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16-08-2003, 04:03 PM

In article ,
(Mike Lyle) wrote:

but usually that weather
conditions or war have pushed food prices beyond the reach of poorer
people.
The same was true even in the notorious Irish potato famine,
which, I may say, was followed by a similar blight event in England.

These famines typically take place in subsistence farming situations.
That was the case in Ireland. attempts were made to relieve that famine
but were frustrated by the lack of a distribution system.

IMHO, subsistence farming based on a small number of crops is just as
silly as flying beans from Kenya.

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com