0:60FOOD & AGRICULTURE
One Andean tuber fed Europe and doubled its population. Then blight took four harvests and a million people.
The Potato Doubled Europe, Then Starved It
One Andean tuber fed a continent, then failed for four summers in a row.
What we grew, cooked and traded to stay alive: the grain that built cities, the spice that redrew maps, the potato that reshuffled Europe. Everyday food with an unreasonable amount of history in it.
One Andean tuber fed Europe and doubled its population. Then blight took four harvests and a million people.
One Andean tuber fed a continent, then failed for four summers in a row.