They grew enough potatoes to feed the population in spite of the blight losses. However said taters fetched a higher price abroad. So fuck the poor, I guess.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah ok, I didn't consider that.

Hard to argue with that.

[–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

Also they would have had a higher diversity of crops if not for landlords. Landlords were extorting farmers and the only way the farmers could pay the bills was with the vegetable that had the highest margin. Farmers were forced to switch from other crops to growing potatoes by their landlords.