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		MBCook on Sept 1, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A candy man revolutionized the sushi industry But once prices crashed enough, farmers stopped even trying to grow things leaving nothing to hold the soil there and making the dustbowl even worse.

EGreg on Sept 3, 2017 [–]

So that is indeed a problem, but a different problem from growing too much.

Perhaps letting the land lie fallow every 7 years was an awesome strategy!

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