Meet The South American ‘Superfood’ Responsible For 1 Million Deaths In The 1800s — A Biologist Tells The Story
What happened in Europe from about 1845 to 1852 should serve as a strong warning against becoming overly reliant on any single nutrient source. getty When the Spanish conquistadors first encountered the potato (Solanum tuberosum) in the Andean highlands of South America, they couldn’t have imagined how profoundly it would shape global history. This is … Read more