was a result of British land owners limiting crops to a single one that grew well, followed by a fungal infection from the conditions. Potatoes aren’t native to Ireland, so there will be diseases it encounters there that it wouldn’t in SA.

Single crop growing is not a good idea for anyone. The dust bowl is bound to happen again as long as we continue to till up land for one plant in one spot instead of interspecies growing.

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