How Potatoes Saved The World
May 31, 2019
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What is your favourite international food? Italian spaghetti bolognese, Indian curry, Irish coddle, Chinese Kung Pao chicken, or Belgian chocolate? These all have one thing in common, other than the fact that they’re delicious. They all rely on Native American plants.
Before Columbus stumbled upon the wrong continent, famines regularly ripped through Europe, Africa and Asia.
After 1492, tables everywhere were introduced to corn, potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, chocolate, vanilla and many other foods.
Now, over 60% of the food consumed worldwide originated in the Americas. But how did the Native Americans create and manage these incredible crops. What amazing effects did they have, and how did potatoes and bird poop create the modern world. Well, Let’s Find Out.
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The Columbian ExchangeBiological and Cultural Consequences of 1492, 30th Anniversary Edition, Alfred W. Crosby and Professor J. R. McNeill
1493Uncovering the New World Columbus Created, Charles Mann
AgroecologyThe Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems Third Edition
The Royal Commentaries of the Incas and General History of Peru
PeruA Short History by Professor Emeritus David P. Werlich Ph.D.
Origin and Geography of Cultivated Plants , Nikolai Vavilov
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