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Re: HELP NEEDED SUSTAINABLE LIVING IN IRELAND
In article <57d3qt$77p@news.inforamp.net>, dlj@pobox.com wrote:
> The reason there are so many Irish in North America is that Ireland
> has demonstrated how sustainable agriculture works under Irish
> conditions with pre-industrial agricultural technology: it doesn't.
> It produces horrible famine.
That is not really the case. The Irish were engaged in monoculture (one
crop) and farming under conditions imposed by the English. To learn more,
read:
The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849 by Cecil Woodham-Smith.
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