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Re: HELP NEEDED SUSTAINABLE LIVING IN IRELAND
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Subject: Re: HELP NEEDED SUSTAINABLE LIVING IN IRELAND
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From: mnowak@umich.edu (Mike Nowak)
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Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 13:02:13 -0500
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Article: 16781 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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Newsgroups: alt.politics.greens, alt.org.earth-first, talk.environment, sci.environment, sci.energy, alt.org.earth-first, alt.save.the.earth, alt.sustainable.energy, alt.sustainable.agriculture, sci.agriculture, sci.econ, sci.energy, sci.environment, talk.environment
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Organization: The University of Michigan
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References: <329A0BFF.6F01@interport.net> <57d3qt$77p@news.inforamp.net>
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Xref: newz.oit.unc.edu alt.politics.greens:24215 alt.org.earth-first:7113 talk.environment:79501 sci.environment:113528 sci.energy:59426 alt.save.the.earth:26772 alt.sustainable.agriculture:16781 sci.agriculture:16587 sci.econ:61286
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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