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Burt Wolf : what we eat: How sweet it is : the story of sugar
In 1493, Columbus planted sugar cane in Haiti. It eventually became one of the crops associated with "Triangular Trade," the basis for all British International Commerce. The Caribbean area could not hold onto a paid labor force because land was fre...
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Burt Wolf : what we eat: This spud's for you : how the potato changed the world
First cultivated in the Andean Mountains of South America about 7,000 years ago, the potato fed the great Inca Empire and their Spanish conquerors. The potato became a staple of the sailors' diet because it prevented scurvy. Germany and the British ...