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Climate Change got you down? Worried about the fact that *everything* seems to be getting worse? Wondering how we got to this point in the first place, and what can we do to build a more resilient future? We take a look at historical pastoral & agricultural societies to see what worked and what didn’t, as well as what resources we have today to make better decisions to build equitable systems. We don’t just discuss ecology and history but also take a leftist perspective on prepping, foraging, homesteading, weapons, community-building, and basically anything that needs discussing during late-stage capitalism.
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Sunday May 29, 2022
A Brief History of Corn
Sunday May 29, 2022
Sunday May 29, 2022
For our 100th episode, we decided to tackle the long and convoluted history of corn, specifically corn in the post-1492 world. Corn's rise to becoming the cornerstone of the diet for most of humanity involves a lot of moving pieces, from its early history of being bred to a perfect confluence of events that allowed corn to continue growing past the point of anything anyone would have ever expected.
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https://scholarworks.uark.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1227&context=jflp
https://ensia.com/voices/its-time-to-rethink-americas-corn-system/?viewAll=1
https://grist.org/food/our-crazy-farm-subsidies-explained/
https://www.iowacorn.org/media-page/corn-facts
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(13)00507-1.pdf
Smil, Vaclav (2004). Enriching the Earth: Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch, and the Transformation of World Food Production (1st ed.). Cambridge, MA: MIT. ISBN 9780262693134.
Ritter, Steven K. (18 August 2008). "The Haber-Bosch Reaction: An Early Chemical Impact On Sustainability". Chemical & Engineering News. 86 (33).
https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/41988/50849_aib485.pdf
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