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   Acmebike
   Member

   Michael Pollan's "Botany of Desire" was run as a TV Special last night on our local PBS channel. Good show. My take on this sorta info has changed over time. I now see agricultural advancements (fertilizers, pesticides, irrigation, GMO, selective breeding, mono culture crops....etc) as the danger to humanity that they are. So it was sorta neat to see the show in that light. Need to re-read the book now. Lierre Keith's "The Vegetarian Myth" has made it all too clear humans gotta shed agriculture as we know it, reduce population drastically and go back to pasture raised ungulates in harmony with crop rotation, natural fertilization, flooding, and the like.

   It is interesting to note that potatoes were pure poison until some 8k years ago, South American groups kept at breeding them until they had an edible potato. I'd wager they are still poison to humans, and not just the super high carb content. Certainly NOT something to base human nutrition on (along with corn, beans, grains, soy, etc.... toxic plants really).

   Posted 4 months ago #
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   DiabetesCanKissMyButt
   Member

   I saw the pot and the potato portion of it. Thought it was very interesting the lengths that they went to in order to get an edible potato.

   I had to turn the channel at 9:30 for Cougar Town though. lol.

   Posted 4 months ago #
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   maba
   Member

   How I wish I'd watched the show. Potatoes are poisonous even now, if eaten raw. I just started reading The Vegetarian Myth and I'm excited about it.

   Posted 4 months ago #

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